Syracuse Stage
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $940 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please, submit an electronic photo/resume. (Physical submissions not accepted for the time being.) We will invite performers to send in a video audition after reviewing their materials.
Deadline: Wed, Apr 21, 2021 (EDT)
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Robert M. Hupp
Director: Gilbert McCauley
Writer: Athol Fugard
Casting: Bass/Valle Casting
Casting Directors: Harriet Bass & Gama Valle
OTHER DATES
Auditions: Self-Tape - by invitation only
CB: 04/30/21 - by appointment only
Production dates:
NOTE: Actors will travel to Syracuse. First week of rehearsals will happen remotely from their respective hotel rooms. (Pending Equity Approval.)
First Rehearsal – 5/11/21
CAPTURE COMPLETE – 6/4/21
CAPTURE RELEASE – 6/16/21
Closing – 7/4/21
OTHER
Bass/Valle Casting encourages people of all races, ages, ethnicities, abilities and gender identities to apply.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
SYNOPSIS:
Set in 1950 in Port Elizabeth, this remarkable play exposes the corrosiveness of systemic racism with raw, unsentimental honesty. The play is autobiographical (“the most intensely personal thing I have ever written” - Fugard) and originates in a friendship between a white teenager and a Black man, who is a kind of surrogate father and an employee of the family’s struggling tea room. When stressful circumstances overwhelm the teen, he lashes out in misdirected and emotionally devastating fury that in an instant threatens to undermine years of affection. Heartfelt, revelatory and a lasting tribute from the playwright to “the most beautiful friend I ever had.”
SAM: Male identifying. Black South African. Mid 40s. Educated. Patient. Understanding, to a point. A good friend. A good father-figure. Moves well. Can carry a tune. Lives under apartheid. NOTE: South African Accent Required
WILLIE: Male identifying. Black South African. Mid 40s. Sweet. Friendly. Not well-read. Quick-tempered. Moves well. Can carry a tune. Lives under apartheid. NOTE: South African Accent Required
HALLY: Male identifying. White South African. 18+ to play 17 years old. A student. Smart but apathetic, given to laziness and flashes of anger. The sensitive son of an alcoholic, deeply racist, bullying father. Lives under apartheid. NOTE: South African Accent Required
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 submit.
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