KUNSTLER - Pittsfield MA EPA
Barrington Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Feb 06, 2017
10:00 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 1:30
APPOINTMENTS
Please call 413-499-5446 between 9:30am - 5:30pm, Monday - Friday for an appointment. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT
SPT - tier 8; $352.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actor for the following role only:
KERRY: A 24-year-old, African American female 2nd year law student at the University at which William Kunstler is scheduled to speak. See breakdown for more details
Note all other roles have been CAST.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief dramatic monologue of no more than 2 minutes in total length. Bring a headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Barrington Stage
Boyd-Quinson Mainstage
30 Union Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201-4528
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director - Julianne Boyd
Playwright - Jeffrey Sweet
Director - Meagan Fey
Stage Manager - Mary Jane Hansen
Casting Director - Pat McCorkle
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin May 9
First preview - May 18
Opening - May 21
Closing - June 10
OTHER
Broadway star Jeff McCarthy brings William Kunstler back to life in Jeffrey Sweet's fascinating play, which revisits Kunstler's timely message of Constitutional civil rights under rule of law in an exciting theatrical event.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
Seeking the following role only:
KERRY:
A 24-year-old, African American female. A 2nd year law student at the University at which William Kunstler is scheduled to speak. KERRY is highly intelligent, considerate in her manner,
deliberative in her thinking, and non - combative in her personality. KERRY is not a strident Angela Davis – she is a young woman on track to become the next Sonya Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, or Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She feels deeply but keeps her emotions in check – preferring ‘reason’ to ‘reaction’ as she wrestles with the issues of her conscience. KERRY is on the committee that chooses speakers for the law school. Even though Kerry was raised admiring Kunstler for the work he did in his early years – particularly for her own father who was a Freedom Rider - Kerry voted against inviting William Kunstler to speak because of his recent, highly publicized, unpopular cases. When she finds herself having to welcome, introduce, and host William Kunstler’s lecture on behalf of the committee Kerry’s inner conflict is palpable. Kunstler, aware of her having voted against him, tries to get Kerry to explain her objections. Reticent, but finally drawn out by Kunstler, Kerry calmly and systematically lays out the legal
flaws in his recent cases, as well as her personal disappointment in what she feels is his misuse of his celebrity and intellect – he was one of the reasons she wanted to become a lawyer
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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