THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME - NYC EPA
Swine Palace Productions
AUDITION DATE
Thu, May 31, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
URTA $600/week
SEEKING
Seeking an empathetic, intelligent, emotionally accessible actor, 18 or older to play CHRISTOPHER (age 15), with strong British dialect and stage movement/physical theatre skills. Also, please note that we encourage AEA actors with Developmental Disorders or Autism Spectrum Disorder to audition.
See breakdown for more details.
PREPARATION
Actor can either prepare a monologue of no longer than 90 second or they can read from sides that will be available at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors Theatre Workshop
145 West 28th Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
PERSONNEL
Director: Richard Holden
Author: based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
In attendance at the EPA:
Richard Holden - Director, LSU Professor; and
Joshua Allred - Swine Palace/LSU Theatre Associate and Box Office Manager
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: August 20
Opening: September 19, 2018
Closing: September 30, 2018
OTHER
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
Seeking an empathetic, intelligent, emotionally accessible actor, 18 or older to play CHRISTOPHER (age 15), with strong British dialect and stage movement/physical theatre skills. Also, please note that we encourage AEA actors with Developmental Disorders or Autism Spectrum Disorder to audition.
Description:
CHRISTOPHER is a brilliant, young mathematician and amateur detective. He is sweet and incapable of lying or at least of being intentionally deceptive or hurtful to others. That said, his logical, empirically based view of the world makes it difficult for him to empathize with others, particularly the neuro-typical people who largely populate his story. Though his apparent developmental disorder is not specifically identified in the text, he does attend a special school for students with various special needs. Christopher seems to be among the growing group of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder and his behavior is emblematic of someone with Asperger Syndrome. He lacks social skills and finds it tough to communicate with others except in the most nuance free, literal of ways. In the end, he proves himself not only brilliant but brave. He's even hopeful and wonders aloud 'if he can do anything?'
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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