KEN LUDWIG’S BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY - NYC Appointments
Long Wharf Theatre
APPOINTMENTS
NYC auditions to be held on an upcoming date TBD by APPOINTMENT ONLY
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B, ($915/week plus pension & health)
SEEKING
Seeking actors with experience with classical and / or heightened language, as well as familiarity with style of plays such as The 39 Steps, Shipwrecked!, and Peter and the Starcatcher. The play requires playing detailed, specific, vivid characters and rich language with high energy and without parody. Seeking performers who can commit to heightened style without caricaturing. All ethnicities strongly encouraged
Seeking submissions from AEA members. AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered via this posting (no agent or third-party submissions).
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, mail picture and resume ASAP. Accepting submissions through November 10th.
Deadline: Fri, Nov 10, 2017
SUBMIT TO
Calleri Casting / Attn: Baskerville
39 West 14th Street, Suite 504
New York, NY 10011
PERSONNEL
Writer: Ken Ludwig (based on a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle)
Director: Brendan Fox
Casting: James Calleri Casting
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: January 30, 2018
Preview: February 28, 2018
Opening: March 7, 2018
Closing: March 25, 2018
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
ABOUT
A wild hellhound prowls the moors of Devonshire, dispatching the male heirs of the Baskerville line one by one. Sherlock Holmes is on the case. To find the ingenious killer Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir.
ALL ETHNICITIES STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
(Male 30s – 40s). Highly intelligent, confident, charismatic, quick-witted, obsessive. Thinks very highly of his close friend Watson. A sophisticated mind who savors adventure and an intriguing mystery, and has a manic gleam of mischief in his eyes. A mind that works overtime. All ethnicities strongly encouraged.
DOCTOR WATSON
(Male Early to mid 40s). Smart, grounded, full of heart and wonder, lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. We see the play through his eyes. The heart and soul of the play. All ethnicities strongly encouraged.
ACTOR ONE
(Male 30s – 40s) Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles (over 10), including STAPLETON (seemingly geeky butterfly lover who conceals a psychopath within), BARRYMORE (mournful caretaker of Baskerville Hall), MILKER (scrappy Dickensian urchin boy), LUCY (loving wife of WILSON), and DR. MORTIMER (elegant, friendly, passionate). All ethnicities strongly encouraged.
ACTOR TWO
(Male 20s - 30s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles, including SIR HUGO BASKERVILLE (a brutal, cruel Cavalier), WILSON (exuberant, hearty head of messenger office), SIR HENRY BASKERVILLE (young Texan relation to Baskervilles, open-hearted, earnest, ready for adventure and to fall in love), and INSPECTOR LESTRADE (cocky police inspector). All ethnicities strongly encouraged.
ACTRESS ONE
(Female 30s). Must show great versatility and nimbleness physically and vocally (including multiple dialects). Plays multiple roles, including MISS STAPLETON (STAPLETON’s initially secretive, scared “sister” who passionately falls in love with SIR HENRY), CARTWRIGHT (scrappy Dickensian urchin boy), MRS. BARRYMORE (severe, humorless Swedish caretaker of Baskerville Hall), MRS. HUDSON (older, maternal housekeeper for HOLMES). All ethnicities strongly encouraged.
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 submit.
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