FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE (Broadway) - NYC EPA
80/30 Lunar Limited Liability Co.
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Mar 20, 2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Production (League) $2095/week min
SEEKING
The roles of Frankie and Johnny have been CAST. Seeking one female understudy and one male understudy.
Also seeking one Production Stage Manager and one Assistant Stage Manager. (see separate notice on Casting Call for submission info)
PREPARATION
Prepare a contemporary monologue under 2 minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
PERSONNEL
Playwright: Terrence McNally
Director: Arin Arbus
Producers: Hunter Arnold (TBD Theatricals), Debbie Bisno (Bisno Productions), Tom Kirdahy (Tom Kirdahy Productions),
General Management: 101 Productions
Casting: Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA + Margaret Dunn, TBD Casting
Casting Assistant: Mary Baynard
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal: Monday, April 8th (understudies slated to start o/a April 15)
1st Preview: Saturday, May 4th
Opening: May 29, 2019
Closing: August 25, 2019
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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.
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BREAKDOWN
It is the morning after Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) have spent the night together, and Frankie is hopeful that Johnny will now put on his clothes and depart so she can return to her usual routine of watching TV and eating ice cream. But Johnny, a compulsive talker and romantic, has other ideas. He is convinced that he loves Frankie, a notion that she, at first, considers to be ri-diculous. She has had more disappointments than delights in life, and he is the veteran of one broken mar-riage already. And neither of them is in the bloom of youth. Yet out of their sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious interplay, the promise of a relationship beyond a one-night stand begins to emerge.
The roles of FRANKIE and JOHNNY have been CAST. Seeking understudies only.
FRANKIE UNDERSTUDY
Female, non-Caucasian. A strong, big-hearted woman of color in her early 40’s from Allentown, PA. Frankie is a high school dropout and a failed actress who works as a waitress at a Manhattan diner. She has a sense of humor and fairly tough exterior. She is also frightened and can be very hard to reach. A realist, Frankie is reluctant to lower her guard. Life has offered many disappointments. Although she is quick witted, there is something sorrowful about her. She apologizes too much and doesn’t like being looked at. Striking but not conventional good looks.
JOHNNY UNDERSTUDY
Male, any ethnicity. A passionate, big-hearted man in his late 40’s. A short order cook in a Manhattan diner, recently re-leased from prison for forgery. Keeps a dictionary and a copy of Shakespeare in his locker at work. From Allentown PA, but grew up in the foster homes across the country. Johnny is nervy, persistent, talkative, sensitive, romantic. He is at once both dangerous and wholesome. Johnny’s best feature is his personality. He works at it. He is in good physical condition.
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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