HEARTBREAK HOUSE - NYC EPA
Gingold Theatrical Group
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Jun 22, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
CONTRACT
Mini $543 weekly minimum
SEEKING
The production is fully cast. We are seeing possible replacements only (see breakdown).
All actors must have superb language and comic skills as well as a strong English accent.
PREPARATION
Prepare a short George Bernard Shaw monologue of your choice (it need not be from Heartbreak House). Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
David Staller, Director/Producer (expected to be in attendance)
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal July 31.
Performances August 28 through September 29 at Theatre Row on 42nd Street.
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
ALL ROLES ARE CURRENTLY CAST.
Actors may read for any of the characters in the play.
NOTE: Heartbreak House is set in WW1 era England at the home of Captain Shotover. All actors must have superb language and comic skills as well as a strong English accent.
CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
Role CAST. (50s and up) Knowing and loving, though determined not to show it. Discouraged by the state of the world and looking for hope, which he finds with the young Ellie Dunn. Must have a strong facility with language great, powerful speaking voice. British.
ELLIE DUNN
Role CAST. (20’s) Determined, ambitious, bright. She refuses to let the struggles of life get the best of her. We watch her navigate the treacherous waters of learning to connect to her emotional life. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
HESIONE HUSHABYE
Role CAST. (40’s) Captain Shotover’s pragmatic daughter. Realizes she’s not quite ready to sink into middle age and determinedly reconnects with her passionate adventurous spirit. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
LADY UTTERWORD
Role CAST. (40’s) Captain Shotover’s extremely ambitious daughter. Appearances are everything to her. She feels she owns the entitlement of the entire British Empire and, in the course of the play, realizes she’s lost a part of her humanity in her determined struggle to attain her social standing. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
HECTOR HUSHABYE
Role CAST. (50) Hesione’s husband. Intelligent, handsome, charismatic, and charming, and highly theatrical. Plays at life rather than simply living it. Always outside looking in. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
BOSS MANGAN
Role CAST. (50’s) Having carefully created the persona of a vicious business tycoon, he is revealed to be a lost and frightened boy who has sublimated his emotional life into this single-focused goal to win at any cost. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
MAZZINI DUNN
Role CAST. (50s) A man who learned early in life to embrace the world as it is and enjoy himself with all of his shortcomings. His strength comes from having the ability to step back and gain some perspective of the world and his place in it. Ellie’s father, who trusts her to make the right decisions for herself. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
ONE MALE ACTOR TO PLAY THESE THREE ROLES:
Role CAST. Must have a strong facility with language. British.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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