New York Stage and Film 2024 season musicals - NYC EPA Revised New York Stage and Film Company | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
REVISED
Breakdown updated.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm
SPT
For THE HEART and GAME NIGHT - $576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
All other shows - $464 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in New York Stage and Film's 2024 season (see breakdown).
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue and 16 bars of a song. Bring sheet music for your song; a piano accompanist will be provided. Bring a photo/resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Expected to Attend:
Tim Lord, Line Producer
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.
See production dates in breakdown.
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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.
The Ninth Woman is a new musical that plunges the audience into the jury of a Puritan witch trial and allows them to experience firsthand the hysteria, magic, passion, and fear of a mysterious and tragic chapter in American history. Watch what happens when mob justice snares an all-powerful witch in Delta Rae's The Ninth Woman.
By Delta Rae
Directed by Logan Vaughn
First Rehearsal: July 16, 2024
Performance: July 20, 2024, 7pm
SYNOPSIS:
ROLES
PERFORMER 1 - This script is still in development, but the performer will play multiple roles and needs to be able to sing.
PERFORMER 2 - This script is still in development, but the performer will play multiple roles and needs to be able to sing.
PERFORMER 3 - This script is still in development, but the performer will play multiple roles and needs to be able to sing.
PERFORMER 4 - This script is still in development, but the performer will play multiple roles and needs to be able to sing.
Book by Amber Ruffin and Kevin Sciretta
Music by David Schmoll
Lyrics by Amber Ruffin
Directed by Amber Ruffin
First Rehearsal: July 16, 2024
Performance: July 21, 2024, 1pm
SYNOPSIS
You’ve heard the myth and legend, but do you know the man? BIGFOOT is a hilarious musical about a small town whose horrible mayor has them convinced their problems are all the fault of Bigfoot and not his inept leadership. With book and lyrics by New York Times bestseller and Tony Award, WGA,
and Emmy nominated writer Amber Ruffin (The Wiz, Some Like It Hot) and Kevin Sciretta (iO Chicago) and music by David Schmoll (The Second City), Bigfoot is the next gut-bustin’, laugh-a minute New York musical!
ROLES
BIGFOOT, yes, that Bigfoot, this is his origin story. A little naive, and a lot optimistic. FRANCINE, Bigfoot’s Mom, a “pinata of sicknesses”, loves her giant son
DOCTOR, a kind man who cares for the people of Mud Dirt and is the only person NOT covered in mud or dirt.
MAYOR, the mayor of Mud Dirt, spends a lot of time drunk and in the local “gentleman’s club.”
JOANNE, the local conspiracy theorist who might just be the only person in town NOT afraid of Bigfoot. Also plays TOWNIE.
Co-Created and Written by Shanessa Sweeney
Composed by Bongi Duma
Co-Created and Choreographed by Ray Mercer
First Rehearsal: July 16, 2024
Performances: July 26-27, 2024
SYNOPSIS:
Game Night is an exhilarating story of seven friends coming together for their monthly gathering of good times, jokes and most importantly, games. Told through dance and spoken word, the seven friends find out things about each other they never knew, some of which challenge the very core of their bond and some that will change the course of the trajectory of the friend group. Game Night showcases the beauty and complexities of American experiences through the lens of Black American culture and unabashedly highlights the challenges of those experiences. Co-created by choreographer Ray Mercer and actress Shanessa Sweeney, Game Night is a love letter to the Culture.
ROLES
ZORA. 31, biochemist, Brooklyn-born currently living in Chicago. Type A personality and is not overly emotional. She can seem curt at times because of her straight-forward way of thinking. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
MYLES, 31, Married to Zora. He teaches 5th and 6th grade math at an inner city middle school in Chicago and is an after-school reading coach part-time. Myles is very nurturing and sometimes overly emotional. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
MALIK, 32, A successful realtor Chicago, single dad with sole custody of his son. He is practical, protective and determined. He tries his hardest to be fair and just. He is a devoted friend and tries to be the mediator in difficult times. He never asks for help, but he is in desperate need of some moral support because he feels like he is going to crumble at any given moment. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
GREGORY, 31, a college basketball coach and recruiter. As a young man, Dunk knew he was attracted to men, but because of societal expectations and the fact that he wasn’t a “typical gay” he was in the closet for many years. Bit of a hot-head sometimes. Very competitive and oftentimes aggressive but not in a bad way. He is not flamboyant at all. There is NO effeminate quality to him, therefore making it hard to categorize his sexuality. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
KAMAL, 31, Gregory’s partner, works as counselor/therapist with a community medical facility in the HIV/AIDS department. Kamal is pragmatic, likes to weigh all the possibilities first and then make the best decision for the situation. He is not flamboyant. There is nothing effeminate about him, nor is there anything that reads overtly masculine either. He is just himself. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
HARLEM, 31, her mother is 2nd generation Guyanese-American and her father is Jamaican/Senegalese. Has her own fashion boutique and designs her own brand and is extremely successful. Harlem is used to fighting, so she can often be really sensitive to certain topics and come out with guns a-blazing. She is a great defender, for herself, for the people she loves and the causes she’s passionate about. She is a very honest, shoot-from-the-hip communicator and sometimes the way she communicates can come across harsh. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
ANIKA, 31, Literacy Director for a Chicago school district. She was often lauded for her beauty and her fair complexion in a family of caramel and often uses her light skin privilege as leverage to move things her way. She is a very sweet person but can sometimes come across as “entitled”. She is a southern bell with a lot of bite in her when things don’t go her way. Anika is a hustler and can turn on the sweet talk when need be. She has a calculating mindset and is very opportunistic, however she is not one to step on her loved ones to get what she wants. She is a supportive friend and is very loyal. Black. (This performer needs to be a dancer.)
Based on Réparer les Vivants by Maylis de Kerangal
Book and Additional Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan
Music and Lyrics by Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath
Directed by Christopher Ashley
First Rehearsal: July 23, 2024
Performances: August 2-3, 2024, 7pm
SYNOPSIS:
24 Hours in the life of a heart, as one person is leaving this life and the heart is transferring over and giving new life to someone else. THE HEART is a one-act musical with a driving and immersive electro-pop score based on the French novel Réparer les Vivants by Maylis deKerangal, that brings to life the doctors, nurses, and families enmeshed in the complex, highly scientific, and breathtaking stakes of organ transplant.
ROLES
Simon and others - 20 years old. He has taken a break from college. He’s living at home right now. Smart without a great deal of purpose, he has just begun to devote himself to his passion - surfing.
Dr. Hector Ramos and others - Head Doctor in the ICU. Early 60s. Fit. He lives for his job and feels most comfortable in an emergency dealing with life and death situations.
Cordelia Owl - New Nurse in the ICU, recently in the OR. She had a one-night stand with an old flame last night. Late 20s / early 30s.
Marianne Lamar and others- Simon’s Mother - Mother of two. Recently divorced from Sean.
Sean Lamar and others - Simon’s Father - Father of two. Recently divorced from Marianne. He works with his hands building surf boards and canoes. He’s not a words guy.
Thomas Dristell and others - The coordinating nurse. Thomas has twin passions - related in their mind: organ transplant and opera.
Juliette Brooks and others - Simon’s Girlfriend - A DJ. She had a fight with Simon about surfing last night. She is young, vibrant, forthright. Young 20s.
Claire Major and others - 50s. She’s on a waiting list for a new heart. She’s got a complicated relationship with her family.
Dr. Breva and others - plays 20-35, a masculine hotshot
A note on gender / race in casting:
The identities and embodied realities of the actors can and should deepen how we read the character dynamics in the story, and we want to be inclusive in our overall approach to representation across race/ethnicity, gender, body type, and ability. Some characters are written on the binary (using he/him or she/her pronouns), but gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors will be encouraged and embraced as they submit for the roles they most identify with.
Co-Created by Zack Fine, Bryce Pinkham, Kirya Traber & Rona Siddiqui
Directed by Zach Fine
First Rehearsal: July 30, 2024
Performances: August 4, 1pm, 2024
SYNOPSIS:
A former Broadway star washes up on a deserted island. Stranded and alone (except for a piano), he sets his sights on performing one last show before the rising waters swallow him up.
ROLES
THE PERFORMER, a chameleon, stranded on a desert island, plays multiple roles. This role is precast.
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