THE HALLWAY TRILOGY: ROSE / PARAFFIN / NURSING
– Equity Principal Auditions
Rattlestick Theatre LOA-NYC $270/week minimum + pension/health.
Artistic Dir: David Van Asselt
Managing Dir: Brian Long
Writer/Director: Adam Rapp
Casting: Calleri Casting
1st reh: 1/4/11. Runs 2/8-3/20. Perf schedule: Tu: ROSE; W: PARAFFIN; Th: NURSING. F: 1 show; Sa: 2 shows. The three will run in rotation so that each play will get a Friday night and a Saturday night and a Saturday afternoon performance. On Sundays, all three shows will run in order beginning at 1, 3 and 8 PM.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Friday, October 29, 2010 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue.
Please bring a resume & a picture (of yourself), stapled back-to-back.
ROSE takes place on the evening of November 28, 1953, the day following the death of Eugene O’Neill. Concerns a young actress who has been struggling with severe depression (diagnosed as melancholia in those days), whose arrival in a Lower East Side tenement affects the lives of several of its residents.
PARAFFIN is set on the first evening of the 2003 NYC blackout and concerns a married couple – a husband addicted to heroin, his pregnant wife, and his brother’s unrequited love for his wife. Though it’s now 50 years later, the affects of that young actress’s visit are still being felt.
NURSING is set in 2053 in a disease-free New York. The tenement has been transformed into a museum where young men and women in need of cash are injected with old-fashioned diseases for the amusement of the public. On this night, the airtight glass wall fractures.
Seeking an ensemble of 12 – 14 actors (all actors will double; exact tracks TBD; possible doubling tracks listed below). Actors will appear in at least two out of the three plays. All roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted).
Jerry Walsh (Rose) / Ido (Paraffin) / Andy (Nursing):
Male characters, late 20s. Impressively built. Quietly eccentric. Ideally, seeking an actor who plays piano.
Orest Fedatov (Rose) / Leshik (Paraffin) / Journalist (Nursing):
Male characters, early 30s). Tall. Businesslike. A little scary looking. Actor must be able to perform with Russian, Eastern Bloc, and British accents. Proficiency on the trumpet is a plus.
Marbles (Rose) / Lloyd Boyd (NURSING):
Male characters, mid 20s/early 30s. Mischievous. Fiercely intelligent. Physically agile. Ideally, seeking an actor who plays piano.
Lucas Kellen (Paraffin) Joe (Nursing):
Male characters, late 20s. Handsome, wild-eyed. Physically strong. Stubborn. Ideally, seeking an actor who plays piano. Must be able to carry a tune.
Corey (Paraffin) / US Marshall Darnell Harris (Nursing):
African American male characters, 20s. Handsome. Urban. Opportunistic, unapologetically straightforward. Doesn’t shy away from confrontation. Can be an imposing presence.
Richard Bumper (Rose) / Denny Kellen (Paraffin):
Male characters, mid 20s/early 30s. Thin, boyish. Charming but insecure.
Eugene O’Neill (Rose) / Marty Kubiak (Paraffin) / Dr. Qualls (Nursing):
Male characters, mid 60s. Overweight. Lonely. Authoritative presence.
Louie Zappaleo (Rose) / Kevin O’Neill (Paraffin):
Male characters, 40s. A bit doughy, perhaps balding. Has a cocky, regal air, but is good-natured.
Magda Sicilione (Rose) / Margo (Paraffin):
Female characters, late 20s/mid 30s. Attractive. Dejected to the point of anguish, yet retains a sense of humor.
Clea Sicilione (Rose) / Rahel (Paraffin) / Joan (Nursing):
Female characters, late 20s/mid30s. Beautiful. Responsible. Spunky. Deeply dissatisfied with her life. Actress must be able to perform with an Israeli accent.
Rose Bumper (ROSE) / The Ghost of Rose Bumper (PARAFFIN) / Erin (NURSING):
Female characters, mid 20s. Tall, thin, beautiful. Adrift, clinically depressed, painfully anxious.
Dena Paszek (PARAFFIN) / Tour Guide (NURSING):
Female characters, 30s. Bookish, charismatic. Actress must be able to carry a tune.
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