"Pecking Order" Stage Play Casting Equity Actors
Seeking Equity actors for roles in "Pecking Order". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: Albert, a Bronx-born doorman at Manhattan’s Soffit Suites, is caught in a battle over Red-Tailed Hawks nesting atop the building. While caring for his ailing sister and fending off a new doorman aiming for his job, Albert—a devoted birder—struggles to protect the hawks. Torn between his responsibilities and yearning for a new life, Albert’s dreams intensify when a bird crashes into the building and transforms into his ideal woman. "Pecking Order" blends gritty reality, humor, and magical realism as Albert’s journey explores love, loss, and self-discovery. Rate: Showcase-NY $600 rehearsal and performance stipend $300 travel stipend Additional info: PREPARATION Please prepare sides from PECKING ORDER. Sides will be emailed once an audition slot has been secured; copies will also be available at the audition. Also, please bring a stapled headshot and resume. Callbacks - Thursday, 10/24, 4 pm-8 pm Rehearsals TBD Opens Jan 29 2025 Closes Feb 15 2025 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. When applying, please include your headshot & resume and any reel links. In the subject line: "PECKING ORDER - Character Name, Your Name".
7 roles
African American/Dominican, Bronx native. The loveable dreamer is a veteran doorman of a luxury Manhattan building and an avid “birder" who gets dragged into the building-wide brouhaha over Red-Tailed Hawks nesting atop the residence. As sides are taken, as the new doorman angles for his job, as caring for his ailing sister, Rosa, becomes increasingly difficult, Albert’s dreams of a girlfriend and a job at Wild Bird Rescue become urgent. NY Spanish familiar.
Latinx/Afro-Latinx, plus-sized. Fun, feisty, argumentative, diabetic contending with end-stage disease and self-sabotage. A caretaker at heart, she’s now incapacitated and angry about it. Desperately wants her younger half-brother, Albert, to find his true love. NY Spanish v. familiar/fluent.
Native New Yorker. Wise-cracking, know-it-all, NY “bada-bing” style. He displays his dazzling intellect through prolific use of malapropisms. The new doorman sees the world as made of winners and losers, zero-sum, and he intends to win.
Turns 21 today. A TikTok influencer and the daughter of a real estate mogul, she lives in Soffit Suites with her oft-divorced, emotionally neglectful tycoon father. Yearning for his approval, she takes on the task of removing a pair of Red-Tailed Hawks and their nest from atop the luxury building.
“A certain age”. A former Broadway diva and resident of Soffit Suites. An animal lover, she puts preparation for her big “comeback” audition on hold to champion the Red-Tailed Hawks nesting atop the suites, putting her squarely at odds with the building owner’s daughter, Sorrell.
A Bronx native, loud, loyal, tough but sensitive, she’s the building’s “kochloeffel” and mensch. Checks in on her frenemy, Rosie, before and after her night shift. Once extremely close, they’ve become estranged over the course of Rosie’s illness.
A songbird (as in avian) who transforms into a woman and finds the world new and exciting. She remembers Albert from her bird’s-eye view and is very fond of him. Never quite shakes her avian instincts.
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