THE UNDERLYING CHRIS - NYC EPA
Second Stage Theater
AUDITION DATE
Fri, May 31, 2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B Salary: $941.00/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in this World Premiere.
The production staff will include a PSM and SM. (see separate notice on casting call for more info)
PREPARATION
Please prepare a contemporary monologue no more than 2 minutes in length. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
16th floor, Studio 16I (check lobby upon arrival in case of last minute changes)
PERSONNEL
By Will Eno
Directed by Kenny Leon
President and Artistic Director: Carole Rothman
Executive Director: Casey Reitz
Casting: Telsey + Company
Personnel in attendance: Mark Ashin, Literary/Artistic Assistant
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: October 1, 2019
First Preview: October 29, 2019
Opening: November 21, 2019
Runs through December 15, 2019 (w/ possible extension)
Venue: Tony Kiser Theater
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.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
DESCRIPTION
The Underlying Chris, a world premiere play from Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno, is a life-affirming and high-spirited look at how a person comes into their identity, and how sometimes it’s life’s tiniest moments that most profoundly change our lives. In these divided times, The Underlying Chris serves as a celebration of our differences, our individuality, and the many mysterious, difficult, and beautiful things we share simply by being alive.
SEEKING:
CHILD: 10-year-old girl, a kid
MOTHER: 30s-40s, white, generally solid though perhaps subject to some worrying, a modern mom kind of person
FATHER: 30s-40s, person of color, solid, capable, maybe a touch of melancholy only seen from certain angles
NANNY: 20s, white, female
CHRIS: 10-12, male, athletic and wiry but still a kid, person of color
CHRISTINE: 16 or so, female, Asian-American, athletic, a little jock-y, very good with teenage sarcasm and bone-dry jokes
RADIO HOST: 50s-60s, male, white, dry sense of humor, a kind of dignity that is not too puffy or aristocratic, but instead pretty grounded
CHRISTOPHER: 27-ish, male, person of color, a little wiry, a little bookish, very dry sense of humor
KRISTIN: 40s, female, person of color
KRISTA: 60s, female, white, grounded, natural, calm and confident, but with access to the big quiet feelings
CHRISTIANA: 70s, female, person of color, grounded, calm and confident person, a very strong person in perhaps a somewhat frail body.
KHRIS: 70s, male, person of color, formerly athletic, a spry though much older person who is very much beginning to feel some limitations, dry sense of humor
All roles will be understudied.
=====
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.
Videos
.png)
