THE DEAD, 1904 - NYC EPA
Irish Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 02, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $587/wk Plus Pension and Health
SEEKING
Equity actors for 4 available roles. All roles require authentic Irish accents. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
All roles require authentic Irish accents. Please prepare a short contemporary monologue. For the roles of Mary Jane Morkan and Bartell D’Arcy, also please prepare a short ballad sung a cappella . All bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Irish Repertory Theatre
132 W 22nd St
New York, NY 10011-2419
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director Charlotte Moore
By James Joyce
Adapted by Paul Muldoon and Jean Hanff Korelitz
Producing Director/Stage Director Ciaran O’Reilly
Director Ciaran O’Reilly will be present at the auditions.
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin: October 24thth, 2017
Performances begin: November 18th, 2017
Opening Night: November 30th, 2017
Closing Performance January 7th, 2018
The DEAD, 1904 will be performed at American Irish Historical Society,
991 5th Avenue, New York City at 80th Street.
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
Synopsis: James Joyce’s beloved short story from The Dubliners features a holiday gathering on The Feast of the Epiphany, 1904, in the Dublin home of two elderly sisters, Kate and Julia Morkan. At the party are family and friends, a celebrated tenor, an ardent nationalist, a lost alcoholic, and Gabriel Conroy (nephew of Kate and Julia) and his wife Gretta. Over the course of the evening there is music, dancing and dining. The tenor sings a haunting traditional lament – The Lass of Aughrim – and when it is all over Gabriel Conroy will learn something about his wife that changes everything: his idea of her and of himself, his sense of what it actually means to be alive, and to be dead.
This unique, immersive script, conceived by author Jean Hanff Korelitz and Pulitzer-prize winning Irish Poet and New Yorker poetry editor Paul Muldoon, has been adapted to fit the beautiful venue while staying totally true in language and tone to the beloved holiday story. The cast of 12 and a small audience of 57 will move together around a perfectly restored c.1900 mansion, experiencing the party as it would have taken place in 1904 Dublin. All will sit down for a sumptuous Edwardian holiday meal (catered by Great Performances) in the mansion’s dining room.
Available Roles:
Gabriel Conroy
Mid 30’s/mid 50’s A secondary school teacher and book reviewer. Charming, effusive, but can also be self-absorbed and brooding. Gabriel is proud of his command of the language, and fancies himself a man of cosmopolitan tastes and ideas.
Gretta Conroy
Mid 30’s/mid 50’s Gabriel's wife, a strong adroit woman who masks her inner emotions. She is charming and kind to all around her and takes control with a very positive energy. That is until she hears the song that unleashes dormant feelings.
Mary Jane Morkan
30’s Niece of Kate and Julia Morkan. Mary Jane is a music teacher who plays the piano and sings very well. She also dances and is lively in her encouragement of others to join in.
Bartell D'Arcy
40/50’s. A famous tenor in the Dublin of 1904. Can be conceited and prickly when he feels slighted; Sensitive. He owns a rich beautiful rich voice and when he sings, all eyes are upon him. Requires some ballroom dancing skills.
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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