A FINAL TOAST - NYC OPEN CALL
Renaissance Now Theatre & Film | Orem, UT
Saturday, March 2, 2024
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)
Break 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - 2 sessions 10am and 4pm
Sign-ups for each audition session will begin at 9:45am and 3:45pm on the day of the audition at the audition site.
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Stipend
Equity actors for roles in A FINAL TOAST (See breakdown).
Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue in contemporary language. They will also post a few sides that you may read from, which you can find at:
https://renaissancenow.com. Copies of these sides will also be available at the audition site on the day of the audition. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Chain Theatre
312 W. 36th Street
Floor 4
New York, NY 10018
3rd Floor
Written by Michele Miller
Directed by Kathy Curtiss
Rehearsals: April 22: Tuesday-Friday pm, Saturday am
12 Performances:
May 10 & 11 at 7:30 pm
May 12 at 2 pm
May 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm
May 18 & 19 at 2 pm
May 22, 23 & 24 at 7:30 pm
May 25 & 26 at 2 pm
Venue: Chain Mainstage Theatre
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.
SYNOPSIS: This deep exploration of two mother-daughter relationships follows a Jewish family and Irish family in New York, where circumstances reveal discoveries as well as the unexpected interconnectedness of their lives as the mothers approach the need for assisted living. The alternately fragile and persistent qualities of memory are explored as the tale unfolds and daughters confront mothers, and mothers confront daughters about the meaning of their lives and choices. The cast includes two mature Mother-Daughter relationships as described below. Heritage issues of the families are important to the playing of the roles, but all roles are open to any actor who chooses to audition.
ELLA:
Jewish woman (age late 40’s/early 50’s); dark unruly hair, prominent features. Brash demeanor hiding sadness and anxiety.
BLANCHE: Ella’s mother (age early/mid 80s), upper middle class; secular New York Jewish. Attractive and well-kept; in earlier scenes this means hair and make-up are impeccable.
ALICE: Professional home organizer (age mid 40s); white, attractive in a girl-next-door way.
CAROL: Alice’s mother; white (age late 70s), middle-class. A practical and modest in dress and demeanor.
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