Resident Ensemble Players 2024-2025 Season, Equity NYC EPA
About the project
Sandy Ernst, assoc. artistic dir.-casting dir.
Casting Equity actors for roles in Resident Ensemble Players' 2024-25 Season. Season includes: "What The Constitution Means To Me" (Heidi Schreck, playwright; Stephen Pelinski, dir. Rehearsals begin Aug. 19; runs Sept. 14-22), "The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised) (Again)" (Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, playwrights; Steve Tague, dir. Rehearsals begin Aug. 19; runs Sept. 21-Oct. 6), "Rough Crossing" (Tom Stoppard, playwright; from Ferenc Molnar’s Play at the Castle. Rehearsals begin Oct. 7; runs Nov. 9-24), "Misery" (William Goldman, playwright; based on the novel by Stephen King; Michael Gotch, dir. Rehearsals begin Dec. 30; runs Feb. 1-16, 2025), and "King Lear" (William Shakespeare, playwright. Rehearsals begin Mar. 10, 2025; runs Apr. 12-27, 2025.)
Dates & Locations
Season runs in Newark, DE.
Compensation & Contract
Key Details
- May 14, 2024: 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM EDT
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. Prepare two short monologues - at least one Shakespeare for Complete Works and King Lear. total audition time not to exceed three minutes. Bring hard copy of your headshot and resume. More info at www.rep.udel.edu. 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 audition.
Additional Materials
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
All roles filled by resident company.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) {REVISED} {AGAIN}
‘Jess’
– any race/ethnicity, 25-35, excellent movement, comedy and speech
skills. Please prepare two monologues – both comic, one Shakespeare.
ROUGH CROSSING
Adam
– a young, idealistic composer in love with Natasha, an actress 15-20
years older than he - any race/ethnicity, 25-35, excellent speech,
movement and comic skills. Please prepare two monologues, one classic
and one contemporary – at least one comic
MISERY
Buster
– the sheriff – any race/ethnicity, 30-50, excellent speech and
movement skills. Please prepare two monologues – at least one dramatic
contemporary.
KING LEAR
Cordelia – youngest daughter
of Lear, 25-35, any race/ethnicity, excellent speech and movement
skills. Lear’s youngest daughter, disowned by her father for refusing to
flatter him. Cordelia is held in extremely high regard by all of the
good characters in the play—the king of France marries her for her
virtue alone, overlooking her lack of dowry. She remains loyal to Lear
despite his cruelty toward her, forgives him, and displays a mild and
forbearing temperament even toward her evil sisters, Goneril and Regan.
Albany
– any race/ethnicity – 45-60. The husband of Lear’s daughter Goneril.
Albany is good at heart, and he eventually denounces and opposes the
cruelty of Goneril, Regan, and Cornwall. Yet he is indecisive and lacks
foresight, realizing the evil of his allies quite late in the play.
Cornwall
– any race/ethnicity – 45-60. The husband of Lear’s daughter Regan.
Unlike Albany, Cornwall is domineering, cruel, and violent, and he works
with his wife and sister-in-law Goneril to persecute Lear and
Gloucester.
Oswald – any race/ethnicity – 25-40. The steward, or
chief servant, in Goneril’s house. Oswald obeys his mistress’s commands
and helps her in her conspiracies.
King of France – any
race/ethnicity – 30-45. Marries Cordelia. France is honorable and
willing to support Cordelia's efforts to rescue her father.
Duke
of Burgundy – any race/ethnicity – 30-45. Suitor for Cordelia. Burgundy
rejects Cordelia when he discovers that she will bring him no dowry.
