Theatre for a New Audience 2023-2024 Season Equity Principal Actors - Theatre For A New Audience Auditions

Theatre for a New Audience 2023-2024 Season - NYC EPA
Theatre For A New Audience | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Saturday, August 26, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$972 weekly minimum (LORT C)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Theatre for New Audience's 2023-2024 season (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a monologue of your choosing. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Jack Doulin (Casting Director)
Molly Burdick (Company Manager)

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

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

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE 2023-2024 SEASON

Covid-19 Policy: An offer is contingent on the actor being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. By
“fully vaccinated” TFANA means that the actor has had their second dose of the Moderna/Pfizer
vaccine or the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least 14 days before the first day of
rehearsal. Proof of vaccination is required at the time of offer acceptance. TFANA reserves the right to
alter this requirement to include any booster or additional doses of the vaccine as recommended or
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mandated by New York City public health officials and/or the Center for Disease Control. TFANA will
follow all local, state, and federal guidelines as established by those authorities and the Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) that is currently in place between LORT and Actors Equity Association on
COVID safety and transmission mitigation. Each company this season will be a “fully vaccinated
company” as defined by the MOU.

WAITING FOR GODOT

Text: Samuel Beckett
Director: Arin Arbus
First Rehearsal: October 2, 2023
First Day of Tech: October 31, 2023
First Preview: November 4, 2023
Opening: November 14, 2023
Closing: December 3, 2023

SEEKING:

BOY - Any ethnicity, male, 18+ to play pre-pubescent. Minds the goats for Mr. Godot. Sleeps with his
brother in the hay loft. Diligent. Sweet. Shy. Nervous.

ESTRAGON (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST)

VLADIMIR (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST)

LUCKY (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST)

POZZO (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST)

PUBLIC OBSCENITIES

Text: Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Director: Shayok Misha Chowdhury
First Rehearsal: January 11, 2024
First Day of Tech: January 11, 2024
First Preview: January 17, 2024
Opening: January 24, 2024
Closing: February 18, 2024

ALL ROLES IN THIS PRODUCTION HAVE BEEN CAST

CHOTON (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) A Bengali American PhD student, approaching thirty, born in Kolkata, raised in the US. He speaks fluent Bangla and American English.

RAHEEM (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) Choton’s boyfriend, Black American, mid twenties. A cinematographer.

PISHIMONI (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) Choton’s aunt, his father’s sister. Born and raised in Kolkata, Bangla is her primary language. Speaking English exhausts her.

PISHE (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) Pishimoni’s husband, Choton’s uncle, also born and raised in Kolkata.

SHOU (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) Early to mid-twenties, identifies as kothi, a gender category native to the Indian subcontinent.

JITESH (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) Caretaker to Thammi and the household help. Doesn’t speak English.

SEBANTI (THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST) A friend of Shou’s, an elder. Identifies as hijra.