SOME OLD BLACK MAN - NYC EPA
Berkshire Playwrights Lab, Inc.
**Updated: Preparation Added**
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Nov 06, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Mini $500/wk for rehearsal, $525/wk for performances
SEEKING
Two Equity actors for 1 available role and for 1 potential understudy (both characters are African-American men).
Also seeking an Equity Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager.
PREPARATION
Prepare a 2 minute contemporary monologue.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Director - Joe Cacacci
Playwright - James A. Tyler
Casting Director - Pat McCorkle - McCorkle Casting
Director Joe Cacacci and a rep of McCorkle Casting (still TBD) are expected at the EPA.
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals January 16 - February 6, 2018, location in NYC TBA
Performances February 7 - March 4, 2018 at 59E59 Theaters
OTHER
This will be the New York premiere of Some Old Black Man.
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
A sharp and poignant story, with flashes of humor and warmth, “Some Old Black Man” looks at the dynamics between an elderly father who has unwillingly relocated from his southern home to his son’s penthouse in Harlem. The ensuing dialogue between the two men as they begin their days together varies from profound to scathingly funny. A timely theme, the story of “Some Old Black Man” is at once a look at caring for an aging parent while also relating the experiences of two generations of African American men in a post-Civil-Rights-era culture. The play is an intensely human and universal experience that will be played out in an intimate space in real time.
Seeking:
DONALD JONES
82 year old African American male, cynical, mentally imprisoned by American history. This role is cast with the actor who originated the part. We are seeking potential understudies only.
CALVIN JONES, Ph.D.
62 year old African American male, Donald's only child, idealist who has just moved his father, Donald, into his home. He is a professor of literature at NYU.
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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