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"Paradise Blue" Play Needs Equity Actors

New York, NY, United States
ID: 273603Exp: 11/18/2024
$1,000/week
Description:

Equity actors for roles in "Paradise Blue". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: Detroit, 1949. Welcome to Paradise Club, a jazz joint that’s seen better days. Trumpet- playing owner Blue hears the promise of city developers and the chance to outrun his demons. But if he sells, where will that leave his house band or his best girl, who has dreams of her own? So when hardboiled widow Silver sashes into Paradise looking for some business and some pleasure, this makeshift family find themselves on different sides of the fight for Paradise. From Studio favorite Dominique Morisseau (Pipeline, Skeleton Crew), a music-filled play about community, resilience, and finding your own music. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1000 weekly minimum (LORT D) - above scale Additional info: Audition date: TBD Rehearsal Date(s): April 1, 2025 Preview Date(s): April 30, 2025 Opening Date(s): May 4, 2025 Closing Date(s): June 8, 2025 Extension Date(s): June 22, 2025 Venue: Washington DC 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 apply. When applying, please include your headshot and resume for consideration.

2 roles

BLUEMale30-44 y.o.African-American

Proprietor of Paradise Club. Handsome, mysterious. Quietly dangerous. Aloof. A hard shell and a hard interior. Battling many demons. A gifted trumpeter. PLAYS JAZZ TRUMPET.

CORN (AKA CORNELIUS)Male36-54 y.o.African-American

Slightly chubby. Easygoing and thoughtful, a real sweetheart with a weakness for love. The piano man. PLAYS JAZZ PIANO.