THE FILM SOCIETY Equity Principal Auditions - Keen Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions
Tuesday, July 9, 2103
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
LOA-NYC
$277/week minimum

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036

Seeking
Equity actors, men and women.

see breakdown for information.

Preparation
Prepare a contemporary monologue under 2 minutes.
A NOTE ON ACCENTS: South African accents but standard British is OK for auditions.

Please bring a headshot and resume stapled together

Other Dates
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, Aug. 13
First Performance: Tuesday, Sept. 10
Opening: TBD
Closing: Saturday, Oct. 26

Other
Venue: The Clurman Theatre

Personnel
Author: Jon Robin Baitz
Director: Jonathan Silverstein
Casting: Calleri Casting

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will be provided.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

ABOUT: THE FILM SOCIETY is set in a provincial South African boarding school for whites in 1970. After the school is embroiled in controversy, a young teacher (Jonathon Balton) must decide whether to side with an activist friend (Terry Sinclair) or align himself with the Establishment

SEEKING
JONATHON BALTON (Male 30’s) Apolitical teacher at the boarding school who does not rock the boat; lost in old films at the start of the play, he becomes part of the establishment by the end; good sense of humor and does not take life too seriously; unkempt at the top; a spoiled mama’s boy.

NAN SINCLAIR (Female 30’s) Terry’s wife, fierce intelligence, practical with a good sense of self; a good teacher and friend; can stand up to her husband and those around her; healthy sense of humor; students like her.

TERRY SINCLAIR (Male 30’s) Nan’s husband, a political activist who does not always have two feet on the ground or understand consequences; idealistic and intellectual; comes from old money; impulsive; a dryer sense of humor; a good teacher.

MRS. BALTON (Female late 50’s to 60”s) Jonathon’s mother and a widow; keeper of the old guard; smart, wily and manipulative; cares deeply for her son and the family’s legacy.

NEVILLE SUTTER (Male 60’s )– The headmaster, tactful and political, yet not always practical; tired from his years of running the school; warm; seen it all. George Bush to Fox’s Dick Cheney;

HAMISH FOX (Male 60’s) Assistant headmaster dying of cancer; tough and acerbic; defender of the old ways of doing things; meticulous; the establishment. Dick Cheney to Sutter’s George Bush.