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Breakdown
INDECENT
Written by Paula Vogel
Created by Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
World Premiere
1st Rehearsal August 24, 2015
1st Preview October 2, 2015
Opening Night October 8, 2015
Closing Night October 24, 2015
seeking:
Lemml, Male. A country tailor who becomes leader of the Yiddish Art Theatre of Lodz troupe. Naïve in his youth, over time as Asch’s company manager, he experiences the good and the terrible that the world has to offer, but he is never consumed by cynicism. Holds fast to his belief in the transformative power of performance, even in the Nazi-controlled ghetto where his troupe performs.
Older Asch/Peretz/Ensemble, Male. 50s to 60s. Older Asch: late in life, Sholem has retreated entirely from public life. Bitter and cynical, he disavows his masterpiece. Peretz: Leader of a prestigious Polish Yiddish literary salon. Upper crust, educated, fussy traditionalist.
Young Asch/John Rosen/Ensemble, Male. 20s to 30s. Young Asch: brilliant Polish Jewish playwright. Passionate. Rebellious. Hungry for change. John Rosen: Connecticut-born Jewish idealist. Has written a new translation of Asch’s original manuscript and wants to revive the play for a new generation. Will stop at nothing to see that his cultural heritage lives on in glory.
Magda/Ruth/Virginia/Ensemble, Female. 20s to 30s. Magda: Asch’s wife. Has a discerning mind for literature and an enviable depth of feeling. Ruth: Jewish actor living in Greenwich Village. In love with Dorothee. Cast as Rivkele in the New York premiere of Asch’s play. Speaks English poorly. Outspoken, defender of her heritage. Virginia: American ingénue. Replaces Ruth as Rivkele in the New York production. Energetic, eager to please, and eager to shock her parents by playing a lesbian on stage.
Nakhmen/Schildkraut/Ensemble, Male. CAST
Freida/Dorothee/Ensemble, Female. 20s to 30s. Freida: a respected German actor. She plays Manke in the Berlin production of Asch’s play. Speaks frankly and with an air of sophistication. Dorothee: Jewish actor in Greenwich Village. In love with Ruth. Cast as Manke in the New York premiere of Asch’s play. Sensitive and full of feeling. She wants to assimilate into American culture.
Mrs. Peretz/Esther/Ensemble, Female. 50s to 60s. Mrs. Peretz: wife of the literary lion I.L. Peretz. Protective. Strong literary opinions. Dismissive of upstart young writers. Esther: cast as Sarah in the New York production of Asch’s play. A seasoned and professional actor. She’s good at what she does and is frustrated by amateurism.
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PEERLESS
By Jiehae Park
Directed by Margot Bordelon
World Premiere
1st Rehearsal October 19, 2015
1st Preview November 27, 2015
Opening Night December 3, 2015
Closing Night December 19, 2015
seeking:
Seeking actors with impeccable verbal and physical comic timing. Strong language skills and ability to speak quickly and in specific rhythms a must.
M, Female. Asian-American. 18+ to play late teens. Speaks quickly with speed and precision. Ambitious, driven, extremely smart, and hardworking. A Runner. Pretty, put together, self-assured. Adaptive, manipulative, and at times controlling. Possesses a capacity for love and tenderness that’s at odds with the ruthlessness and cruelty she feels are required to succeed. Deeply influenced by, and in turn holds a lot of influence over her identical twin sister L.
L, Female. Asian-American. 18+ to play late teens. M’s identical twin. Speaks quickly with speed and precision. Ambitious, driven, extremely smart, and hardworking. The more graceful of the two, a dancer. Pretty, but wonders if she’s slightly less pretty than M. The twin with slightly lesser status, she needs M more than M needs her. Can swing from desperate to steely in an instant. A master at fake crying.
D, Male. Identifies as Caucasian, although he has just discovered he is 1/16 Native American. 18+ to play late teens. A classmate of M & L’s. Open and kind, but too earnest and insecure to affect any sort of charm. Physically ungainly, he has recently lost a lot of weight, and feels uncomfortable in his body. Prone to over-sharing. New found hope and optimism have transformed him into an eager-to-please puppy dog with an overabundance of trust, but his neurosis and vulnerability reveal darker, suicidal tendencies that he may not have completely overcome. This role will double with BROTHER: Caucasian. D’s younger, half-brother. Has cystic fibrosis. When we meet him he’s near death but his desire for vengeance sustains him. Fixated on punishing the twins. Sick sense of humor.
DIRTY GIRL, Female. Caucasian. 18+ to play late teens. Dreadlocks. Dirty, scrappy, intense. Freaky. Doesn’t subscribe to high school social norms, think Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club. She confident, tough, and a bit scary. Loves making people uncomfortable. A Cassandra with a bite, she has an uncanny gift of foresight. There’s more going on internally, perhaps a need for love and acceptance, but she’d never show it. This role will double with PREPPY GIRL: Perky, privileged, perfectly friendly, slightly self-deprecating. From California. Poster child for the accomplished and well-adjusted student you’d see on a cover of an Ivy League catalogue
BF, Male. African-American. 18+ to play late teens. M’s boyfriend. A good, but not excellent student, he’s well liked, well-adjusted, but compared to the twins, his accomplishments are average. He’s a typical teenage boy: big appetite, a bit territorial, insensitive at times, secretive. Maybe a bit of a “bro.” He’s easy to underestimate, but he’s more ambitious than the twins suspect.
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THE MOORS
By Jen Silverman
Directed by Jackson Gay
World Premiere
1st Rehearsal December 10, 2015
1st Preview January 29, 2016
Opening Night February 4, 2016
Closing Night February 20, 2016
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AGATHA, Female. Elder spinster sister. Spidery. Dangerous. Cold. Mid-30s to mid-40s.
HULDEY, Female. Younger spinster sister. Vulnerable and hopeful and deeply depressed. She has a diary. She wants to be famous. Late 20s to mid-30s.
EMILIE, Female. The governess. A romantic with a sweet face. She discovers a steeliness and taste for power that she didn’t know she had. Mid-20s.
MARJORY, Female. The scullery maid. Downtrodden. Strategic. Dangerous. Mid-20s to early 30s.
THE MASTIFF, Male. The dog. He looks fierce and brutal but is a sad philosopher-king. 30s.
A MOOR-HEN, Female. A small chicken. She is practical but easily frightened. 20s-30s.
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CYMBELINE
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Evan Yionoulis
1st Rehearsal February 15, 2016
1st Preview March 25, 2016
Opening Night March 31, 2016
Closing Night April 16, 2016
all roles available.
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HAPPY DAYS
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by James Bundy
1st Rehearsal March 21, 2016
1st Preview April 29, 2016
Opening Night May 5, 2016
Closing Night May 21, 2016
WINNIE: CAST
seeking:
WILLIE, a man about sixty
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