Room, Broadway, Equity NYC EPA / Submissions
Company
Covent Garden Productions and ShowTown Productions, prods.; Cora Bissett, dir.; Emma Donoghue, script by; Cora Bissett and Kathryn Joseph, songs; Based on Emma Donoghue’s novel Room; ShowTown Theatricals: Rebecca Crigler, Samuel Dallas, general manager; Jim Carnahan Casting - Jim Carnahan, CSA and Alexandre Bleau, CSA, casting dirs.
To apply, see the "Key Details" section below
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations Rehearsals begin late February; runs early - April-September at Broadway Theatre TBA 2023 in NYC.
Compensation & Contract Details
All Roles
Key Details
- Jan 13, 2023: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST
- by appointment; break 2-3 p.m.
- Jan 17, 2023: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST
- by appointment; break 2-3 p.m.
New York City, NY
Additional Instructions:
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Sides will be provided. Sign up for an audition appointment at https://www.slottr.com/roomepa1/13/2023. Include your Equity status in the "notes" section when signing up. We will also check Membership cards upon check in. After signing up you should receive an email with a link to cancel your time if needed. If you did not receive this email and need to cancel, email us at audition@carnagancasting.com. Subject should be "Room EPA Appt.: Cancellation". We will not be taking signups for time slots via email. Submissions will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. ET on January 17. 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.
Additional Materials
All roles will be understudied.
Understudy
for Ma: Black. Female. 20s-30s. Ma, once a bright young woman about to
embark on life at college, was kidnapped and kept in a garden shed for
the past 7 years by ‘Old Nick’, an abusive loner. He has managed to hide
her without trace all this time. She is abused daily. She has learnt to
stay alive by navigating the erratic anger of Old Nick and to abide by
Old Nick’s deluded sense of some sort of skewed relationship. Whilst in
captivity, she has borne a son, Jack. Ma is a woman of incredible
resilience. She somehow finds the strength to create a world for Jack
which feels safe, full of routine, games, stories and play, all the
while covering the depression, desperation and true horror of their
situation. Her love is boundless and fierce. She faces the biggest fear
of her life when she concocts a plan to get Jack and herself out of
Room, but knowing she must put his and her own life on the line.
Little
Jack: Black. Male. Age 5. 4’9 or under. Bright, curious, articulate,
mischievous little character. Adores Ma, affectionate, loving, but once
free from ‘Room’ he finds the world is a far more confusing, frightening
place than inside Room. As Ma’s mental health deteriorates, he finds
himself lost, fragile, angry, and detached.
SuperJack: Black.
Male. SuperJack is the internal version of Little Jack, NOT a grown-up
version of the boy. As such, he shares the same playful, curious,
bright, funny, and thoughtful character. He effectively allows the
audience into LJ’s inner world and so is working events out as he lives
day by day. Great physicality, an ability to inhabit a childlike energy
(without playing ‘cutesy’) and a great singing voice.
Grandma:
Female. Late 50s- 60s. Gran is Ma’s adoptive mother. She has held strong
to the belief that Ma is still alive and cannot believe she has her
daughter back. She too has been to hell and back, and suffered not only 8
years without Ma, but the breakup of her marriage as they reacted very
differently to the loss of their daughter. Gran adores Ma but is met
with strong resistance from an emotionally fragile Ma, and has to
navigate how to support her daughter whilst not sending her into further
decline. She tries to create a ‘happy atmosphere’ which presses all the
wrong buttons within Ma. A strong woman, who has to shoulder a lot of
silent pain as her daughter rejects, ridicules and fights her before
ultimately accepting her love.
Grandpa / Doctor: Male. Late
50’s-60s. Ma’s adoptive Father. He did not take Ma’s kidnapping well. He
lost hope in the early days and in an effort to assuage his pain, he
held a funeral for Ma. He and Gran separated, unable to find common
ground on the way they were dealing with their pain and grief. He
struggles to even look at Little Jack, which causes a great rage in Ma,
and their relationship is fraught with complex barriers. Ma cannot help
but resent his handling of her absence, and he cannot help but be
appalled by the presence of this little boy who is the product of rape.
He goes on a journey of the soul as he learns to accept Little jack as
the great little person he is, rather than an abstracted manifestation
of his Daughter’s suffering.
Interviewer / Police Officer:
Female. A compassionate but straight-talking Police Officer. She is the
one who first deals with Ma and Jack and subsequently has to deliver the
news when Old Nick is caught. The interviewer is an acerbic TV host.
Possibly a celebrity type. She draws Ma in with apparent warmth, only
to stick a knife in, and accuse Ma of selfishness when the interview is
not going her way. She is responsible for pushing Ma over the edge,
judging her as a woman and Mother.
Old Nick: Male. 40s/50s. We
only ever know this character as ‘Old Nick’. A loner, arguably
psychotic, loosely inspired by the real-life character of Joseph Fritzl
who imprisoned his own daughter for decades. A brooding, yet
disturbingly normal man who holds down a job whilst maintaining his
prisoner all the while at the bottom of his garden. In some ways, Old
Nick imagines he is in some sort of marriage with Ma, whether through
delusion or a weak grasp on reality. He never shows emotion, is quick to
anger, demands absolute control.
Equity encourages everyone
participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask,
surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94).
Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended.
Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to
arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get
dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing
rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 20 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 37 individuals at a time.
