KING LEAR Equity Principal Actors - Theatre For A New Audience Auditions
Theatre For A New Audience
KING LEAR - NYC EPA
Theatre For A New Audience | New York, NY
Notice: Audition | Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, September 21, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CONTRACT
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$1114 weekly minimum (LORT C)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in KING LEAR (See
BREAKDOWN
).Also
SEEKING
Understudies and possible replacements for all roles.PREPARATION
Actors should prepare a brief classical monologue of their choosing. The speech must not exceed 60 seconds. If the speech is in verse, auditioners are encouraged to perform a cut of approximately 16-18 lines.
LOCATION
Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Holding area on the second level of the lobby (orchestra level).
PERSONNEL
Director: Arin Arbus
Expected to attend:
Allison Benko: Associate Producer
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: January 19, 2027
Tech Begins: February 23, 2027
First Preview: February 28, 2027
Official Opening: March 14, 2027
Closing: March 28, 2027
Possible Extension Through: April 4, 2027
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity's
CONTRACT
s 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
CORDELIA, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 20s–30s. Lear's youngest daughter. A truth teller. Headstrong. A rebel. Requires great strength and heart. Great with text.
GONERIL, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: late 30s. Lear's eldest daughter. Starved for love. Great with text.
REGAN, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 30s. Lear's middle daughter. A woman without a center. Great language chops.
THE FOOL, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: Any. A truth teller and professional joke teller. Sees it all. Requires great language chops and an expert sense of comic rhythms. Loves Lear.
GLOUCESTER, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 50+. A nobleman - an earl. Blind until blinded. Superstitious. Old fashioned and conventional in his thinking - which makes him more fragile than Lear. Is unable to make sense of the changing world. Loves both of his sons. Great with text.
EDGAR, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 20s–30s. Gloucester's legitimate son. Begins as the catastrophe of the old comedy and ends as Britain's future. Must disguise himself to find himself. Has great language and comedic chops.
EDMUND, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 20s–40s. Gloucester's illegitimate son. A seductive and ruthless manipulator. Great with text.
KENT, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 40+. A loyal nobleman who fearlessly serves Lear. Speaks the truth. A formidable, moral man. Great with text.
ALBANY, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 30s–60s. Goneril's husband. Begins milk-livered and develops moral courage as the tragedy unfolds. Great with text.
CORNWALL, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: 30s–60s. Regan's husband. A brute. Fiery, sadistic and ambitious. Great with text.
OSWALD, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: Any. Goneril's steward and confidant. Pensive, clever, a wimp. Great with text.
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: Any. Suitor to Cordelia. A politician. Great with text.
THE KING OF FRANCE, As Cast
Gender/Race: Any. Age Range: Any. Marries Cordelia once she has been disinherited. A kind man. Great with text.
