THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY - submit for LA Appointments Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles, CA
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY (See breakdown).
Please mail your headshot and resume for consideration.
Deadline: 06/27/2023
Phyllis Schuringa
Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Written by: Samuel Baum
Director: Darko Tresnjak
Casting Director: Phyllis Schuringa
Possible audition dates: June 27, 28 or 29.
First Rehearsal - September 5, 2023 First Preview - October 4, 2023
Opening - October 12, 2023
Closing - November 5, 2023
Could extend to November 19, 2023 OTHER
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.
THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY
The play takes place during an intimate engagement dinner in an Upper East Side apartment one evening in early January, 2007.
KATHERINE: Female, early 30s; blonde, classically beautiful, with a natural warmth about her; a pediatrician and deeply good person; fiancé of Josh, whom she met at Harvard; a “shiksa” who uses the term with ease; carefully arranged this dinner
JOSH: Male, early 30s; tall, handsome, charming, Jewish; has the confidence and charisma of a young, self-made millionaire; some rough edges beneath his charm; grew up poor in Canarsie, went to Harvard and now works for a hedge fund; fiancé of Katherine
CONRAD: Male, late 60s to early 70s; polished, WASPy, an imposing presence; a wealthy Wall Street banker; accustomed to getting what he wants; father of Katherine and husband of Gail
GAIL: Female, 60s; a Southern lady; graceful and upbeat, with a faint accent; exquisitely dressed; has an unexpected sense of humor; mother of Katherine and wife of Conrad, to whom she is loyal
HALEY: Female, early 30s; a doctor; free-spirited, hipster quality; brilliant but struggling, which she keeps private; Katherine’s best friend from Harvard; married to Kai, with whom she has a newborn
KAI: Male, early 30s; Asian-American; masculine, often intense, but likeable; works at the same hedge fund as Josh, his good friend from Harvard; married to Haley, with whom he has a newborn
ALAN: Male, early 30s; radical Left-wing philosophy professor; short, balding, witty; shabbily dressed; a friend from Harvard; has a very different value system from the others
JOHNNY: Male, early 30s; Italian-American; brawny, huge-hearted, funny, with a perceptiveness that was not cultivated in a classroom; an Army tank mechanic; Josh’s childhood friend from Canarsie; cares deeply about him
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