MOTHER NIGHT - NYC EPA
Custom Made Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Mar 27, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Mini
$503/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for 7 roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides, provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Writer: Kurt Vonnegut, adapted by Brian Katz
In attendance at the EPA:
Brian Katz, Director
Leah Abrams, Executive Director
OTHER DATES
1st reh: On/About September 17, 2018.
Runs: October 5 - November 3, 2018
Venue: 59E59 Theaters
OTHER
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
Track 1:
Howard Campbell, Jr. – Male, white, 40-50. Charismatic playwright, Nazi propagandist, and American spy.
Track 2:
Arnold, Epstein, Eichmann, Westlake, Dorborwitz, Ensemble – Male, 20-30. Epstein is the dominate character; he is a young Jewish doctor, born in Auschwitz, and trying to forget the past
Track 3:
Hess, Bernard B. O’hare, Professor, Noth, Arpad, Veteran, Bodovskov, Ensemble – Male, white, 40-50. O’hare is the dominate character; he is an angry, bitter WWII veteran who is trying for redemption through capturing Campbell.
Track 4:
Goebbels, Kraft, Gutman, Ensemble – Male, white, 50-60. Kraft is the dominate character; he is a chess-loving, emerging modern painter. He is also a Russian spy.
Track 5:
Mother, Helga, Resi, Ensemble – Female, white, 30-45. Helga/Resi are the dominate characters. Helga was a beloved German actress, and Campbell’s wife and muse. Resi is her younger sister, a war refugee in love with her sister’s husband.
Track 6:
Epstein’s Mother, Hatie, Wirtanen, Ensemble – Female, 40-60. Wirtanen is the dominate character. She is a U.S. intelligence officer who recruits Campbell; a “gasbag and a blowhard,” but deadly serious when she needs to be.
Track 7:
Bernard Mengle, Jones, Guard, Ensemble – Male, 50-70. Jones is the dominate character. He a retired dentist who makes a fortune through inventions. Is also the publisher of the White Christian Minuteman.
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.
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