HARVEY - NYC OPEN Auditions
Out of the Box Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Apr 15, 2019
7:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
No advanced appointments. Sign-up sheets will be available ½ hour beforehand. (Please DO NOT ENTER the Wohl Center before 6:20 pm, as a children's program will be letting out before then.)
CONTRACT
Showcase-NY Basic showcase code; Round-trip subway fare reimbursement; no pay (possible stipend).
SEEKING
Actors for various roles. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Goddard Riverside
593 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10024
PERSONNEL
by Mary Chase.
John Christopher Jones, director
Lin Snider, assistant director.
OTHER DATES
Performance Dates: Thursday June 6–Sunday June 9 and Thursday June 13–Sunday June 16, 2018 (10 performances over 2 weekends)
Performances will take place at the Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside Community Center, 647 Columbus Ave. (bet. 91st and 92nd Sts.), NYC.
Rehearsals will begin the week of May 7, primarily weekday evenings (Tues, Wed., Fri.) and Sat.–Sun. afternoons.
OTHER
Callbacks: Wednesday April 17 (by invitation only, location to be announced)
Please DO NOT send pictures and resumes ahead of time.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
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
Character Breakdown: 10 characters: 4 women, 7 men
*****PLEASE NOTE: Out of the Box Theatre Company embraces diversity and nontraditional casting. It is the mission of Out of the Box to cast actors outside the restrictions of age, primarily over the age of 50 when possible. The ages listed are the ages indicated in the script. Please feel free to submit outside of age restrictions.*****
Myrtle Mae Simmons (Female, 20-ish): The daughter of Veta Simmons, embarrassed by her uncle Elwood Dowd.
Veta Simmons (Female, 40s-50s+): Myrtle Mae's mother and Elwood's sister. Considers herself a member of the better society of their small town. Slightly embarrassed by her brother.
Elwood P. Dowd (Male, 47+): Veta's brother. Pleasant, loveable, and a friend to everyone. Drinks, but not a drunk.
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet (Male playing female, 65+): Wealthy and very grand society dowager. [Note: This role will be played by a male who will also play the Cab Driver.]
Ruth Kelly, R.N. (Female, 24): Pretty head nurse at Chumley's Rest, a sanitarium for mental patients.
Duane Wilson (Male, 28): Large, and muscular, the sanitarium's attendant and strong arm. Admires Dr. Chumley, perhaps excessively.
Dr. Lyman Sanderson (Male, 30-ish): A young doctor of psychiatry, quite attractive, has caught Ruth’s eye.
Dr. William R. Chumley (Male, late 50s+): Head of Chumley's Rest, confident, sometimes pompous.
Betty Chumley (Female, mid-50s+): Dr. Chumley's wife, good-natured, cheerful, bustling.
Judge Omar Gaffney (Male, elderly): An elderly lawyer, Judge Gaffney represents the estate of Veta and Elwood's late mother.
E.J. Lofgren (Male, any age): An ultimately wise cab driver.
NOTE: We are also seeking volunteers to help backstage with props, wardrobe, load-in, strike, ushering, publicity, etc. Please respond to Susan Case at
outoftheboxtheatreco@gmail.com if interested.
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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