SUNSET BABY Equity Principal Actors - Signature Theatre Company Inc. Auditions

SUNSET BABY - NYC EPA Signature Theatre Company Inc. | New York, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, September 18, 2023

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

BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

CONTRACT

Off Broadway

$985 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway BB)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in SUNSET BABY (see breakdown).

Signature Theatre is an Equal

Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages performers of all ethnicities, genders, abilities, ages, and other ways of identifying to audition. Please note that unless otherwise specified in the breakdown, for all roles we are actively seeking and welcoming of actors of any ethnicity, race, gender/gender identification/gender expression, age, and physical and neurological ability.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief monologue. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

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

16th Fl

New York, NY 10036

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Paige Evans

Executive Director: Tim McClimon

Associate Artistic Director: Beth Whitaker General Manager: Kenneth Naanep Written by Dominique Morisseau

Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Artistic Line Producer: Jeremy Ehlinger Caparelliotis Casting - Casting Directors: Dave Caparelliotis, Joe Gery and Danielle King

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: Tues, 01/02/24

Previews begin: Tues, 01/30/24

Opening: Sun, 2/18 or Tues, 02/20/24

End of guaranteed run: Sun, 03/10/24

Possible extension through: Sun, 03/24/24

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

SUNSET BABY

East New York, Brooklyn. Nina’s estranged father Kenyatta, a former black revolutionary and political prisoner, reappears to obtain a coveted piece of her late Mother's legacy. While Kenyatta had visions of changing the world, his daughter became everything he feared. Now he’s at her mercy for his own redemption. This is a story about love, political action, and one woman’s journey from a brutal existence to her own liberation.

SEEKING

NINA – Black woman. Late 20s. Hard, quiet power, deeply guarded, and nonetheless brilliant. Has a lifetime of walls up and will fight you before letting them down. Were she an animal, she'd be a dangerous panther. A robber and drug dealer, but in another life could lead a righteous revolution.

KENYATTA – Black man. 50s. Strong, quiet power, also deeply guarded. Almost a duplicate of Nina, except he has lost the hardness and is now navigating a softer version of himself. Riddled with guilt and desperate to break through Nina's walls...and his own. A former political prisoner and Black revolutionary. Nina's estranged father.

DAMON – Afro-Latine man, 30s. Broad, street-smart, intelligent, and a drug dealer and robber. Has lost his hardness and is on the brink of retiring from the game. Nina's partner-in-crime and boyfriend. Not a stereotype. A true, genuine soon-to-be o-g. In another life, could be a helluva scholar.