Resident Ensemble Players 2023-24 Season Equity Principal Actors - Resident Ensemble Players Auditions

Resident Ensemble Players 2023-24 Season - NYC EPA University of Delaware | Newark, DE

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)

Break: 1:00-2:00pm

CONTRACT

URTA

$979 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Resident Ensemble Players 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare 2 short monologues - one classical and one contemporary for Pass Over - For In The Heat Of The Night both can be contemporary. Total audition time not to exceed 2 1/2 minutes. Please bring hard copy of headshot and resume

BREAKDOWN

LOCATION

Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St

16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

Studio B

PERSONNEL

Sandy Ernst: Associate Producing Artistic Director/Casting Director (expected to attend) - has casting authority and authority to hire stage managers.

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown. OTHER

www.rep.udel.edu

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.

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

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Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Holding/Audition room information:

The audition room can accommodate no more than 28 individuals at a time.

The holding room can accommodate no more than 80 individuals at a time.

NOTE: we have a resident acting company, so most roles are filled.

What The Constitution Means To Me by Heidi Schreck (to be performed in conjunction with U of D Women's and Gender Studies 50th anniversary)

Directed by Sandy Ernst

First rehearsal: 8/20/2023

Opens: 9/29/2023

Closes: 10/1/2023

All roles are cast.

John Ball's IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

Adapted by Matt Pelfrey

Directed by Cameron Knight

First rehearsal: 10/2/202

Opens: 11/4/2023

Closes: 11/19/2023

Seeking:

Noreen Purdy: (called Delores Purdy in the 1967 film) late teens/early twenties - white, attractive, duplicitous, flirtatious - moves well and has dialect skills.

All other roles are cast.

Pass Over

by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu

Directed by Hassan El-Amin

First rehearsal: 1/22/2024

Opens: 2/8/2024

Closes: 2/18/2024

Seeking:

Moses - Black, male, late teens/early 20s, a young man from the ghetto, brokenhearted, courageous, angry, sad. Excellent movement and language skills.

Kitch - Black, male, late teens/early twenties, a young man from the ghetto and Moses' best friend. Jovial, loyal, kind, naïve, a lovely friend to have. Excellent movement and language skills.

All other roles are cast.

Deathtrap

by Ira Levin

Directed by Michael Gotch

First rehearsal: 3/11/2024

Opens: 4/13/2024

Closes: 4/28/2024

All roles are currently cast.