SHEAR MADNESS - Washington DC EPA
Cranberry Productions, Inc.
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Oct 11, 2017
10:30 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members may call 202-416-8290 to request an appointment. AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits on the day of.
CONTRACT
Cabaret $921/week (for 1st Company) AEA minimum for the Second Company is 1/8 of the First Company salary and paid per performance.
SEEKING
Equity actors for Spring 2018 casting for both First and Second Companies of Shear Madness at the Theater Lab at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
A two minute contemporary comedic monologue (no accents). Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
THEATRE LAB KENNEDY CENTER
2700 F Street NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20566-0001
OTHER DATES
First Company: start date mid-to-late January through mid-to-late June, 2018
Second Company: start date mid-February through mid-to-late June, 2018
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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
BARBARA DEMARCO.
(Age range 23-39) A wise-cracking, gum-snapping, nail polishing hairdresser. Very dishy and put together, though on the cheap side.
MIKEY THOMAS
(Age range 23-30.) A preppy-looking, eager-beaver who’s a capable and earnest undercover cop. Gets his hair washed and blown dry at every performance. It may need to be cut by a professional.
TONY WHITCOMB
(Age range 25-40.) is the flamboyant, irrepressible proprietor of the Shear Madness salon. He is fun, devilish, interesting, passionate and a real character. He must not be jaded in any way. His “shoot from the hip” comedy must endear him to all. He must be able to do the physical comedy easily and with great flair. Must love “playing for an audience”. He must love creating and executing merriment, and mirth.
EDDIE LAWRENCE
(Age range: 30-45). A well-dressed, nice-looking confidence man who covers a dangerous interior with a smooth, suave, and occasionally charming exterior.
NICK ROSSETTI
(or NICK JOHNSON or TOM O’BRIEN depending on how cast with ethnic background)
(Age range: 30-40). A hardworking “gumshoe” detective. A bright, quick thinking, personable character actor who can also be an excellent straight man. It requires an actor who is not intimidated by a boisterous audience. It requires a good looking, masculine actor with a solid voice and solid acting skills who can learn the dynamics that will keep the investigation on track.
MRS. SHUBERT
(Age range: 45-70) An old-money Washington socialite of impeccable breeding and manner. She must speak with natural— not artificial— cultured tones. She can really turn on the charm when needed. At her finest she’s a real class act.
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 audition.
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