Windy City Playhouse
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 07, 2019
10:00 am - 2:00 pm (CDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Members May sign up through the Member Portal on 9/30/19
CONTRACT
CAT CAT TIer II $314 Per week Minimum
SEEKING
Actors For upcoming production of SONS OF HOLLYWOOD
PREPARATION
Please Prepare one side of your choosing.
Roman- Pages 15-17, pg 40-42, pg 97-98.
Billy- Pages 15-17, ps 22-24, pgs 64-66
Joan- Page 1, pgs 22-24, pgs 50-51
Jimmy- Pages 18-19, pgs 38-40, pgs 64-66
Howe- Pages 30-32, pgs 40-42
Paul- Pages 98-100
Tom-Pages 98-100
Randolph- Pages 72-74
Louis B Mayer- Page 49, Pages 53-54
Weber-Pages 88-90
Sides will be available @ the Chicago AEA Office
LOCATION
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60618
Please enter through front door at 3014 W Irving Park
PERSONNEL
Amy Rubenstein- Artistic Director
Evelyn Jacoby- Managing Director
Carl Menninger- Associate Artistic Director
Samantha Mitchell- Casting Director
OTHER DATES
First company rehearsal: Monday, August 17, 2020
Projected opening: Thursday, September 17, 2020 & possibly Friday, September 18, 2020
Projected Closing date: Sunday, November 29, 2020
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for 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
Ramon Novarro – Age 25 – 69, Latino, Male. The Hollywood heartthrob, Latin lover and one of the great romantic actors of his day. This magnetic star of the silent films who becomes a Hollywood has been. He’s a devout Catholic who is conflicted by his sexuality. His taste for liquor and hustlers leads to his demise. He is kind, thoughtful, warm-hearted and too trusting of others.
Billy Haines – Age 25 to 70. White Male. Leading man of the silent films known as the Wisecracker. He often considered the first “out” movie star. When Billy leaves the Hollywood studios he goes on to be a world-famous interior designer. Billy is a man with a sharp comeback, a charming personality who bucked the establishment. He’s never met a handsome man he didn’t like.
Jimmy Shields – 25 – 70 While Male. The handsome, sexy lifetime partner to Billy Haines. He’s a little rough around the edges and not particularly sophisticated. As the sailor who Billy brings from New York to Hollywood he feels he doesn’t fit in with the Hollywood elite. He has no problem attracting men and fulfilling his appetite with them.
Played by Actor 1 – 22 to 30, Male. Any Ethnicity Herbert Howe - Journalist for Photoplay magazine. Smart, articulate and in love with Ramon. Paul – Hustler, Tough and immoral. Ramon Novarro’s murderer. Reporter Played by
Actor 2 – 18 to 22, Male. Any Ethnicity Randolph- Young, somewhat naïve hustler. Sweet, handsome and eager to please. Tom – Hustler. Paul's dumber younger brother. Does everything his brother tells him. Also complicit in the murder of Ramon. Stenographer Swim Instructor Reporter Played by
Actor 3 – 30 to 40 , Male. Any Ethnicity Edward Weber - Ramon's Personal Assistant – A warm, caring man who is devoted to Ramon Novarro. Louis B Mayer - MGM Studio Head – No-nonsense, straight talking man who is strictly business. Photographer Reporter
Joan Crawford – Age 25 – 65. White Female. The play’s narrator. Devoted friend to Billy Haines and Jimmy Shields. Focuses on what she wants and gets it. Glamorous, funny, clever, driven and quick witted. The life of the party. This is not the Joan Crawford of Mommie Dearest.
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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