Westport Country Playhouse
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Westport Country Playhouse 2022 Season (see breakdown).
No roles will be understudied at this juncture.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Submissions should include a video link for viewing (YouTube or Vimeo preferred) and an attached PDF of your headshot and resume. Subject lines should read: ACTOR FULL NAME / Westport Country Playhouse 2022 EPA/UNION STATUS (Equity/EMC/or Non Equity)
Deadline: Mon, Jan 31, 2022
SUBMIT TO
WestportVideoEPA2022@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Mark Lamos
Associate Producer: David Dreyfoos
Viewing auditions: Tara Rubin Casting; Tara Rubin, casting director, CSA; Claire Burke, casting director, CSA; and Laura Schutzel, casting director, CSA
OTHER DATES
See production specific dates in breakdown.
OTHER
Westport Country Playhouse is a fully vaccinated company and will require proof of vaccination as part of your employment.
All productions are scheduled to be live, and performed the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, CT.
Each production will have a possible streaming component in accordance with the LORT media side letter agreements with Equity.
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please prepare a 1-½ minute contemporary monologue for the plays. Please note that the video should be listed as Unlisted rather than Private on YouTube, and as Anyone or People with the private link on Vimeo.
Please do not share via WeTransfer, Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud or other file sharing platforms that require downloading to view.
NEXT TO NORMAL directed and choreographed by Marcos Santana, Music Director Emily Croome. This production was postponed from 2020 and 2021.
See character breakdown for roles that are already cast and/or offered.
Will rehearse and run:
Rehearsals March 8-March 30, 2022 Currently scheduled to rehearse in NYC
Tech March 31, April 1-3, 2022
Previews April 5-8, 2022
Opening April 9, 2022
Closing April 24, 2022 with possible extension to April 30 or May 1, 2022
Character Breakdown
Diana/As Cast (This character is 40 to 45, Black or Latine, she/her) Delusional, bipolar, and depressed. The sexiness of her yesterdays has only recently begun to soften. She is determined to make her family perfect but is tortured by a death in the family. Vocal range top: F#5/bottom: G3 THIS ROLE IS CAST.
Gabe/As Cast (This character is 18 to 21, Black or Latine, he/him) Diana & Dan's son. Dashing, athletic, and bright. He is a playful man and everything a mother could imagine. Vocal range top: C5/bottom: B2 THIS ROLE IS CAST.
Dan/As Cast (This character is 40 to 45, Black or Latine, he/him) Diana's husband. He is handsome and genuine. Though a constant in Diana's tumultuous life, he has grown tired and weary of her antics. Vocal range top: B4/bottom: Ab2 THIS ROLE IS CAST.
Natalie/As Cast (This character is 16, Black or Latine, she/her) Diana & Dan's troubled daughter. An accomplished pianist and hardworking student, her struggles are exacerbated by her mother's behavior. She greatly admires Henry. Vocal range top: G5/bottom: G3 THIS ROLE IS CAST.
Henry/As Cast (This character is 17 can be any race or ethnicity, he/him) Natalie's classmate. The all-around musician, philosopher, and slacker. He has an intoxicating capacity for sympathy and romance. Vocal range top: B4/bottom: G#2 THIS ROLE IS OFFERED.
Dr. Madden/As Cast (This character is 30 to 40, white, she/her) Diana's attractive psychiatrist. Quite assured in her practice and considered somewhat of a rock star. Vocal range top: A4/bottom: A2 THIS ROLE IS CAST.
STRAIGHT WHITE MEN by Jean Young Lee, director Mark Lamos.
Will rehearse and run:
Rehearsals April 26- May 18, 2022 Currently scheduled to rehearse in Westport, CT
Tech May 19-22, 2022
Previews May 24-27, 2022
Opening May 28, 2022
Closing June 5, 2022
Person in Charge 1 / Person in Charge 2 (These characters are any age, any ethnicity, transgender or nonbinary) They are the creators of this theatrical experience. With an air of authority and an abundance of natural charm, they greet the audience and set the stage, literally and figuratively. It is through their eyes that we see this play. They should be prepared to collaborate on creating their text and should be comfortable interacting with a live audience.
Jake (This character is early 40s, white, he/him) He is the very fit and surly middle brother. An alpha-male banker who’s got a Black ex-wife and mixed-race children, and who’s entirely aware of the ways in which he holds up an unjust system every day. And it’s working for him. Smart and ruthless, he’s the kind of guy who breaks a Nintendo controller when he loses and doesn’t take no for an answer. He takes charge and takes up space.
Drew (This character is around 40, white, he/him) The successful younger brother with a real spine. While he is touchy-feely, there is an underlying hostility. He is pitying and riddled with therapy language. He may be a teacher and a published author — but where’s the new novel? Similarly to Jake, he is winning, despite, or perhaps even because of his flaws.
Matt (This character is mid-40s, white, he/him) He is the super sensitive, Harvard graduate with the most promising future. Though his seeming lack of ambition, burdening student debt, and unfulfilling job at a nonprofit has led him to move home with his father, precipitating a family crisis. Good looking but badly dressed.
Ed (This character is mid-70s, white, he/him) A retired engineer, Ed is the widowed father of the household who is tired of living with his son, Matt. He is wry, affectionate, and takes his sons’ ribbing good-naturedly. To spread some Christmas cheer, he buys Christmas pajamas for everyone to wear.
KIM’S CONVENIENCE by Ins Choi, director Nelson T. Eusebio III
Will rehearse and run:
Rehearsals June 7- 29, 2022 Currently scheduled to rehearse in NYC
Tech June 30-July 3, 2022
Previews July 5-8, 2022
Opening July 9, 2022
Closing July 17, 2022 with possible extension to July 23 or 24, 2022
Appa (Dad) (This character is 50s-60s, 1st generation Korean-Canadian, he/him) The owner of ‘Kim’s Convenience Store’, who is searching for his replacement to take over the family business. He is a gruff, undemonstrative traditionalist who loves his family. Speaks English with a Korean accent.
Umma (Mom) (This character is 50s, 1st generation Korean-Canadian, she/her) Married to Appa. As dutiful wife and mother, she struggles to mend her broken family while balancing her own happiness. Speaks English with a Korean accent.
Janet (This character is mid 20s-early 30s, 2nd generation Korean-Canadian, she/her) Daughter of Appa and Umma. Though she is unmarried and still lives at home, she is thoroughly assimilated, with dreams of a career in photography. Energetic, optimistic, and strong.
Jung (This character is late 20s-early 30s, 2nd generation Korean-Canadian, he/him) He is the son of Appa and Umma, with a 2-month-old son. Ran away from home at 16 and hasn’t spoken to his father since. A bit haunted and lost.
Alex & Others (This character is 20s-mid 30s, Black, he/him) Has excellent language and comedic chops. A variety of roles.
4000 MILES by Amy Herzog, directed by David Kennedy.
Will rehearse and run:
Rehearsals July 27-August 17, 2022 Currently scheduled to rehearse in
Westport, CT
Tech August 18-21, 2022
Previews August 23- 26, 2022
Opening August 27, 2022
Closing September 4, 2022
Character Breakdown
Leo Joseph-Connell (This character is 21 years old, white, he/him) Lanky, fit, and shaggy, he’s a free spirit, a self-described hippie, just arrived on his grandmother’s doorstep in New York City after a months-long cross-country bike trip marred by the tragic death of his best friend. On the cusp of adulthood, Leo is unable or unwilling to accommodate himself to the narrow expectations of his mother concerning what it means to grow up, yet at the same time he willingly accepts her ongoing financial support. Though outwardly easygoing, he’s a lost young man, struggling to find stability and hope for the future.
Vera Joseph (This character is 91 years old, white, she/her) Leo’s grandmother, tiny and physically frail, but still feisty and direct in that old-school New York way. She lives a mostly solitary life after the death of her husband. Though her senses are failing in old age, she remains mentally sharp, unapologetically pragmatic, and strongly opinionated. A lifelong member of the Communist Party USA.
Amanda/As Cast (This character is 19 years old, Chinese-American, she/her) A wealthy, beautiful, energetic, flirtatious, and fashion-forward design student at Parsons, who drunkenly comes home with Leo one night. Aspiring to international art stardom, she speaks her mind and goes after what she wants.
Bec (This character is 21 years old, white, she/her) Leo’s girlfriend, strong and athletic, though also somewhat tense. She breaks up with him when he arrives in New York because she’s fed up with Leo’s selfishness. Bec has the direction Leo lacks and yearns to start the next chapter of her life, wanting to do something truly meaningful.
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA by Endesha Ida Mae Holland, directed by Goldie E. Patrick.
Will rehearse and run:
Rehearsals September 20-October 12, 2022 Currently scheduled to rehearse in
Westport, CT
Tech October 13-16, 2022
Previews October 18-21, 2022
Opening October 22, 2022
Closing October 30, 2022 with possible extension to November 6, 2022
These characters are 20s through 40s, African-American of the Mississippi South. Each plays several characters including both men and women, young and elderly, and some white but mostly Black characters. The music of bluegrass and spirituals lives naturally in the music of these characters
Woman One
Woman Two
Woman Three
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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