Veterans Repertory Theater's Staged Reading 2024 Season Equity Principal Actors - Veterans Repertory Theater Auditions

Veterans Repertory Theater's Staged Reading 2024 Season - NYC EPA

Veterans Repertory Theater | Cornwall, NY

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Thursday, June 13, 2024

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)

Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

CONTRACT

SPT

$155 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Veterans Repertory Theater's Staged Reading 2024 Season (See breakdown).

Staged readings take place one day per week for each show for 4 consecutive weeks.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a comedic monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Open Jar Studios

1601 Broadway

11th floor main entrance

New York, NY 10019

Holding room - Studio 12D

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Christopher Paul Meyer - Artistic Director Jenn Haltman - Casting Director

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

Rehearsal begins at 12:30 every Saturday Performances Saturday at 7pm

OTHER

www.vetrep.org

Pick up at Garrison Train Station- Metro North Line

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

Veterans Repertory Theater's Staged Reading 2024 Season

Thrillers & Laughs - Directed by Chris Meyer

First Rehearsal June 29

Performances- June 29 July 13, 20, 27

JUSTIN THYME by Joe Swenson

SEEKING:

Justin: 25-60 years old, CIA Agent

TSA: Any age/any gender – Monotone, bored with job.

Bella: Any age/female – Speaks Spanish

Announcements: Any age/any gender – Articulate and consistent in delivery Transition from English to Spanish is smooth

JUSTIN THYME 2 by Joe Swenson

SEEKING:

Justin: 25-60 years old, CIA Agent

Penny: Any Age, French Operative, excited to help in anyway possible, fiscally sensitive. Yuri: Any age/male – speaks English with a Russian accent

Conductor: Speaks English, but with a French accent, doesn’t speak French.

OCTOBER SURPRISE by Robert Weibezhal

SEEKING:

Lauren, 40ish, female. Dressed in the stylish, well-curated manner of a career politician. Jessica, 40ish, female. Dressed for tea at a nice hotel, but not as put-together as Lauren.

A FACTUALLY INACCURATE CONVERSATION by Zachary Mark

SEEKING:

JAIME: Of working age, gender neutral

JOE: Of working age, gender neutral

HAMLET IN HIDING by Rich Rubin

SEEKING:

Mary: twenties, a bank robber, dumb by nature

Patsy: twenties, a bank robber, even dumber by nature

Wilma: thirties, a bank robber, smarter only in comparison

MACHINE IN THE GHOST by Mark Antony Rossi

SEEKING:

Julian, bookstore manager---age 32

Solange, international peace activist---age 33

Miles, bookstore owner, writer---age 33

UNBOXED by Jean Ciampi

SEEKING:

WILLA Struggling to break free from old ideas and decisions to find confidence in her work as a writer.

CHLOE An attractive young French woman from post-WWII Paris. She is a character in one of Willa’s stories.

MARK A somewhat unlikeable villain in a story idea discarded by Willa. He is a little bitter about it. HANNAH Willa’s therapist.

THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL by Christopher Soucy - Directed by Chris Meyer

First Rehearsal September 7

Performances September 7,14,21,28

SEEKING:

Ranzo – Male, 30s

Megor – Female, 30s

Prag – Male, any age

Folt – Male, any age

SPIKE HEELS - 10-minute plays - by Theresa Rebeck - Directed by Jenn Haltman

First Rehearsal October 5

Performances October 5, 12, 19, 26

SEEKING:

GEORGIE: Female-identifying, late 20s-30s, any ethnicity. She comes from a working-class background and is currently working as a legal secretary. She is confident, sex-positive and doesn't suffer fools. She is the Eliza Doolittle in this modern take on Pygmalion.

ANDREW: Male-identifying, 30s, any ethnicity. Georgie's neighbor and mentor. Connects her to the secretary job working for his friend Edward. A political philosophy professor at a small college and engaged to Lydia. A nice guy.

EDWARD: Male-identifying, 30s, any ethnicity. Georgie's boss and Andrew's friend. He's a fast and smooth talker. A defense lawyer who argues for fun and doesn't like to take no for an answer.

LYDIA: Female-identifying, 30, white. Andrew's fiancée. She is the definition of a WASP and on the surface is the complete opposite to Georgie

Potshots & Other Feelings - 10-minute plays - Directed by Chris Meyer

First Rehearsal November 2

Performances November 2, 16, 23 and December 7, 14

POTSHOTS by Stephanie Kline

SEEKING:

JAKE MCNALLY 30 years old, a Marine veteran with a prosthetic right leg (below the knee) SAM SUMMERS 30 years old, a Marine veteran, Jake’s ex-wife

THE ELEPHANT DELIVERY by Bill Smith

SEEKING:

CHRIS: An adult

PAT: Another adult

ALEX: Yet another adult

FISH TALE By Phil Wozniak

SEEKING:

Fisherman One - An obtuse man in his mid-thirties.

Fisherman Two - An introspective man in his early sixties.

GIVEN: A WAY by Michael Towers

SEEKING:

BRIDE - a young woman celebrating the most beautiful and anticipated day of her life; she is older than she appears.

MAN - her biological father; he is younger than he appears.

INTERMISSION PLAY by Dakota Silvey

SEEKING:

KAIYA - Late 20s

TOPHER - Early 30s

IT'S NOT BLOOD by Kim Ruyle

SEEKING:

JIMMY Male, 21, any ethnicity. Danny’s older brother.

DANNY Male, 20, any ethnicity. Jimmy’s younger brother.

SUNSET & VINE by Jack Truman

SEEKING:

Hank, 60s a struggling old writer in Hollywood

Maggie, 18 – 25, a young girl from the Ozarks, trailer park white trash type, fresh off the bus in Hollywood, trying to make it in the movies.