THE ALCHEMIST Submission - Red Bull Theater Auditions

THE ALCHEMIST - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Red Bull Theater

CONTRACT

Off Broadway $861 weekly minimum

SEEKING

RED BULL THEATER is soliciting auditions via video submission for its upcoming 2021 Off-Broadway Production of Ben Jonson’s THE ALCHEMIST, the World Premiere of a new adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher, with production dates from OCTOBER 4, 2021 - DECEMBER 19. 2021.

Seeking Equity actors actors with classical training (see breakdown).

DIVERSITY VERY WELCOME - Actors of color and from other groups that have been historically excluded from the theater industry are encouraged to submit.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit a short comedic classical monologue (2 minutes or less), preferably from a play by Shakespeare or another Elizabethan or Jacobean playwright. Please also submit a photo and resume.

Deadline: Mon, Sep 6, 2021

SUBMIT TO

submissions2122@redbulltheater.com

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director and Director of The Alchemist, Jesse Berger
Managing Director, Jim Bredeson
Associate Artistic Director, Nathan Winkelstein (viewing auditions)
Casting Director, Stuart Howard (viewing auditions)
General Manager, Sherri Kotimsky

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: October 4, 2021
First Preview: November 11, 2021
Opening: November 22, 2021
Closing: December 19, 2021
Possible Extension thru: Jan 9, 2022

OTHER

Rehearsal & Performance Venue: New World Stages

Stage manager positions are filled.

VACCINATION POLICY. Red Bull Theater’s policy is to have a 100% fully vaccinated company. Proof of vaccination will be required to accept any offered job.

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 submit.

BREAKDOWN

Red Bull Theater values and practices inclusiveness and diversity in all of its activities. Red Bull Theater believes in promoting and providing maximum accessibility for all, and treating everyone with fairness and respect. Red Bull Theater does not discriminate in practices or employment opportunities on the basis of an individual’s race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other category. We maintain a workplace that is free from harassment, discrimination, bullying and violence. Red bull theater is committed to antiracist action. We vow to identify and examine issues of race and color and the impact they have on our organization, its systems, and its people. We resolve to correct inequities. We are in an ongoing process of implementing policies, programs, and practices to work to dismantle racism within all aspects of our organization.

RED BULL THEATER
(Jesse Berger, Founder and Artistic Director | Jim Bredeson, Managing Director) Red Bull Theater is an Off-Broadway company that brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences. With the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as our cornerstone, Red Bull Theater is New York City’s home for dynamic performances of great plays that stand the test of time. The company also produces new works that are in conversation with the classics.

BRIEF HISTORY - Founded in 2003 with a production of Shakespeare’s Pericles, Red Bull Theater has been acclaimed by The New York Times as “a dynamic producer of classic plays” and by Time Out as “the most exciting classical theater in New York.” Red Bull Theater serves adventurous theatergoers with OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS, REVELATION READINGS, ONLINE READINGS, REMARKABULL PODVERSATIONS, and the annual SHORT NEW PLAY FESTIVAL. The company also offers outreach programs including SHAKESPEARE IN SCHOOLS bringing professional actors and teaching artists into public school classrooms, SEMINARS, BULL SESSIONS, free post-play discussions with top scholars, and MASTER CLASSES in classical actor training led by veteran theater professionals. In our 17-year history, Red Bull Theater has produced 20 Off-Broadway Productions and over 200 Revelation Readings of rarely seen classics, serving 5,000 artists and providing quality artistic programming to an audience of 100,000. The company’s unique programming has received ongoing critical acclaim, and has been recognized with Lortel, Drama Desk, Drama League, Calloway, Off Broadway Alliance, and Obie nominations and Awards.

THE ALCHEMIST
Playwright: Ben Jonson,
Adaptor: Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Jesse Berger
1st Rehearsal: October 4, 2021
First Preview: November 11, 2021
Opening: November 22, 2021
Closing: December 19, 2021
Possible Extension thru: Jan 9, 2022

Roles are currently available unless stated otherwise

SUBTLE – MALE, 30-50. A con man. Mercurial, theatrical, a combination street magician and travelling player who employs an array of voices, accents, costumes and attitudes. A mixture of John Barrymore and Snoop Dogg. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

FACE – MALE, 30-50. The perfect gentleman’s gentleman. A butler, he has the deadpan we associate with the best characters of the genre: Jeeves, Hudson, Alfred. He too has a gift for impersonation, and beneath the deadpan exterior is a sly, agile mind.

SIR EPICURE MAMMON – MALE. 40-60. A broad and swirling caricature of a rich and foolish man. Drunk on his ambitions and aspirations, full to the brim with rhetorical excess. Greedy, ravenous, lustful. Plummy and fleshy. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

DOL COMMON – FEMALE, 30-50. Commonly called a wench, bawd or prostitute, she is full-bodied and full-throated, and although her persona in repose is that of a Cockney barmaid, she can play anyone from a high-born lady to a would-be Shirley Bassey. Must sing well.

DAPPER – MALE, 20-50. A lawyer’s clerk who is trying too hard to come across as an elegant, sophisticated gentleman and gets things wrong. He is too eager to impress and too willing to please. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

DRUGGER – MALE. 20-40. A gentle soul, he was hit on the head too many times when a baby. His brain may be slow, but he can speak and move quickly when a fire is lit under him. In this case, the fire of success and marrying the woman of his dreams make his wide-eyes wider. Slight and perky. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

SURLY – MALE, 30-60. A cynical man about town. He’s seen it all and done it all. When he plays the Spaniard, he does so with a ridiculous Spanish accent and Castillian lisp. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

ANANIAS – MALE, 20-50. A dark-visaged religious maniac. Angry, humorless, self-important and convinced of his own righteousness. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

KASTRIL – MALE, 20-30. A rich boy from the country, but wealth has done nothing to his country manners. He’s one of those unblinking types who wants what he wants now. He doesn’t have much range of emotion, but he is loud. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

DAME PLIANT – FEMALE, 20-30. Young, beautiful, she speaks like a gentle virgin, but it’s a good bet she isn’t. She’s able to do much more than we expect and a lot more than we’ll see. THIS ROLE IS ALREADY CAST.

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 submit.