Out of the Box Theatre Company
Staten Island, NY

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
Open Call

CONTRACT
Showcase-NY
Stipend TBD (showcase pending approval) + Round-trip subway fare to rehearsals and performances.

AUDITION DATE
Thursday, April 18, 2024
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (E)

Friday, April 19, 2024
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM (E)

Saturday, April 20, 2024
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS
To schedule your audition, go to https://www.outoftheboxtheatre.... Please fill out the audition form, list any conflicts between May 6 and June 23, hit submit, then choose your audition time. You will receive a confirmation email. Please bring your headshot and resume to your audition.

LOCATION
Bernie Wohl Center
647 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10025

PERSONNEL
Producer: Halina Malinowski
Director: David Edwards
Stage Manager: Harrison H Harper
Set Designer: Harlan D. Penn
Costume Designer: Katherine Roberson
Lighting Designer: Stephen Cornelius

OTHER DATES
Rehearsals:
Rehearsals will begin the week of May 6. All rehearsals will be in person, on weekday evenings and weekend afternoons. Dates and location(s) tba.

Performance Dates:
Tuesday, June 18, 7:30 pm
Thursday, June 20, 7:30 pm
Friday, June 21, 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 22, 3:00 & 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 23, 3:00 pm

OTHER
Performances will take place at the Bernie Wohl Center at Goddard Riverside Community Center, 647 Columbus Ave. (bet. 91st and 92nd Sts.), NYC.

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 your Equity Membership card to auditions.

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN (see breakdown).

PREPARATION
Please prepare the sides for your desired character. Sides, and full script are available at the following link: https://www.outoftheboxtheatre.... Please bring your headshot and resume.

BREAKDOWN

CASTING NOTE: It is the mission of Out of the Box to cast actors outside the restrictions of age, primarily over the age of 50 when possible. Out of the Box Theatre Company embraces diversity and nontraditional casting. Actors of color are encouraged to audition for all roles. Casting by the Director will be color blind. Looking for actors who understand the style of 1920s-style New York “Damon Runyon-esque” characters with great comedic sense.

SEEKING
PETER JONES: described as a boy of 21 or so, so he exudes an air of innocence, likable, simple, naive.

JOE LEHMAN: driven, energetic would-be Broadway producer, fast talking, gruff, cigar chomping.

JACK McCLURE: Lehman’s partner, only a little less brash.

BERNIE SAMPSON: know-it-all phony would-be Broadway sophisticate.

OSCAR FRITCHIE/HOTEL WAITER: Fritchie is an affable, naive hotel manager who is enamored by the theatre. Waiter is and opinionated, wise-cracking hotel waiter.

CECIL BENHAM/A.J.PATTERSON: Benham is a British theatre director, offended by the manner of the coarse Broadway types. Patterson is a matter-of fact-lawyer, formidable, no nonsense.

FANNY LEHMAN: Joe’s wise-cracking wife, former burlesque/vaudeville performer.

JANE WESTON: becomes Peter’s romantic interest, should project youthful spirit, honest & sincere.

MARY MARTIN: slightly over-the-hill Broadway actress, self-important. NOTE: We will change the name of this character—the play was written before the real Mary Martin appeared on the scene.

PEGGY MARLOWE: wise-cracking chorus girl.

KITTY HUMPHREYS: attractive, flirtatious switchboard operator

SALARY

Showcase-NY (See Above)

UNION

AEA