44 Lights, Equity NYC EPA
About the project
Amar Srivastava, exec. prod.-actor; Tim Tuttle, creator-exec. prod.-actor; Nancy Robillard, dir.
Casting Equity actors for "44 Lights."
Dates & Locations
Rehearsals Apr. 28-May 11; runs May 13-25 in NYC.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- Mar 26, 2024: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Sides will be provided on the day of the audition. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together. All stage manager positions have been filled. More info at www.44lights.com. 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
Carlton
- Carlton is a young guy who came down from Vermont to work in NYC.
He’s a white guy 25 years old. He lives in Hoboken above Nick. He works
at Cantor as an assistant to Sully. Sings one song. No instrument. He’s
young and excited to be in NYC. His dream come true. Dies on 9/11.
Sings.
Elizabeth - Is married to Carlton, recent newlyweds…she’s
also young… 23, 26 ish. She is Hoboken the day of 9/11. Any ethnicity.
No instrument. She has a deeply spiritual moment when she communes with
the dead. Sings.
Donna - Mid 30s…any ethnicity… Donna has just
had a baby in May and taken the whole summer off before returning. No
instrument. Donna dies on 9/11. She returns as a ghost. Sings.
Nick
- Early 40s. Runs a trading desk in the WTC. Married to Nellie. Great
friends with Sully. Wants to learn to sing. Survives 9/11. Heartbroken
at the loss of Sully, Carlton, and Donna. Sings
Mary - Mid 30s.
Married to Sully. She and him are having serious marital problem. Sings a
beautiful solo after Sully dies on 9/11. Has important soliloquy in Act
2 about death. Sings.
Susan - Susan is late 40s. She is divorced
and has two grown kids. She was one of the first women into the trading
business. Although hardened by life she finds compassion after 9/11.
Like the other survivors she has an epiphany. She doesn’t sing.
Tommy
- Tommy is 35. He grew up in NYC and worked in the mail room. But he
made it out onto the trading floor and now lives in the suburbs.
Although he was a happy, joking, funny guy before 9/11, He changes
afterwards. He becomes bitter, angry. Sings.
The Narrator - The
Narrator is the creator of this musical…me. It’s my real life experience
and I am on stage singing and narrating the action taking place. The
play is my memory. I don’t actually interact with the cast. I’m simply
driving the piece. Singing required.
Both roles - seeking Understudies only:
