POPCORN FALLS (Off Broadway) NYC EPA
Popcorn Partners LLC
REVISED
All roles have been CAST. Only seeking possible future replacements.
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Aug 23, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $635/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for one available role: Actor to portray various characters who are male, any ethnicity and mid 30s - early 50s. The other role has been CAST. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides, provided at the EPA. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Producer: Schondeikkan Productions and DTR Productions
Director: Christian Borle
The following people are expected at the EPA:
Playwright: James Hindman (expected to attend the EPA)
Producers: Joanna Allen Lodin and Lynne Halliday (expected to attend the EPA)
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: 8/20/18
1st Performance: 9/14/18
Opening: 10/08/18
Closing: pending
OTHER
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer’s agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have the opportunity to be seen.
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
Two actors play all the townspeople of Popcorn Falls, a small town somewhere in upstate New York. Both actors must be superb technicians who can create many different characters. They must be able to interact like an expert vaudeville team – completely seamless with no make up or costume changes. The show is not ‘camp’ but the character’s eccentricities and passion can make them feel over the top.
Both roles have been CAST. Seeking for possible future replacements only.
SEEKING:
ACTOR 1:
Plays multiple characters that are male, any ethnicity. Mid 30s – early 50s.
Mostly plays MR. TRUNDLE – A sincere man with a big heart. The new mayor of Popcorn Falls. Recently divorced and recovered alcoholic. Thought he could hide out in a tiny little town to pull his life back together, but instead is forced to confront his inner demons.
ACTOR 1 also plays: HANS, a German foreign exchange student who now works at the local funeral parlor and MR. UPMALL, an octogenarian who has always dreamed of performing onstage.
The following ROLE IS CAST
ACTOR 2
ROLE CAST. Plays multiple characters that are male, any ethnicity. Mid 30s – early 50s.
Mostly plays JOE, the town custodial engineer. Joe is nervous because his wife is pregnant with their third set of twins and their town is about to go bankrupt.
ACTOR 2 plays many characters including: AUSTIN, the not-very-bright-but-eager-to-please sheriff of Popcorn Falls. He would like everyone to think he’s smarter and more important than he actually is. MS. PARKER, the ‘very theatrical’ town librarian. She speaks with a mid-Atlantic accent and acts as if she’s about to step into the role of Amanda Wingfield. MRS. STEPP, the oversexed, hardboiled, middle school teacher who is always out on the prowl. FLOYD, the owner of the local lumberyard who lost half his arm in a freak accident involving a telephone pole and a Mexican stripper. BECKY, a very sweet, lost soul, who just moved back to Popcorn Falls. She was once in love with Joe.
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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