Note: Good to get in front of casting director Heidi Griffiths or associate if you are able.
Sally & Tom
About the project
Suzan-Lori Parks, writer; Steve H. Broadnax III, dir.; Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths, Kate Murray, and Chalin Tulyathan, Public Theater casting office
Dates & Locations
Rehearsals begin Feb. 20; runs Mar. 28-Apr. 28 with a possible extension to May 26 at Martinson Theater, NYC.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- Jan 23, 2024: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM EST
- Break 1-2 p.m.
Prepare
one short (no more than two minutes in length) contemporary monologue.
Bring the talent's headshot and resume stapled together. Note: EPA
Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be
provided. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Synopsis:
Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, the author
of last season’s The Harder They Come, returns to her artistic home
with an edgy dramedy that celebrates the craft of theater while taking a
hard look at history. The off-off-off-Broadway theater troupe Good
Company is putting on a play about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
Writer Luce is cast as Sally; her romantic partner, and the play’s
director, Mike, is cast as Tom—really, people, what could possibly go
wrong? In association with Minneapolis’s acclaimed Guthrie Theater, this
funny, ferocious new work is about art, politics, and the
contradictions that make all of us. Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III,
SALLY & TOM is an unmissable New York premiere from one of our
finest and most daring playwrights.
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.
Additional Materials
[OFFSTAGE
UNDERSTUDY WOMAN]: 30 to 40 years old. Female presenting. Black. Every
actor doubles both as their character in "Sally & Tom" as well as
the part (or parts) they play in "The Pursuit of Happiness", the play
within the play. The first name is their character; the second is the
character's name in the play within the play. LUCE/SALLY: An actress who
is also the writer and Mike's partner. A leader of the company. She
plays the role of Sally Hemings. MAGGIE/MARY: An actress who is also the
company's publicist and fight director. She plays Sally Hemings'
sister, Mary.
[OFFSTAGE UNDERSTUDY MAN 1]: 25 to 35 years old,
Male Presenting. Black. Every actor doubles both as their character in
"Sally & Tom" as well as the part (or parts) they play in "The
Pursuit of Happiness" the play within the play. The first name is their
character; the second is the character's name in the play within the
play. KWAME/JAMES: An actor who is almost famous. Plays the role of
James, Sally Hemings' brother and Thomas Jefferson's valet.
DEVON/NATHAN: A fledgling actor, also doing lights and sound for the
production. A turn in the circumstances gives Devon an opportunity that
no one planned. Plays the role of Nathan, another servant in the
Jefferson household.
[OFFSTAGE UNDERSTUDY MAN 2] 30’s. 30 to 40
years old, Male identifying. White. TALL. Every actor doubles both as
their character in "Sally & Tom" as well as the part (or parts) they
play in "The Pursuit of Happiness", the play within the play. The first
name is their character; the second is the character's name in the play
within the play. MIKE/TJ: An actor in the company as well as the
director of "The Pursuit of Happiness". Also the partner of the author.
Plays the role of Thomas Jefferson. GEOFF/COOPER: Perhaps a bit of an
unlikely actor in the company, he is also doing sets and clothes for the
play within the play as well as playing an assortment of white male
visitors to Monticello. He tries hard.
The following roles are cast:
[LUCE]:
CAST An actress who is also the writer and Mike's partner. A leader of
the company. She plays the role of Sally Hemings.
[MIKE]: CAST
An actor in the company as well as the director of "The Pursuit of
Happiness". Also the partner of the author. Plays the role of Thomas
Jefferson.
[MAGGIE]: CAST An actress who is also the company's publicist and fight director. She plays Sally Hemings' sister, Mary.
[KWAME]: CAST An actor who is almost famous. Plays the role of James, Sally Hemings' brother and Thomas Jefferson's valet.
[GINGER]: CAST The dramaturg, also playing Patsy.
[SCOUT]: CAST The stage manager, also playing Polly.
[DEVON]:
CAST A fledgling actor, also doing lights and sound for the production.
A turn in the circumstances gives Devon an opportunity that no one
planned. Plays the role of Nathan, another servant in the Jefferson
household.
[GEOFF/COOPER]: CAST Perhaps a bit of an unlikely
actor in the company, he is also doing sets and clothes for the play
within the play as well as playing an assortment of white male visitors
to Monticello. He tries hard.
