THE PICTURE BOX Equity Principal Auditions - The Negro Ensemble Company Auditions

THE PICTURE BOX – Equity Principal Auditions

The Negro Ensemble Company Equity agreement under discussion; salary level TBA.

Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: Charles Weldon

Author: Cate Ryan

1st reh: 12/9/11. Holiday break begins around 12/20. Rehearsals resume 1/3/12. Runs 1/11 – 1/29/12 at the Beckett Theatre / Theatre Row.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, November 7, 2011 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 picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking:

Carrie:

AVAILABLE ROLE. Caucasian woman, late 40s/early 50s. Trim and pretty. Smart and modern. Her heart is always in the right place, but she’s no pushover. Sticks up for Mackie and Jo, and loves them as her mother and father.

Bob:

AVAILABLE ROLE. Caucasian man, early 60s. Baby boomer. From suburbia, with all the affectations: wine cellar, BMW, etc. Threatened by of anything outside of his small world.

Karen:

AVAILABLE ROLE. Caucasian woman, late 50s. Bob’s wife. Loves the good life her husband has given her, but her views on life are not as rigid as his. She is the “good cop” in the relationship.

The following roles are cast. Auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.

Mackie:

CAST. African American man, 80s. Tall, humble and dignified. Never raises his voice, but is firm in his words. He looks after Carrie, even now.

Josephine:

CAST. African American woman, late 70s. Still very pretty, and is always dressed in clean and starched clothes. Neat and smart: wise to the world she lives in. A church woman