Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "The Imaginary Invalid"
Equity actors for roles in Molière’s "The Imaginary Invalid". See breakdown below. Rate: Off Broadway $800 weekly minimum (Tier 2) Additional info: Audition lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Actors of color are encouraged to audition. Actors with classical training are encouraged to audition. PREPARATION Please prepare one classical monologue. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. Theater adheres to all current Equity COVID-19 Safety Protocols, as well as any state, local, and federal public health requirements. EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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. 1st Rehearsal: Monday April 21, 2025 Tech: May 14-19, 2025 Previews: May 21 - June 1, 2025 Opening: June 2 Closing: June 15 Possible extension weeks thru: June 29 If you are interested, please apply.
5 roles
Argan's housekeeper. Ostensibly a servant, she runs the place. She's clear- eyed about her employer's faults, outspoken and devoted to Angelique. Funny, smart, wise-cracking and wise. A clown with a shape-shifter’s ability to assume voices and crazy characters. Toinette is the show’s whirling female Groucho.
Angelique's boyfriend. Handsome, dopey, passionate, and kind-hearted, but he can't see what's in front of him. Cléante isn’t very bright, but his heart is in the right place. A hero in his own mind. Sings well.
The idiot son. At first glance, he might not seem as stupid as he is, but as the play will prove, he is really stupid. Stupid, selfish, cowardly and entitled. A passive nepo who has spent most of his life in school and still can't pass a test. He memorizes everything, from how to greet people to how to make small talk. Dependent on his father, scared of strangers, and uncomfortable around human beings.
Argan's wife. Beautiful, charming, elegant, sleek. The perfect trophy wife if the trophy is a complete sociopath. She married Argan for his money and is hoping he dies very, very soon. She's having an affair with the lawyer, Monsieur De Bonnefoi, so we occasionally see a shuddering passion behind her cool, pearl and diving neckline façade.
A lawyer, handsome, silky, smarmy, a schemer. He is Béline's lover and is doing everything he can to make sure she inherits everything when Monsieur Argan dies. A dapper, larcenous gigolo.
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