MEET THE CARTOZIANS Equity Principal Actors - Second Stage Theater Auditions

MEET THE CARTOZIANS - NYC EPA

Second Stage Theater | New York, NY

REVISED

Writer's name updated and option added to submit photo/resume.

AUDITION DATE

Friday, June 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1051 weekly minimum (LORT C) - Will pay $1144 weekly

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MEET THE CARTOZIANS (See breakdown). All roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare the Sides for the character you are interested in. Sides will be available on the morning of the audition at the audition site. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding room - Studio 17B

PERSONNEL

Director: David Cromer
Writer: Talene Yeghisabet Monahon
Casting Director: Daniel Swee
Expected to attend:
Casting Associate: Camille Hickman

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: September 30, 2025
1st Preview: Approximately October 29, 2025
Open: Approximately November 18, 2025
Close: December 7, 2025 (with possible extension)

OTHER

If you would like to be considered, but are unable to attend, please send your photo/resume to:

cartozianscasting@gmail.com

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.

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

MEET THE CARTOZIANS

SEEKING:

TATOS CARTOZIAN / ROBERT ZAKIAN: TATOS CARTOZIAN (50s-60s) is an Armenian immigrant. Distinguished, thoughtful, proud. English is not his first language. Father to Hazel and Vahan.
ROBERT ZAKIAN (50s–60s) an Armenian-American City Councilman in Glendale, California. Affable, curious, a little lonely.

MARKRID CARTOZIAN / ROSE SARKISIAN: MARKRID CARTOZIAN (70s) is an Armenian immigrant and the Cartozian matriarch. Sharp, watchful, opinionated. Struggles with English but is intent on making herself heard. Mother to Tatos.
ROSE SARKISIAN (60s) is Armenian-American and an active philanthropist in the Glendale Armenian community. She is glamorous, pointed, and stubborn.

WALLACE MCCAMANT / ALAN O'BRIEN: WALLACE McCAMANT (Late 30s-Early 40s) is an English-American and Irish-American attorney taking on the Cartozian case. He is an experienced lawyer, intelligent, eager, and a little thin-skinned.
ALAN O’BRIEN (Late 30s-Early 40s) is Irish-American and a producer on a reality show. Enthusiastic, curious, a little impulsive, he has his own agenda.

HAZEL CARTOZIAN / THE CELEBRITY: HAZEL CARTOZIAN (20s-30s) is an Armenian immigrant, whose facility with English often places her in the role of family translator. Deeply intelligent and cultured, balancing her own curiosity with the limits of the time.
THE CELEBRITY (20s–30s) Armenian-American. She is famous and beautiful, also child-like and strange.

VAHAN CARTOZIAN / NARDEK VARTOUMIAN: VAHAN CARTOZIAN (Late 20s-Early 30s) is an Armenian immigrant. He is eager, puppy-like, yet an alpha presence.
NARDEK VARTOUMIAN (Late 20s-Early 30s) Armenian-American, he is an academic and a progressive, intellectual and thoughtful.

THE WOMAN / LESLIE: THE WOMAN (40s-60s) is an Armenian immigrant and is someone who has been through something very traumatic.
LESLIE (40s-60s) Armenian-American, an activist, warm, opinionated, deeply passionate, and often strident.