PEER GYNT **Updated** Equity Principal Auditions - Classic Stage Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions (1 1/2 days)
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
9:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM. lunch 1 to 2

Contract
Off Broadway
favored nations, $593.00 per week

Location
Actors' Equity Association NYC Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
A versatile company of 8 strong Equity character actors to play multiple varied roles. Actors who sing and play musical instruments a plus.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Prepare a short monologue that demonstrates a facility with language.

Bring picture and resume

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: 4/4/16
First Preview: 5/11/16
Closing: 6/26/16

Personnel
Artistic Director: Brian Kulick
Managing Dir: Jeff Griffin
Adaptation (based on the play by Henrik Ibsen): John Doyle
Director: John Doyle
Casting: Calleri Casting (James Calleri & Paul Davis)

· 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.

Breakdown

Seeking a versatile company of 8 strong character actors to play multiple varied roles. Actors who sing and play musical instruments a plus.

PEER GYNT/AS CAST
(Male 30s – 50) – a poet and a braggart, a drinker and a dreamer, an impish man prone to mischief. An egotistical man child who later becomes a businessman. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus.

AASE/AS CAST
(Female 50s – 70s)– Peer Gynt’s impoverished mother, yearns for her son to restore the lost fortune of his father. Also plays multiple other roles. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus.

SOLVEIG/GREENCLAD WOMAN/AS CAST
(Female 30s – 40s) A newcomer who initially avoids then joins Peer. Also plays multiple other roles. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus.

KARI/AS CAST
(Female 30s-40s): A Neighbor to Aase. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus.

ANITRA / AS CAST
(Female 20s – 30s) daughter of a Bedouin chieftain. Also plays multiple other roles. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus.

ASLAK THE SMITH/OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS/AS CAST
(Male 50s - 60s) Plays a range of characters, including the supernatural. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus. [CAST]

BUTTON MOULDER/AS CAST
(Male 40s– 50s) Arrives to take Peer Gynt’s soul. Actor who sings and plays musical instruments a plus. [CAST]

BRIDEGROOM/AS CAST
(Male 20s-30s): versatile actor to play a cheated bridegroom, as well as many other