Topdog 20th LLC
CONTRACT
Production (League) $2323 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for understudy roles in the Broadway production of TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Slate with your name, height, and location. Please prepare one 2-minute contemporary monologue. The monologue can be from the play if the actor chooses. Email your headshot/resume and the downloadable self-tape.
Deadline: Thu, Jun 30, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Producer: David Stone
Director: Kenny Leon
Writer: Suzan-Lori Parks
General Manager: 321 Theatrical
Casting Director: James Calleri (viewing auditions)
Casting Director: Erica Jensen (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Date(s): Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Preview Date(s): Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Opening Date(s): Thursday, October 20, 2022
Closing Date(s): Sunday, January 15, 2022
OTHER
Location: New York, NY
Venue: John Golden Theatre
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
SEEKING:
[LINCOLN UNDERSTUDY] Black man in his mid-late 30s, the topdog. Experienced and slick in the ways of the world but burned out. Works as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator in an arcade to pay the bills. Smooth, charming, intelligent; loves his brother, but also loves winning. Thrown out by his wife and sleeping on his brother Booth’s easy chair. Generous with money and resources. A reformed 3-card street hustler. Making a living, but not a life.
[BOOTH UNDERSTUDY] Black man in his mid 30s. “aka 3-Card”, the underdog, a hustler. Hot-blooded younger brother of Lincoln. Eager to make a name for himself. Hardworking, but clumsier than his brother. Insecure and wants to impress Lincoln. Lonely. Sticky fingers. Obsessed with making money and attracting women. Worried he can't live up to his big brother's example. A longtime loser ready to turn the tables.
ROLES CAST:
LINCOLN: (Corey Hawkins) Black man in his mid-late 30s, the topdog. Experienced and slick in the ways of the world but burned out. Works as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator in an arcade to pay the bills. Smooth, charming, intelligent; loves his brother, but also loves winning. Thrown out by his wife and sleeping on his brother Booth’s easy chair. Generous with money and resources. A reformed 3-card street hustler. Making a living, but not a life.
BOOTH (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) - Black man in his mid 30s. “aka 3-Card”, the underdog, a hustler. Hot-blooded younger brother of Lincoln. Eager to make a name for himself. Hardworking, but clumsier than his brother. Insecure and wants to impress Lincoln. Lonely. Sticky fingers. Obsessed with making money and attracting women. Worried he can't live up to his big brother's example. A longtime loser ready to turn the tables.
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 submit.
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