SCENE PARTNERS Equity Principal Actors - Vineyard Theatre Auditions

SCENE PARTNERS - NYC EPA Vineyard Theatre | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, August 31, 2023

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

Lunch 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway

$850 weekly minimum (Cat. 2)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in the world premiere production of SCENE PARTNERS (See breakdown).

VINEYARD THEATRE is committed to diverse, inclusive casting. For every role we will consider qualified performers, without regard to disability, race and ethnicity, age, color, national origin, or any other basis prohibited by law unless otherwise specifically indicated.

All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue of your choice. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Vineyard Theatre

108 E 15th St

New York, NY 10003-2102

PERSONNEL

Written by John J. Caswell, Jr.

Directed by Rachel Chavkin

Artistic Director(s): Sarah Stern, Douglas Aibel Associate Artistic Director: Jesse Cameron Alick

Artistic Producing Associate: Jason Aguirre Managing Director: Suzanne Appel

General Manager: Alma Malabanan-McGrath Casting Director: Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis)

Expected to attend:

Jesse Cameron Alick (Associate Artistic Director)

Jason Aguirre (Artistic Producing

Associate/Assistant Director)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: September 19, 2023 First Tech Rehearsal: October 19, 2023 Previews Begin: October 26, 2023

Opening: November 12, 2023

Closing: December 3, 2023

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

SCENE PARTNERS

SYNOPSIS: Winter, 1985. 75-year-old Meryl ditches ice-cold Milwaukee for sunny Los Angeles, hell bent on becoming a movie star. She’s got big dreams, a little money, and a whole lot of nerve. Meryl’s finally going to get hers. Or is she? Scene Partners is a wildly theatrical, hilarious, and genre-twisting gallop through the experience of a woman reborn.

SEEKING:

MERYL and as cast – ROLE IS CAST. 75 years old, disturbingly hellbent

CHARLIZE and as cast – Meryl’s younger sister, late 60’s

PAULINE and as cast – ROLE IS CAST. acting student

HUGO LOCKERBY and as cast – ROLE IS CAST. Famed director, acting coach and producer DR. NOAH DRAKE and as cast – ROLE IS CAST. a general practitioner

CASSIE and as cast – ROLE IS CAST. acting student