THE BROTHERS SIZE Equity Principal Auditions - Everyman Theatre Auditions

THE BROTHERS SIZE – Equity Principal Auditions

Everyman Theatre Baltimore MD SPT $540/week minimum.

Artistic Dir: Vincent M. Lancisi

Managing Dir: Ian Tresselt

Production Mgr: Kyle Prue

Author: Tarell Alvin McCraney

Dir: Derek Goldman

Casting: Kim Moarefi

1st reh: 2/13/12. Runs 3/16-4/15 / 2012.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM – 1:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

New York City

Please prepare a dramatic monologue (2 minutes or less), ideally something contemporary,y with a poetic sensibility and strong physicality.

Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Set in San Pere, Louisiana, near the bayou, in the “distant present”, the play is a poetic examination of the lives of two brothers and the friend who comes between them. As the story begins, Oshoosi has just gotten out of prison and is on parole. His brother Ogun runs an auto-repair shop, and decides that Oshoosi should work at the shop, too. Their deeply devoted but difficult dynamic—Oshoosi is especially angered by Ogun’s constant references to his time in jail— is complicated by the appearance of Elegba, Oshoosi’s best friend from lockup. Elegba and Ogun vie for Oshoosi’s loyalty. Each has his shortcomings: Ogun can’t compete with the bond formed by Elegba and Oshoosi in prison, and, as Elegba says to Ogun: “I can’t never be his brother like you his brother.”

Seeking (all listed roles are available):

Ogun Size:

African American man, late 20s. Auto mechanic. Oshoosi’s more-solid older brother. His name comes from"war" and"iron", and he has the toughness and resilience of an everyday warrior.

Oshoosi Size:

African American man, 20s. The charismatic wanderer, trying to get his life in order – but often led astray. His golden smile lights up a room. Ex-con, out on parole. Ogun’s younger brother.

Elegba:

African American man, 20s. Also an ex-con; prison-mate and best friend of Oshoosi. His name means"trickster","shape-shifter","messenger of the gods". Has a seductive, liquid, somewhat otherworldly presence. Of Creole heritage.