WET BRAIN - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC.
NEW
Equity actors for roles in WET BRAIN by John J. Caswell, Jr. (see breakdown).
Co-produced with MCC Theater.
Please prepare a monologue of your choice. A personal introduction would be appreciated, but not required. Total video not to exceed 5 minutes. Email your headshot/resume (preferably as a PDF) and video submission (in Vimeo or Unlisted YouTube format). Please state your union status in subject line. Deadline: December 29, 2022 at 6:00pm ET
Deadline: Wed, Dec 28, 2022
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Director: Dustin Wills
Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Alaine Alldaffer
Associate Casting Director: Lisa Donadio
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Tech: Wednesday, May 10 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023
First Preview: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Opening: Monday, June 5, 2023
Close: Sunday, June 25, 2023
Extension: Sunday, July 16, 2023
NOTE: Full vaccination plus booster is required.
Venue: The Mainstage Theater at Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd Street
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.
JOE: Age 55-65. male. Latinx. Dad to Ricky, Ron and Angelina. A strong patriarchal figure within the family. Suffering from extreme alcoholism has made him unable to speak and function. Despite this, he has spectacular interiority even after he is no longer able to communicate.
RICKY: Age 30-40. male, Latinx, Joe’s younger gay son. An alcoholic. Visiting from NYC trying in vain to help his family.
RON: Age 35-45. male, Latinx, Joe's older son. An alcoholic. Gave his father a kidney but continues to enable his alcoholism.
MONA: Age 50-60. female. Latinx. Deceased. Mother to Ricky, Ron and Angelina; wife to Joe. An alcoholic. Painfully human and full of despair; She appears to her family in an Act 3 intergalactic interlude where she explains to them why she committed suicide. Also plays CRYSTAL: a home health aide caring for Joe.
CAST
ANGELINA: Age 30-40. female. Latinx, Joe's daughter. An alcoholic. A nursing school student. Deeply jaded from being the caretaker for Joe. Suffers from anxiety. CAST
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