Call Type
Non-Required Principal
Date of Audition
8/20/2011
Location
NYC location will be given when
appointment is made.
New York, NY
Time(s)
OPEN Auditions (Equity/non) by APPOINTMENT:
Saturday, August 20, 2011
9 AM - 9 PM (update, posted 8.2.11: Note expanded hours.)
Lunch from 1:30-2.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Beginning August 1, please contact
lisa@mississippimudproductions.com to schedule your audition.
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Contract
Showcase-NY
Stipend.
Seeking
Actors (m/f). See Breakdown for details.
Preparation
Prepare a 1-minute contemporary monologue. No heightened text, no dialect.
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Other Dates
Callbacks 8/22, 4-9 PM.
1st reh: 9/6/11. Runs 10/6-10/19.
Other
www.mississippimudproductions.com
Personnel
Artistic Dir: Jen Danby
Managing Dir: Lisa Raymond
Playwright: Austin Pendleton
Dir: Lauren Reinhard
SM: Alicia D Mangelsdorf
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| Breakdown
Note: Actors playing Mr. Tynan, Mr. Olivier, and Ms. Plowright must be skilled in or adroit in mastering a British RP dialect. The actor playing Sean must be skilled in or adroit in mastering an Irish dialect.
Kenneth Tynan:
Early 30s. British. An influential, albeit controversial, theatre critic and writer in the early stages of emphysema. Terrible stutter.
Sean:
Early 20s. Irish. An ever-present, young, eager assistant, trying not to be swallowed up by Hollywood titans.
Orson Welles:
Mid 40s. American. Brilliant but desperate. One of the great film directors of the day, who is trying to claw his way back into the regard of Hollywood and its financial backers. A man of some corpulence.
Laurence Olivier:
Early 50s. British. One of the most highly regarded classical actors in the world, who is now trying to prove he can handle more edgy work. Contentiously married to Vivien Leigh, but carrying on an affair with co-star Joan Plowright.
Joan Plowright:
Early 30s. British. Fresh young actress on the British scene, with some successful credits to her name. Solid, even-tempered. Having an affair with the married Laurence Olivier.
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