MANIPULATION Equity Principal Audition - Cherry Lane Theatre Auditions

MANIPULATION – Equity Principal Auditions

Producer: Code Play, Inc. Off-Broadway Currently $539/week minimum + pension/health

GM: NIKO Companies

Playwright: Victoria Eugenia Calderon

Dir: Marilyn Fried

Assoc Dir: Elizabeth Stearns

Casting: Stephanie Klapper Casting

1st reh: On/about 4/4/11. Opens on/about 5/6 for an open-ended run at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Thursday, March 24, 2011 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Story of Cristina, a dejected bourgeoisie woman coming to terms with her situation in life. She is married to Mauricio, whose flagrant displays of infidelity have devastated her. Encouraged by her mother to have an affair of her own, Cristina proceeds to fall in love with another man. Emotionally confused and vulnerable, she begins psychotherapy—only to have her therapist take advantage of her weakened state. This leads to a complete nervous breakdown. In the end, Cristina manages to reclaim the power that was being used against her, and rises up as the leader of her own destiny.

Note: The play is set in Mexico in the 1970’s.

Seeking:

Notes:

1. Some roles are pre-cast with actors who participated in previous readings. Auditioning performers will be considered for the available roles of Mauricio and Dr. Lublitz, for the available male and female understudy tracks, and as possible replacements, should any become necessary, for the pre-cast roles.
2. Please note: All characters are Mexican. Casting personnel state, “We are seeking actors who can believably play Mexican.”

Mauricio:

AVAILABLE ROLE. 30-35. Cristina’s husband. Successful businessman. Self-assured, charismatic, very attractive, sexual, sexy and powerful. Vacillates between being a man of great charm, cruelty, and vulnerability. Exudes sex appeal.

Dr. Lublitz:

AVAILABLE ROLE. 45-50s. Cristina’s psychiatrist. Very smart, forceful, calculating, shrewd and manipulative. Knows how to get what he wants.

Male Understudy:

AVAILABLE TRACK. Covers all five male roles (i.e. late 20s-50s).

Female Understudy:

AVAILABLE TRACK. Covers both female roles (i.e. must play early 30s-50s).

Cristina:

CAST. Early 30s. Gorgeous. A woman who is still a child in many ways. Continues to believe she hasn’t lost her youthfulness. Used to being taken care of. Charismatic, needy, sexual and impulsive. At the start of the play she is frail. However, by the play’s conclusion, she has transformed into a woman of strength and power.

Beatrix:

CAST. 50s. Cristina’s mother. Still a great beauty. Very wealthy. Well-schooled in matters dealing with sex. Enjoys her lifestyle, and loves to shop and travel. Her idea of a good time is to go to Paris, spend time with her friends and shop.

Luis:

CAST. 30s. Cristina’s lover. Handsome, youthful and in love with Cristina. Passionate, sexy, vulnerable and playful. Afraid of Cristina’s husband Mauricio catching him in bed with Cristina.

Two working-class men, threatening in their presence and subsequent actions. Capable of violence:

Older Commandant:

CAST. 40s.

Young Guerrllero / Soldier:

CAST. Late 20s-30s.