LAS BORINQUENAS - NYC EPA Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Due to a scheduling error on the theatre's part, sign-ups for walk-in appointments will take place outside the venue (which does not open until 10 am) from 9:00 am-10:00 am.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
LOA-NYC
$638 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in LAS BORINQUENAS (See breakdown).
Co-produced with Latinx Playwrights Circle and Boundless Theatre Company
The Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue (under 2 minutes).
LAS BORINQUENAS
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center 107 Suffolk St
New York, NY 10002
Playwright: Nelson Diaz-Marcano
Director: Rebecca Aparicio
EST Co-Artistic Directors: Graeme Gillis, Estefanía Fadul
Expected to attend:
Director: Rebecca Aparicio
First Rehearsal: 3/4/24
Tech Starts: 3/27/24
Previews Start: 4/3/24
Opening: 4/8/24
Closing: 5/5/24
OTHER
https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/
EPA Procedures are in effect for this 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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Chavela: A Puerto Rican woman in her late 20s to early 30s. A confident woman who never lets her struggles get the best of her. She is the leader of the group of friends, processes the up and downs of life through humor, kindness, and heart.
Yolanda: A Puerto Rican woman in her early to late 30s. A religious, conservative woman who expects way too much of others, driving them crazy. She is headstrong about her values, her family, and is a big supporter of the American progress promised in Puerto Rico.
Gregory Pincus: Caucasian male, late 50s. A disgraced scientist who speaks like a used car salesman but is a scientific genius. He is calculating, charming, hungry for success and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Pincus is afraid that if he doesn’t succeed with the pill his life’s work will all have been for nothing.
Lizzie: Caucasian woman, late 50s. The smart and manipulative loving wife of Gregory Pincus, who will do everything in her power to make sure he doesn’t fail. Lizzie is the life of the party and uses her social influence to push Pincus forward.
Edris Rice-Wray: Caucasian woman in her 40s to 50s. A scientist and family advocate, Edris is a dry, straight to the point self-made woman in a time when self-made women were rare. She is committed to the plight of women, not afraid to stand up for what she believes in, and has unshakeable principles.
ALREADY CAST:
Maria: CAST. A Puerto Rican woman in her late 20s to early 30s. An outspoken activist whose life has been held back by dreams deferred that keeps her island as a colony and societal rules that keeps her love away. Maria believes in a better world for her and her own, but seems to accept that the world she wants may not be the one she gets.
Fernanda: CAST. A Puerto Rican woman in her late 20s to early 30s. Fernanda is a woman whose life desires have been always culled by a sister who is strict about the rules of society. A reluctant wife but a loving mother, Fernanda dreams of a day she can love and live free from the expectations of others.
Rosa: CAST. A Puerto Rican woman in her late 20s to early 30s. Rosa’s love of gossip is only overshadowed by her love for her community. Like her sister Chavela, she constantly deals with the tragedies that surround them with optimism.
Broadcaster: CAST. Male, any age. An old school 1950’s disc jockey, he serves as a historical guide and as the voice of the colonialistic progress that’s happening in the island.
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