MANAHATTA - NYC EPA
New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, June 8, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Off Broadway
$1061 weekly minimum (Category CC)
Equity actors for roles in MANAHATTA (See breakdown).
Please prepare one SHORT (no more than two minutes in length) contemporary monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Written by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Expected to attend:
Public Theater Casting Office:
Jordan Thaler, Director of Casting
Heidi Griffiths, Director of Casting
Kate Murray, Casting Director
Chalin Tulyathan, Casting Associate Elizabeth Hay, Casting Assistant
First Rehearsal Date: 10/10/2023
Preview Date: 11/16/2023
Closing Date: 12/17/23
Possible extension through 1/8/24
OTHER
All actors must be fully vaccinated and have received at least one additional booster shot for Covid-19.
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.
[MOTHER/BOBBIE] This role is cast.
[JONAS MICHAELIUS/MICHAEL] This role is cast.
[LE-LE-WA’-YOU/JANE] Mid to late 20s. Female presenting. Native and First Nations. LE-LE WA’-YOU: A Lenape woman living in Manahatta in the 1600s. Doubles as JANE: A modern day Lenape woman, citizen of the Delaware Nation in Anadarko, who leaves her home to work on Wall Street.
[TOOSH-KI-PA-KWIS-I/DEBRA] Early to mid 30s. Female presenting. Native and First Nations. TOOSH-KI-PA-KWIS-I: A Lenape woman living in Manahatta in the 1600s. Doubles as DEBRA: Lenape, citizen of the Delaware Nation in Anadarko. Jane’s older sister.
[SE-KET-TU-MAY-QUA/LUKE] Late 20s to early 30s. Male presenting. Native and First Nations. SE KET-TU-MAY-QUA: A Lenape warrior living in Manahatta in the 1600s. Doubles as LUKE: Lenape, citizen of the Delaware Nation in Anadarko. Jane’s childhood friend.
[PETER MINUIT /DICK] 50s to 60s. Male presenting. White. PETER MINUIT: The Director of the Dutch colony of New Netherland who purchased the island of Manahatta. Doubles as DICK: Present day CEO of a powerful Wall Street investment bank and Jane’s boss.
[JAKOB/JOE] Late 30s to 40s. Male presenting. White. JAKOB: Assistant to Peter Minuet. Doubles as JOE: the CFO of Wall Street investment bank, and Jane’s mentor.
FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENTS AND UNDERSTUDIES:
[MOTHER/BOBBIE] 50s to 60s. Female presenting. Native and First Nations. MOTHER: A Lenape elder, living in Manahatta in the 1600’s. Doubles as BOBBIE: A Delaware Lenape elder. Jane and Debra's mother.
[JONAS MICHAELIUS/MICHAEL] 40s to 50s. Male presenting. White. JONAS MICHAELIUS: A clergyman sent by the Dutch East India Company to start a church in the New World. Doubles as MICHAEL: A bank manager and pastor living in Anadarko.
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