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Seeking
Equity actors, men and women, for various roles in the upcoming 2015 Season.
see breakdown.
Preparation
Prepare 2 short contemporary, contrasting monologues, totaling no more than 2 minutes.
Bring TWO pictures and resumes, each stapled together.
Other Dates
NYC EPA: 11/24, 9:30-5:30, at AEA
NJ EPA by Appt: 11/25, 11-7, at NJ Rep
Other
www.njrep.org
Housing provided for out-of-area performers.
Personnel
Artistic Director: SuzAnne Barabas
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
2015 SEASON:
SWIMMING AT THE RITZ AMERICAN PREMIERE
BY CHARLES LEIPART
DIRECTOR TBA
Rehearsals begin on or about December 15, 2014
Performances January 8, 2015 thru February 1, 2015
Pamela Churchill Hayward Harriman, the ultimate party girl, has been living an idyllic life at the luxurious Ritz in Paris for the past several years accompanied by her young Italian valet, and has been spending her and her step children's vast inheritance on paintings, clothing, jewels, furs, champagne (her day-to-day necessities). But her step children's attorneys are about to shut her down. On the verge of losing everything, with the creditors literally at her door, Pamela reveals her journey from man-to-man and bed-to-bed, in a funny, poignant tour-de-force.
Seeking:
PAMELA:
Pamela Churchill Hayward Harriman, presently the U.S. Ambassador to France; a woman of a certain age (60’s), she is exquisitely coiffed and groomed, looking much younger than she really is. (A note on PAMELA’S speaking voice: PAMELA speaks in a low, throaty voice with an attractive slight catch or croak to it. She uses this to theatrical effect. She has the barest trace of her native British accent as she has not lived in Britain for the past forty years. She has made a conscious effort to Americanize her speech by flattening her vowels and there is a touch of Virginia horse country where she has kept a house for twenty years)
PIETRO:
A handsome young Italian in his 20’s-30’s; valet at the Paris Ritz Hotel.
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THE STRAIGHT MARRIAGE PLAY
A WORLD PREMIERE BY MICHAEL TUCKER
DIRECTED BY EVAN BERGMAN
Rehearsals begin on or about February 2, 2015
Performances February 26, 2015 thru March 29, 2015
A comedy about Jerry and Maddie who have been married forever. They are both looking for something to recapture the former vitality of their marriage. When the opportunity arises for them to go on a retreat to a new-age spa, complete with nude massages, Jerry is all for it, but Maddie is skeptical.
Seeking:
JERRY
The husband (50’s to 60’s) – middle aged, neurotic, in search of adventure.
MADDIE
The wife (50’s) – nurturing, private.
STAR
A massage therapist – A twenty-something flower child, far wiser than she appears.
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NOBODY’S GIRL
AN AMERICAN PREMIERE BY RICK VIEDE
DIRECTOR TBA
Rehearsals begin on or about March 23, 2015
Performances April 23 – May 24, 2015
Anthony Donnally is a failed writer. To end his unlucky streak, he concocts a scheme enlisting the aid of a young Muslim girl, to pose as the writer of an explicit tell-all memoir.
Seeking:
NITA SALEEM/CURRAH
Female, early 20s. Muslim American. An opportunist.
ANTHONY DONNALLY
early/mid 30s. An unsuccessful writer, planning an intricate hoax.
RONNIE LOWE
Female, early 50’s to 60’s. A ball-breaker publisher.
TYRELLE PARKS
Male 30s. African-American. Ronnie’s effeminate assistant.
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THE REALIZATION OF EMILY LINDER
A WORLD PREMIERE BY RICHARD STRAND
DIRECTOR SUZANNE BARABAS
Rehearsals begin on or about May 25, 2015
Performances June 18 – July 26, 2015
A comic-drama about a woman who gathers her two adult daughters to her side to inform them of her imminent demise (she even knows the date) and to give them assignments to fulfill prior to her earthly departure.
All roles have been CAST. However, actors will be considered for possible replacements.
EMILY LINDER
Role CAST. A retired professor of French, in her late sixties or early seventies.
MARGARET HALL
Role CAST. Emily's daughter, a full-time mom, in her forties.
JANET LINDER-MARTINI
Role CAST. Emily's daughter and Margaret's younger sister, a lawyer in her forties.
JENNIFER LEE
Role CAST. A professional caregiver in her late twenties or early thirties.
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SHOW Still TBA
Rehearsals begin on or about July 27, 2015
Performances August 20 – September 20, 2015
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THE SEEDBED
A WORLD PREMIERE BY BRYAN DELANEY
DIRECTOR TBA
Rehearsals begin on or about September 21, 2015
Performances October 15 – November 15, 2015
A poignant family drama set in Ireland. According to Hannah, Thomas has always had an unnatural attraction to his troubled step-daughter. Thomas vehemently denies this, and it is a sore point in their relationship. When Maggie arrives back home after trying to pull her life together, things begin to unravel. When her fiancé arrives, who is the same age as her step-dad, deeper and darker secrets are revealed.
Seeking:
THOMAS
40’s – 50’s
HANNAH
(Thomas’s wife) – 40’s
MAGGIE
(their daughter, 18 years old)
MICK
Maggie’s fiancé. – 40’s – 50’s
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Theatre’s statement: “Non-traditional casting is encouraged, and actors of color, seniors and performers with disabilities are encouraged to audition for all the plays.”
Plays and dates subject to change.
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