Theater 2020, Inc. | Brooklyn, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: Open Call
AUDITION DATE
Saturday, February 22, 2025
2:30 PM - 7:00 PM (E)
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions will be held on a 1st come, 1st
served basis. Sign-ups beginning at 2pm, ET.
CONTRACT
Showcase-NY
Travel stipend.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in KING LEAR (See breakdown).
THEATER 2020 IS COMMITTED TO CASTING WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR
ETHNIC ORIGIN AND ENCOURAGES ALL ETHNICITIES TO AUDITION!
PREPARATION
Please prepare one 2-3 Minute Shakespeare
monologue. Also, bring your headshot and
resume stapled together.
LOCATION
A.R.T./New York Theatres and Studios (South Oxford)
138 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Auditions: Studio 2, basement - Holding Room: Garden Studio, ground floor.
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Directors Judith Jarosz &
David Fuller
Director: Judith Jarosz
OTHER DATES
Callbacks - February 23, 2pm-5pm
See breakdown for production dates.
OTHER
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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.
BREAKDOWN
KING LEAR
Rehearsals:
5/17 (12:30-5:30pm)
5/18 (2-7pm)
KING LEAR - NYC OPEN CALL Page 1 of 3
5/19, 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/28, 5/29, 5/30 (7-10pm)
5/31 (12:30-5:30pm)
6/1 (2-7pm); 6/2, 6/4, 6/5, 6/6 (7-10pm)
6/7 (12:30-5:30)
6/8 (2-7pm)
6/9 & 6/11 (Dress Rehearsals 6-10pm)
TUESDAYS ARE THE DAY OFF; NO REHEARSALS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (5/24-5/26)
Performances:
6/12, 6/14, 6/15, 6/20, 6/21, 6/22, 6/26, 6/27 at The Great Room, ART/NY South Oxford Space
6/28, 6/29 at The Granite Prospect in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Curtain time(s): Great Room: TH, FR & SA at 7:00 pm, SU at 3 pm; Park: 5:00 pm
SEEKING:
Actors with solid voice and movement training adept at Shakespeare. Stage combat training a plus.
KING LEAR may be a tragedy, but a sense of humor is mandatory.
Age ranges are not specified; we must believe the children and parents are appropriate to each other;
Kent and Gloucester should be somewhat nearer Lear in age.
Kent - Lear's counselor (may be played by male or female)
Gloucester - Father (or Mother) to Edgar and Edmund (may be played by a male or female)
Edmund - Gloucester's bastard son
Lear - (CAST)
Goneril - Lear's eldest daughter
Regan - Lear's second daughter
Cordelia - Lear's youngest daughter
Albany - husband to Goneril
Cornwall - husband to Regan
France/Others - male or female
Burgundy/Others - male or female
Edgar - Gloucster's legitimate son
Oswald - servant to Goneril (male or female)
Fool - Lear's mirror (male or female)
Curan/Doctor/Servant - male or female
Showcase-NY Travel stipend.
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