MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN Equity Principal Audition - Ensemble for the Romantic Century Auditions

MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN - NYC EPA

Ensemble for the Romantic Century

AUDITION DATE

Sun, Nov 19, 2017

10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)

Lunch 1:30 to 2:30

CONTRACT

Off Broadway Category 4 ($613/wk + pw)

SEEKING

Equity actors for various roles.

Note: The role of THE MONSTER has already been cast (Robert Fairchild)

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short monologue of your choosing. Bring picture and resume.

LOCATION

Nola Studios

250 W. 54th Street

New York, NY 10019

5th floor

PERSONNEL

General Manager: Aaron Grant

Expected to be in attendance at the EPA:
Casting Director: Geoff Josselson, CSA
Director: Donald T. Sanders

Artistic Director and Writer: Eve Wolff will be there for portions of the day as well.

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals being: December 5, 2017
First Preview: December 21, 2017
Opening Night: December 27, 2017
Closing: January 7, 2018

Venue: Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center

OTHER

The critically acclaimed Ensemble for a Romantic Century, now in its 16th season, presents innovative productions that merge scripts drawn from historical writings with live chamber music and stunning multimedia visuals. Previous productions have starred Jeremy Irons, Jayne Atkinson, Jonathan Hadary, Peter Scolari, Bobby Steggert and Ellen MacLaughlin, among others. https://www.romanticcentury.org

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.

BREAKDOWN

Excerpts from the 1818 edition of Frankenstein, music, and dance interwoven with Mary Shelly’s letters and diaries chronicle Mary’s struggle with motherhood, loss of her children, loneliness and rejection, alongside the parallel narrative in her writings. Featuring Bach-inspired music of the 19th century, including the Chaconne (Bach-Busoni) the Prelude in B minor (Bach-Siloti), the organ prelude on the B-A-C-H motive by Liszt, in addition to arias from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, songs by Schubert, and Liszt’s variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, among others works.

[THE MONSTER] – CAST (Robert Fairchild)

SEEKING:

[MARY SHELLEY / AGATHA]
Female, 20s-early 30s.

• MARY SHELLEY is the passionate, tormented author of ‘Frankenstein’. Struggling depression, loneliness, as well as the deaths of her new born and miscarried children, Mary set about writing her classic novel to process her thoughts. Deeply empathic and thoughtful, she is an off-beat heroine and woman ahead of her time.
• AGATHA is a character in ‘Frankenstein’. She is De Lacey’s daughter. High class, but compassionate and deeply sensitive. The Monster sees her as a sister figure.

[PERCY SHELLEY / VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN / FELIX]
Male, 20s-30s.

• PERCY SHELLEY is Mary’s husband and the great love of her life. Handsome and charming, he is also a brilliant writer and poet. Matches Mary in intellect and cares deeply for her.
• VICTOR is the eponymous protagonist of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. An intensely driven and passionate scientist toiling to create new life, resulting in the famous Frankenstein’s Monster.
• FELIX is a character in ‘Frankenstein’. He is De Lacey’s son. Well groomed and upstanding; empathetic and nurturing. Fiercely protective of his father, he attacks the Monster when he feels threatened.

[DE LACEY / WILLIAM GODWIN]
Male, 50s-60s.

• DE LACEY is a character in ‘Frankenstein’. He is an old blind man that the Monster spies on and looks to as a father figure. He is warm, gentle and wise.
• WILLIAM GODWIN is Mary’s father. An intellectual who struggles to understand Mary’s depression and restlessness.

[CHILDREN]
Boys, 8-12. Young children to play a variety of roles, including Mary’s son PERCY FLORENCE SHELLEY; Victor Frankenstein’s son, WILLIAM, who dies at the hand of the Monster, and YOUNG CHILDREN that torment Frankenstein’s Monster in the forest within the novel.

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 audition.