Patriots
COMPANY DETAILS
Peter Morgan, writer; Rupert Goold, dir.; Jim Carnahan, CSA, Liz Fraser, CSA, casting; Liz Fraser, casting dir.
Seeking video submissions from Equity actors for roles in "Patriots."
Roles in this project
Dates & Locations
Rehearses and runs in 2024 on Broadway.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
Prepare one of the audition scenes as outlined in the "Material Guide" in the Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/jd8onacvb5y513vj0miov/h?rlkey=du30r2z9o3zz5qncbf23k6lar&dl=0. Note: All roles will be understudied. All roles to be read in Standard British Accent or Regional England.
As
part of a pilot program created in the new agreement for Production:
Broadway and SitDowns, the employer will accept 126 video submissions
from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126
slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a
confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information.
After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify
each member who viewed their audition.
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
"Patriots"
Understudies: For all roles.
Alexander
Litvinenko (Male, all ethnicities, 30s) Lieutenant Colonel of the
Anti-Organized Crime unit with the FSB (Federal Security Service.) First
class professional, an elite Russian Army officer. Brave, fearless and
highly principled.
Professor Perelman (Male, white, 40s+)
Renowned Russian Jewish mathematician, a teacher and mentor to Boris
Berezovsky through his life. Wise, honest, and content, albeit slightly
abrasive intellectual.
Marina Litvinenko/Nina Berezovsky (Female,
white, 30s) Marina is a ballroom dancer, teacher and wife to Colonel
Litvinenko. Vocal, but loving, a match for the powerful men who surround
her. Nina is the wife to Boris Berezovsky.
Assistant/Daniel
Kahneman/Captain (Male, all ethnicities, 30s-40s) Assistant to Boris
Berezovsky, he’s persistent and understanding of both his duties and his
boss. Fast moving, excellent at his job. Kahneman is an
Israeli-American scientist and Nobel Prize winner. Captain is a frantic
Russian Captain communicating after an explosion hits his team.
Teacher/Newscaster/FSB
Boss (Male, white, 40s-50s) TEACHER is Boris’s primary school teacher.
FSB Boss is an intimidating Russian Federal Security Service top dog.
Newscaster is a newly promoted Russian Newscaster.
Tatiana/Katya
(Female, all ethnicities, 20s-Early 30s) Tatiana is the daughter of
Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Katya is a flirtatious and sordid
“friend” to Boris Berezovsky.
Aleksandr Voloshin/Nurse (Male, all
ethnicities, 40s+) Voloshin is assistant to the chief of Russian
Presidential administration turned Chief-of-staff under Vladimir Putin.
Nurse is a lumpen nurse in a Russian hospital.
Korzhakov/Yeltsin
(Male, white, 40s-50s) Korzhakov is the Russian head of Presidential
Security Service. He’s intense, foul, and disagreeable. YELTSIN is the
resigning President of Russia.
Lawyer/Home Office (Male, all
ethnicities, 30s-50s) Lawyer is Boris Berezovsky’s longtime lawyer. Home
Office is the British Home Office Spokesman for press. In London.
Anna
Berezovsky (Mother)/Newscaster/Secretary (Female, white, 30s-40s) Anna
is Boris’s besotted Jewish mother and a nurse. Newscaster is a Russian
Newscaster. Secretary is the Presidential Secretary to Vladimir Putin.
These Roles Have Already Been Cast:
Boris
Berezovsky (Male, white, Late 40s -50s) Cast. Russian Jewish business
oligarch. An energetic, eccentric, and impatient Kingmaker.
Simultaneously infuriating and charming, he’s an influential government
official and mathematician firing on all cylinders.
Vladimir
Putin (Male, white, 40s) Cast. The Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg turned
Prime Minister and subsequently President of Russia. Formerly with
intelligence, he’s seemingly tentative, but he’s manipulative and
passionate, stone-faced and threatening.
Roman Abramovich (Male,
white, mid-late 20s) Cast. The young and gangly Russian oligarch and
politician. A modest, but driven and tenacious intellectual, he becomes
the governor of Chukotka. Russian and Israeli.
