COUNT - Chapel Hill, NC EPA
PlayMakers Repertory Company
AUDITION DATE
Jun 16, 2017
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Jeri Lynn Schulke, Producing Assistant playmakersauditions@gmail.com AEA members without appointments seen as time permits on the day of. Non-AEA actors may also be seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $637/week current AEA min
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles. Non-AEA actors may also be seen as time permits on the day of.
PREPARATION
Each actor being auditioned should prepare a one-minute monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
PlayMakers Repertory Company, Center for Dramatic Arts
University of North Carolina
120 Country Club Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Rehearsal Room 101, 1st Floor
PERSONNEL
Writer: Lynden Harris
Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Director
Vivienne Benesch, Producting Artistic Director
Jeri Lynn Schulke, Producing Assistant
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: 8/1/17
Opening: 8/23/17
Closing: 8/27/17
OTHER
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
Richmond:
40. Biracial. B/W. Muslim.
Home: Grew up in the projects in Richmond. Family: History of drugs and incarceration. Mother abandoned him at birth but later reclaimed and raised him. A large man, Richmond spends time working out and playing basketball.
Brownsville:
40s. African American. Not religious.
Home: Grew up in urban settings in Brooklyn, NYC. Family: History of drugs, incarceration, violence, child abuse. Fit, edgy, smart, intense. Brownsville spends time studying chess moves.
Whitehouse:
Late 20s. Tri-racial, First Peoples.
Home: Grew up in rural and small town trailer parks. Family: Father locked up for killing a cop. Loves to sing country music and rap. Spends time studying about Native practices. Whitehouse spends time unraveling socks for the thread to make dreamcatchers.
Long Beach:
Late 50s-60s. African American. Buddhist.
Home: Grew up from east to west coast--NY, Illinois, California. Trim, neat, self-educated, introvert. Had son at 13. Now has a granddaughter. Long Beach spends time listening to NPR and reading, but his eyesight is failing.
Kansas City:
30. Biracial. Latino/Black.
Home: Grew up in the projects in the Midwest. He is small, sweet, artistic. Has a 13-year-old son. Kansas City spends his time drawing.
No understudy roles available for this production
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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