DESCRIBE THE NIGHT - Washington DC EPA
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Feb 21, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
No appointment necessary. First come, first serve. The theatre will be open at 10:00am
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 9; $700/week AEA
SEEKING
Seeking Equity actors for various roles. Local DC area actors are strongly encouraged to audition.
We will not be accepting video submissions
PREPARATION
Prepare a 2 minute contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
641 D St NW
Washington, DC 20004
PERSONNEL
Director: John Vreeke (will be in attendance at the EPA)
Playwright: Rajiv Joseph
General Manager: Jenn Harris (Will be in attendance at the EPA)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: April 23, 2019, rehearsals are typically Tuesday through Sunday 10a-6p, exact schedule TBD
First Performance: May 20, 2019 , performances are typically Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm, and Sundays at 2p and 7p
Closing: June 16, 2019
Extension: June 23, 2019
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
Note to Actors: This play span between 1920 – 2010 so the descriptions below identify attributes of the characters as they journey through the play. These descriptions are representative of the character NOT the actor. We are looking for ensemble members of varying ages, ethnicities, and cultures with solid character acting skills, a strong understanding and experience with text heavy material, and an enthusiastic commitment to ensemble based work.
Note: Actors should not speak in any dialect.
Isaac*
Russian, Jewish. He is the writer Isaac Babel. In 1920 he is 25 years old. A quiet, shy young man with dreams of being a successful writer, but traumatized from the Polish-Russo war, where he is a wire service journalist—a job he took in order to experience something in life he could write about. In 1937-40 he is a successful writer of fiction and films. He has robust appetites, and is far more self-assured, he is not intimidated by anyone. He craves danger.
Nikolai*
Russian. Last name: Yezhov. A Captain in the Russian Red Cavlary in 1920, when he is 30 years old. He is enormously self-assured, an accomplished military man. A violent man. In 1937-40, he is the Head of Stalin’s Secret Police which will become the KGB. In 1989, when he is 99, he is a living relic of Russian history, and knows it. He enjoys tormenting young KGB agents.
Yevgenia*
Russian, the wife of Nikolai Yezhov. In 1940, she is 40. Bright, beautiful, drawn to astrology and supernatural topics. Unhappy in her marriage, but would never say so. In 1989 she is 89 years old. Mischievous, with a humor that is rooted in pain and tragedy.
Vova*
Russian, a KGB agent stationed in Dresden, East Germany, in 1989, at which time he is 35 years old. In 1999-2010, he is a politician of enormous stature. Deeply self-assured, yet terrified of the world.
Urzula
Polish, and in 1989, an immigrant, living in Dresden. The grand-daughter of Yevgenia.
Feliks
Polish. Thin, covered with tattoos, a dreary disposition. An orphan. At 21, in 2010, he feels middle-aged.
Mariya
Russian, 30’s, a journalist for a state-run newspaper in 2010. Moscow born and bred. Strong and steady. Also plays Mrs. Petrovna, Russian, 70’s, the owner of a laundromat.
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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