INK - Equity video submissions
Round House Theatre/Olney Theatre Center | Bethesda, MD Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$940 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in INK to be co produced by Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center, performed at Round House Theatre (see breakdown).
DC Local Performers encouraged to submit.
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please email your audition video as a link (unlisted YouTube or Vimeo preferred, attached files cannot be accepted) with the subject line “INK Equity Video Submission – DC LOCAL”
Deadline: 11/22/2022
casting@roundhousetheatre.org
Playwright: James Graham
Director / Olney Theatre Center Artistic Director: Jason Loewith
Round House Theatre Artistic Director: Ryan Rilette
Casting Director: Sarah Cooney (viewing submissions)
8/1/23 – First Rehearsal
9/6/23 – First Preview
9/11/23 – Opening
10/8/23 – Closing
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 submit.
Slate with the following information: Name, Pronouns, and any other way that you wish to self-identify, the name of your audition piece, roles which you are interested in being considered for, your Equity status (Non-Union submissions will be considered time permitting), and please state if you are a LOCAL HIRE in the DC area.
Please prepare a one-to-two-minute monologue in the style of the show.
NOTE: Story takes place in London circa 1969-1970. Unless otherwise noted, all characters speak with a British dialect.
All roles will be understudied.
[LARRY LAMB] He/Him, 40’s, Caucasian. Very smart, driven, not a man who came from privilege, he is a climber. Recruits a team of underdog reporters and transforms the print journalism industry beyond recognition. Thinks quickly on his feet, Larry has morals but is quick to abandon them when the right opportunity comes along. Speaks with a Yorkshire accent.
[RUPERT MURDOCH] He/Him, 40’s, Caucasian. A man with big ideas who is not used to taking no for an answer. Demanding, brash, shrewd, clever, an opportunist. Intensely charming, very funny. The mastermind. Speaks with an Australian accent.
[HUGH CUDLIPP / AS CAST] He/Him, 50’s-60’s, any ethnicity. Welsh, the old guard Chairman of The Mirror. A commanding presence, a picture of the professionalism of old-school journalism. He doesn’t take kindly to threats.
[STEPHANIE RAHN / AS CAST] She/Her, 20’s, Indian/British. Beautiful, an aspiring model and actor. A smart young woman, but easily manipulated. Eager to work and eager to please, Stephanie becomes an unwitting pawn in The Sun’s rise. *This role contains possible nudity.
[BERNARD SHRIMSLEY / AS CAST] He/Him, 40’s-60’s, any ethnicity. Editor at The Sun, not the sharpest tack in the room. A bit of a stuffed shirt in a room full of class clowns, but so happy when he begins to get it.
[BRIAN MCCONNELL / AS CAST] He/Him, 40’s, any ethnicity. Working class, former crime editor at The Mirror and new editor of The Sun. Lamb’s right hand man and the only one he’ll half-listen to because he was the first to buy into Lamb’s vision and passion.
[BEVERLY GOODWAY / AS CAST] He/Him, 20’s, Person Of Color. BEVERLY: Staff photographer at The Sun. A good kid who finds himself out of his depth.
[FRANK NICKLIN / AS CAST] He/Him, 40’s-60’s, any ethnicity. Foul -mouthed, fun-loving sports editor at The Sun.
[RAY MILLS / AS CAST] He/Him, 30’s-40’s, any ethnicity. Union man at The Sun and unafraid to strong arm on behalf of the union. He’s got a great deal of integrity and buys into Lamb’s vision that The Sun will really speak for the average citizen.
[SIR ALICK MCKAY / AS CAST] He/Him, 50’s-60’s, any ethnicity. Deputy Chairman of The Sun, an old-school presence. A loving husband, and very much second-banana to Murdoch.
[JOYCE HOPKIRK / AS CAST] She/Her, 40’s-50’s, any ethnicity. A strong female editor in a man’s world, she has to work twice as hard to be a respected voice in the room. A frank talker who plays an instrumental role in establishing The Sun’s infamous Page Three.
[DIANA / AS CAST] She/Her, 20’s-30’s, any ethnicity. Airy horoscope writer, a believer in astrology and lover of gossip who also recognizes the power of manipulating horoscopes for the “right” reason.
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