Alexander McQueen LLC | Cornelius, NC
Thursday, May 1, 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Off Broadway
$1439 weekly minimum (Cat. E) - Most Favored Nations
Equity actors for roles in HOUSE OF MCQUEEN (See breakdown). Local NYC area actors are encouraged to audition.
PRODUCER is committed to diversity and encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition. All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.
Please prepare two short, contrasting contemporary monologues of no more than 2 minutes total. Please show range and versatility. Bring a headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Producer: Rick Lazes
Writer: Darrah Cloud from an idea by Rick Lazes and Seth Koch
Director: Sam Helfrich
General Manager: Reed Ridgley and Anthony Francavilla/Form Theatricals
Casting: Jamibeth Margolis Casting
Expected to attend:
Director - Sam Helfrich
Casting Director - Jamibeth Margolis
Casting Associate - Meredith Hoddeson
Rehearsals: July 14 - August 10, 2025
Tech: August 11 - August 17, 2025
Preview: August 18 - September 3, 2025
PRESS Previews: September 4 - 7 (5 Press Performances)
Opening: September 9, 2025
Rehearsal Venue: Open Jar Studios
Performance Venue/Theatre: The Manor at Hudson Yards
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
SYNOPSIS: House of McQueen is the story of iconic fashion designer Alexander McQueen as seen through the eyes of... Alexander McQueen. From his early days drawing on the walls of his East London council-house bedroom, a bird-obsessed boy who wore his heart on his sleeve, to his unlikely rise in the commercial fashion world, Lee, as he was known to his friends, tells his own story on a runway, a place he’d always dreamt of living his life. He takes us through his memories of epiphany and trauma to his final moments in which he could no longer make anything beautiful out of his life.
Special Note: This is an Ensemble piece and with the exception of the performer playing Lee, all performers will be asked to take on multiple roles in the play.
Lee/ Teen Lee - Male presenting. Mid 30s, Roughly handsome, soft around the edges, very connected to his East London working class roots. Appears as an older teenager at times. Accent essential.
Isabella - Female presenting. Mid 40s, Posh, sophisticated London old money minor aristocrat. Smart, knowledgeable, quick witted and biting. Also deeply insecure, depressive, and living life at extremes. Posh London accent essential.
Joyce - Female presenting. 50s Working class east London mother of several children. No-nonsense but loving parent. Sensitive. Uncomfortable outside her own world and social circles. Accent essential.
Janet / Model 2/ Psychic - Female presenting. 20s, hip working-class East London young woman, aspiring to beauty and style, loosely tuned into fashion and celebrity worlds through magazines, recently married and susceptible to domestic violence. Deeply affectionate to younger siblings. Accent Essential. This track appears briefly in underwear in order to change clothes on stage.
Ron / Robert / Tom Ford - Male presenting. Mid 40s working class father and family patriarch. Hard working life-long cab driver. Rough on the outside, but with a softer, more affectionate interior. A man who “wants the best for his kids” and also understands his family’s “place” in the world. Doubles as a sophisticated upper-class British tailor, and American fashion icon Tom Ford. Accents essential.
Terence / Monsieur / Demon - Male presenting. Late 20s East London working class, at times violent, with a temper and possibly dark secrets lurking underneath a brutish exterior. Roughly handsome and exuding masculinity and sex. A modern-day east end Stanley Kowalski. Doubles as a high-end French businessman and then a demon (silent). Accent essential.
Simon/ Eddie/ Technician - Male presenting. Late 20s/early 30s all around good guy, devoted friend, also handsome. Classic fashion industry insider who remains in the background. Working class British accent. Doubles as tailor shop worker (more refined London accent) and studio technician. Accents essential. This track appears briefly in underwear in order to change clothes on stage.
Reporter/ Professor/ Model 1 - Female presenting. Mid 30s to Mid 40s, with ability to appear younger at times. BBC news accent. Smart, sophisticated observationalist with an edge of sarcasm. Doubles as fashion intellectual who commands respect, and at times a McQueen model. This track appears briefly in underwear in order to change clothes on stage.
Billy Boy/ Lise / Curator - 35 - 45. Super sophisticated New York elite bon vivant. Mid Atlantic accent. Sarcastic but deeply caring, with a tough-love angelic quality. Doubles as a mid-level Italian assistant/administrator who knows genius when they see it, and an American art historian, nerdy intellectual with deep love for art and genius. Will play both male and female presenting roles. Trans or non-binary performers are encouraged to audition for this track.
Lawyer / James / George/ Andrew / Archie - Male presenting. 30 - 45. A wide range of British characters, ranging from young, gay, British, working-class boyfriend, to a more sophisticated tailor shop worker, and a French (and French speaking) lawyer. This track appears briefly in underwear in order to change clothes on stage.
Child Lee - 12-14 to play 8 years old. Young boy. Male presenting. British East London accent. Spunky, curious kid who witnesses a lot, thinks deeply about the world, reads and dreams and shows incredible artistic talent.
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