JULIUS CAESAR - NYC EPA
Theatre For A New Audience
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Jul 13, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $848 ($873 after February 10, 2019)
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors auditioning should prepare a classical monologue, preferably by
Shakespeare. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Author: William Shakespeare
Direction: Shana Cooper
Jack Doulin (Casting Director) will be in attendance. Additional personnel as yet TBD may be in attendance as well.
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal Monday, February 11, 2019
Tech Begins Tuesday, March 12
First Preview Sunday, March 17
First Press Tuesday, March 26
Press Opening Thursday, March 28
6 Week Closing Sunday, April 28, 2019
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
The production if physically rigorous for all members of the ensemble. All actors should have combat and/or dance experience in addition to strong linguistic skills. We need strong fighters and physical actors in all male roles except for Julius Caesar. Actors of all ethnicities and gender identities are encouraged.
SEEKING FOR THIS PRODUCTION:
1.Brutus/Plebeian (male, mid 30s – late 40s)
2. Cassius/Plebeian (male, mid 30s – late 40s)
3. Julius Caesar/Ghost/Plebeian (male, late 40s – early 60s)
4. Mark Antony/Plebeian (male, early 30s – late 40s)
5. Decius Brutus/Cobbler/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, mid 30s – late 40s)
6. Trebonius/Plebeian/Ensemble (Male, mid 20s – mid 30s)
7. Casca/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, early 30s – late 40s)
8. Metellus Cimber/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, mid 30s – late 40s)
9. Caius Ligarius/Lepidus/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, late 40s – early 60s)
10. Cinna the conspirator/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, mid 30s – late 40s)
11. Cicero/Plebeian/Ensemble (female or gender non-conforming, late 30s – late 50s)
12. Octavius Caesar/Carpenter/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, early 20s – late 20s)
13. Lucius/Plebeian/Ensemble (male, early 20s – early 30s) – This actor needs to sing and play the violin ideally. We could consider other stringed instruments if need be. Ideally he should read as young as a teenager but no older than late 20s.
14. Portia/Poet in 4.3/Plebeian/Ensemble (female, late 20s – early 40s) – She should be an actor who can sing.
15. Calphuria/Plebeian/Ensemble (female, early 30s – late 40s)
16. Artemidorus/Caesar & Antony Servant Track/Plebeian/Ensemble (female, late 20s to early 40s).
17. Cinna the Poet/Caesar & Octavius Servant Track/Plebeian/Ensemble (male or gender non-conforming, early – late 20s person of color. The soul of a poet.
18. Soothsayer/Plebeian/Ensemble - young girl (around 7 years old) – person of color.
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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