KING LEAR Equity Principal Actors - Theater 2020, Inc. Auditions

KING LEAR - NYC OPEN CALL

Theater 2020, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, February 22, 2025
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS

Auditions will be held on a 1st come, 1st served basis. Sign-ups beginning at 2pm, ET.

CONTRACT

Showcase-NY
Travel stipend.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in KING LEAR (See breakdown).

THEATER 2020 IS COMMITTED TO CASTING WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR ETHNIC ORIGIN AND ENCOURAGES ALL ETHNICITIES TO AUDITION!

PREPARATION

Please prepare one 2-3 Minute Shakespeare monologue. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

A.R.T./New York Theatres and Studios (South Oxford)
138 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Auditions: Studio 2, basement - Holding Room: Garden Studio, ground floor.

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Directors Judith Jarosz & David Fuller
Director: Judith Jarosz

OTHER DATES

Callbacks - February 23, 2 pm - 5 pm
See breakdown for production dates.

OTHER

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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: Open Call

BREAKDOWN

KING LEAR

Rehearsals:

5/17 (12:30-5:30 pm)
5/18 (2-7 pm)
5/19, 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/28, 5/29, 5/30 (7-10 pm)
5/31 (12:30-5:30 pm)
6/1 (2-7 pm); 6/2, 6/4, 6/5, 6/6 (7-10 pm)
6/7 (12:30-5:30)
6/8 (2-7 pm)
6/9 & 6/11 (Dress Rehearsals 6-10 pm)
TUESDAYS ARE THE DAY OFF; NO REHEARSALS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (5/24-5/26)

Performances:

6/12, 6/14, 6/15, 6/20, 6/21, 6/22, 6/26, 6/27 at The Great Room, ART/NY South Oxford Space
6/28, 6/29 at The Granite Prospect in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Curtain time(s): Great Room: TH, FR & SA at 7:00 pm, SU at 3 pm; Park: 5:00 pm

SEEKING:

Actors with solid voice and movement training adept at Shakespeare. Stage combat training a plus.
KING LEAR may be a tragedy, but a sense of humor is mandatory.
Age ranges are not specified; we must believe the children and parents are appropriate to each other; Kent and Gloucester should be somewhat nearer Lear in age.

Roles:

• Kent - Lear's counselor (may be played by male or female)
• Gloucester - Father (or Mother) to Edgar and Edmund (may be played by a male or female)
• Edmund - Gloucester's bastard son
• Lear - (CAST)
• Goneril - Lear's eldest daughter
• Regan - Lear's second daughter
• Cordelia - Lear's youngest daughter
• Albany - husband to Goneril
• Cornwall - husband to Regan
• France/Others - male or female
• Burgundy/Others - male or female
• Edgar - Gloucester's legitimate son
• Oswald - servant to Goneril (male or female)
• Fool - Lear's mirror (male or female)
• Curan/Doctor/Servant - male or female