George Street Playhouse 2023-24 SeasonDavid Saint, artistic dir.; Laiona Michelle, artistic associate; Scott Goldman, general mgr.
Casting Equity actors in George Street Playhouse 2023-24 Season. Season includes "The Pianist" (Emily Man, dir.-adaptation. Rehearsals begin Aug. 29; runs Sept. 29-Oct. 22), and "Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters 100 Years" (Laiona Michelle, dir.; Emily Mann, adaptation. Rehearsals begin Oct. 31; runs Dec. 1-17)
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations
Rehearses and runs in New Brunswick, NJ.
Compensation & Contract Details
Key Details
New Brunswick, NJ
Additional Instructions:
For consideration, email casting@georgestplayhouse.org
for an appointment. Prepare a contemporary monologue not to exceed two
minutes. Bring photo and resume stapled together. Note: GSP will fill
May 3 before making appointments for May 4. All roles will be
understudied.
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. The maximum capacity in the holding room is 85. The maximum
capacity in the audition room is 60.
An Equity Monitor will not
be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 the Equity Membership card to
auditions.
Additional Materials
"The Pianist"
Wladek:
The Pianist. 28-40. Polish Jew. Has huge emotional range, excellent
language skills, the capacity to be the center of the drama. Playing the
piano a definite plus but not a requirement.
Father: 50-70. Polish Jewish. Elegant, educated. Has great emotional range. A violinist but does not need to play.
Mother:
This role is cast. 50-65. Polish Jewish. Plays the piano. Need not play
but will be required to mime playing. Great emotional range essential.
Henryk: Wladeks younger brother. Polish Jewish. 20-30s. An intellectual. Explosive personality.
Regina:
This role is cast. Wladeks younger sister. Polish Jewish. Late 20s-30s.
A lawyer. Highly intelligent. Her emotions are more hidden than her
sister's.
Halina: This role is cast. Wladeks youngest sister. She
plays the piano. Like the Mother, she need not play the piano but will
need to learn the pieces and mime the fingering. Highly emotional.
Jaworksi, As Cast: This role is cast. Multiple roles, Jewish and non-Jewish. Nazi and civilian.
Majorek,
As Cast: This role is cast. 30s. Numerous roles, both the Nazi Officer
who saves Wladek and Wladek's Jewish cousin. Also Nazis, police, and a
resistance fighter.
Janina, As Cast: Multiple parts, Jewish and non-Jewish Polish. Old and young. 30s-50s.
Magda,
Young Boy: Magda: An 8–12-year-old Polish girl. Very serious. An
arresting presence. Will learn the fingering for a piano piece. young
Boy: A young boy in the transit center.
"Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters 100 Years"
Bessie
Delany: 101. Female presenting. Bessie is the third of the 10 Delaney
children. A retired dentist, Bessie is an outspoken and emotional, yet
strong woman. She is sweet and charming but expresses her point clearly
and concisely and does not back down from any challenge or
confrontation. Her darker skin has presented difficulties in her life
that her lighter-skinned sister and mother had to endure but even in the
face of the violence and persecution, she has found a way to laugh and
love and enjoy life. Though this is true, Bessie makes no apologies for
the anger she feels towards the racism she has endured in her life and
can still get emotional upon recounting it. It is believed that Bessie
has “psychic powers.”
Sadie Delany: 103. Female presenting. A
retired teacher, the first African American teacher in the NY City
School System, Sadie Delaney is the second of the 10 Delaney children.
She is a sweet, agreeable, relatively calm woman with a deep connection
to her mother. While her sister is a fighter, she is a survivor – one
who chooses the path of least resistance and thus can be a little
manipulative in an innocent way. She is not as sure of herself as her
sister is, is shy, and can be jittery and afraid of men in particular.
This does not mean that she does not stand up for herself or for what
she believes in, but will avoid confrontation until it becomes
impossible to, and when she does – she does it with command and power.
As the years go on, Sadie becomes the matron of the family, making all
of the decisions for the remaining Delaney child
