THE HARD PROBLEM - NYC EPA
Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY
**Updated character description for BO SHENG-
TSU**
AUDITION DATE
Monday, March 12, 2018
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
LORT B; $989/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles and understudies. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides, provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Nola Studios
250 W. 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
5th floor, studio #4
PERSONNEL
DIRECTOR: JACK O'BRIEN
WRITER: TOM STOPPARD
Each of the following are expected to be in
attendance at the EPA - one in the A.M. and
one in the P.M. However, the exact schedule is yet TBD.
Casting Director: Daniel Swee
Casting Associate: Camille Hickman
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: September 18, 2018
1st Preview: October 25, 2018
Opening: November 19, 2018
Closes: January 6, 2019
OTHER
Actors who attended the EPAs for THE HARD PROBLEM in May 2017 do not need to attend these auditions.
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
The play takes place in England over the course of six years
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING ROLES AND UNDERSTUDIES:
HILARY MATTHEWS – 20’s. English. Intensely smart, sensitive, compassionate, thoughtful, articulate and full of feeling. We meet her first when she is graduating from a local university with a degree in psychology and later as a research scientist. Confident, questioning, an independent and original thinker who believes in the inherent goodness of human beings. A person of moral substance, who is trying to reconcile the scientific world with the spiritual world and trying to reconcile her past with her present. Undeniably attractive, vibrant, with a quiet charisma, everyone is drawn to her.
SPIKE – 30’s. English. We meet him first as Hilary’s university tutor and lover. A research scientist with confidence and ambition. Smart, sexy, articulate with real bad boy tendencies, he’s in love with Hillary, although he wouldn’t admit it. Comfortable in his skin. Confident in view of the world and of his assessment of human behavior in purely scientific terms.
JERRY KROHL– 40’s. American. A mega-wealthy hedge funder, living in the UK, he’s created the Krohl Institute for Brain Science, a think tank and research institute to study the brain and human behavior. Magnanimous, gracious, charming, because he can be, he’s comfortable with his own power. A kind and caring father to CATHY, he’s a ruthless in business.
LEO REINHART – Early 40’s – Early 50’s. English. A research scientist, he runs the psychology department at the Krohl Institute. Brilliant, but in an understated way. Authoritative, but in an understated way. Attractive, but in an understated way. He’s a scientist and a true intellectual, with a hunger for understanding. In love with Hilary.
AMAL ADMATI– 20’S – Early 30’S. Indian. A Cambridge educated mathematician and biophysicist, now studying neurobiology, we first meet him while he is competing with Hillary for the same research position at the Krohl institute. He’s brilliant and he knows it, but he’s not terribly adept socially. Ambitious, articulate, with an acutely logical mind, he lacks imagination.
DR. URSULA TARRANT – Late 30’s – Mid 40’s. English. A Research neuroscientist at the Krohl institute. Articulate, whip smart, capable, authoritative, very direct, with a good sense of humor.
JULIA CHAMBERLIN – 20’S. English. URSULA’S girlfriend, as a Pilates Instructor for the staff of the Krohl Institute. Warm, present, kind. Knows Hilary from high school.
BO SHENG-TSU – Female. Mid 20’s. Chinese-American. A scientist, born and raised in China, with degrees from Caltech and Cambridge, now living in London. Intensely smart, hardworking, eager toplease, in awe of and in love with Hilary.
CATHY KOHL - 11 -13. Jerry's adopted daughter, has grown up in England. Bright, self-possessed but sensitive. Entitled, but not spoiled.
Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.
Actors who attended the EPAs for THE HARD PROBLEM in May 2017 do not need to attend these auditions.
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