AIN’T NO MO - NYC EPA
New York Shakespeare Festival
AUDITION DATE
Tue, Oct 16, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Off Broadway Tier CC; $783/week min
SEEKING
Equity actors for 2 available roles and for possible future replacements for other roles that have been CAST. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare one SHORT (no more than two minutes in length) contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Director: Stevie Walker-Webb
Writer: Jordan E. Cooper
Casting: Heidi Griffiths/Kate Murray
Attended by the Public Theater Casting Office (Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths, Kate Murray, Chalin Tulyathan, and/or Claire Yenson).
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 2/12/19
First Performance: 3/12/19
Closing: 4/21/19
Possible Extension: 5/5/19
THE PUBLIC THEATER
LUESTHER HALL
OTHER
AIN’T NO MO will be employing an AEA PSM and ASM. Both positions have been filled at this time. Interested stage managers who wish to send their materials to the Public for consideration can reach out to StageManagementJobs@publictheater.org, ATTN: Peggy Carey.
Important: Actors please DO NOT submit. This info is for Stage Managers only.
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
The American government has given Black citizens a choice: leave the United States on a one-way “Reparations Flight,” or stay and become somebody else. In a series of wildly imaginative vignettes—which run the gamut from uproariously funny to darkly chilling, those who remain scramble to pack their belongings and deal with unfinished business. But when it comes to identity and culture, what do you take with you? And what do you leave behind?
SEEKING:
PASSENGER 1: Male. 20’s – early 40’s. African American. To play PEACHES: A drag queen and stewardess on African American Airlines. Bombastic, deeply charismatic. Adept at code-switching and knows effortlessly how to work an audience. Our emcee for the evening, and we’re happy to be in her capable hands. Witty, tells it like it is. Tough and no-nonsense, but also possesses a deep warmth and love for her community. This is a role for an actor with strong language skills, possessing both humor AND emotional truth.
PASSENGER 3: Male. Late 20’s – 30’s. African American. A role for a transformational actor with STRONG language skills, and access to humor and dramatic range. Must be able to communicate presence and authority AND youthful vulnerability. To play a line of roles including, but not limited to PASTOR FREEMAN: A fire and brimstone preacher. Hopeful. Energetic, charismatic, adept at rallying a crowd. A natural showman. Could talk anyone into anything. Also plays DAMIEN: A young man cut down in the prime of his life. Stuck between this world and the next, he is desperate to not be erased and forgotten. Full of love, anger, and untapped potential he’ll never be able to explore. Also plays JONATHAN: Wealthy, privileged. Educated in the best schools. The child of immigrants, he believes in hard work and the American Dream.
The following roles are CAST, actors may be considered for future replacements:
PASSENGER 2: Female. Early-mid 20’s. African American. A role for an actor with humor and emotional range. To play a line of roles including, but not limited to TRISHA: A young woman, pregnant, and recently widowed as a result of police brutality. She may be young, but tragedy has forced her to grow up quickly. Pragmatic. Resilient but exhausted. Also plays MARIE: The eldest child of a wealthy, conservative family. Poised, elegant, restrained. Regal. Able to keep her siblings in line without appearing to exert the slightest effort. Also plays KEISHA: An inmate in a maximum security prison. Young, sincere, direct, and somehow still hopeful. Naïve and open, she’s excited and curious to learn more about the outside world. Also plays KENDRA: A cast member on the “Real Baby Mamas of the South Side.” Young, pretty, privileged, and clueless. No filter. Over the top. Think Portia from The Real Housewives of Atlanta. [CAST]
PASSENGER 4: Female. 20’s – 30’s. Biracial or African American. A role for an actor with humor and emotional range. To play ZAMATA: An activist. Passionate, outspoken. Fed up with the inequality of the status quo, and unafraid to resort to the most difficult and radical forms of protest to make her voice heard. Also plays RACHONDA: The first “transracial” cast member of “The Real Baby Mamas of the South Side.” A white woman who believes that she is black. Excited to explore her new identity. Loud, outspoken, takes up space. Not a bashful bone in her body. Also plays SUSAN: A wealthy, conservative woman, who has dealt with her unhappy marriage and her boredom with her life by repressing her darker feelings. When a bad dinner party unearths hidden grievances, she begins to find some freedom in watching the carefully constructed world around her crumble. [CAST]
PASSENGER 5: Female. 30’s. African American. This is a role for an actor with impeccable comic timing, strong language skills and emotional range. To play a line of roles including, but not limited to WOMAN: A woman waiting in line at an abortion clinic. Frank, she tells it like it is, with a take-no-prisoners sense of humor. Chatty, and not one to bother about personal space, she’ll talk to anyone for as long as she wants. Although her stories are ones of trauma and violence, to her they’re unremarkable. Not one to dwell, she delivers them with humor and candor. Also plays OFFICER BROWN: A prison warden. Empathetic & maternal, but in no way a pushover. Treats the inmates under her watch with patience and dignity. And KATIE: The youngest sibling in a wealthy and privileged family. Sweet, bright and bubbly. A bit naïve. Happy to let others take the lead in situations, and a bit sheepish when it comes to owning her own voice. [CAST]
PASSENGER 6: Female. Mid-late 30’s. African American. This is a role for an actor with strong physical AND language skills. To play BLACK: A spirit that has been imprisoned for decades, recently released. A ball of unbridled energy and power. Ravenous, sensual, vibrant, alive. Devours all the air and energy in the room, and spits poetry with passion and velocity. Also plays BLUE: An inmate in a maximum security prison. She’s seen unimaginable pain and suffering, and the weight of everything she’s experienced is evident in her very being. Weary and broken, she’s hanging on but only by the slimmest of threads. Also plays NEWSCASTER: Professional, put together. Conservative. Dedicated to telling stories with fairness and compassion. Thinks of herself as the voice of reason in a crazy world. [CAST]
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 audition.
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