Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Meet the Cartozians"
Equity actors for roles in "Meet the Cartozians". See breakdown below. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1051 weekly minimum (LORT C) - Will pay $1144 weekly Additional info: Audition lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM All roles will be understudied. PREPARATION Please prepare the Sides for the character you are interested in. Sides will be available on the morning of the audition at the audition site (see the attachment). Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together. 1st Rehearsal: September 30, 2025 1st Preview: Approximately October 29, 2025 Open: Approximately November 18, 2025 Close: December 7, 2025 (w/possible extension) 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. If you are interested, please apply.
6 roles
TATOS CARTOZIAN is an Armenian immigrant. Distinguished, thoughtful, proud. English is not his first language. Father to Hazel and Vahan. ROBERT ZAKIAN an Armenian-American City Councilman in Glendale, California. Affable, curious, a little lonely.
MARKRID CARTOZIAN (70s) is an Armenian immigrant and the Cartozian matriarch. Sharp, watchful, opinionated. Struggles with English but is intent on making herself heard. Mother to Tatos. ROSE SARKISIAN (60s) is Armenian-American and an active philanthropist in the Glendale Armenian community. She is glamorous, pointed, and stubborn.
WALLACE MCCAMANT is an English-American and Irish-American attorney taking on the Cartozian case. He is an experienced lawyer, intelligent, eager, and a little thin-skinned. ALAN O’BRIEN is Irish-American and a producer on a reality show. Enthusiastic, curious, a little impulsive, he has his own agenda.
HAZEL CARTOZIAN is an Armenian immigrant, whose facility with English often places her in the role of family translator. Deeply intelligent and cultured, balancing her own curiosity with the limits of the time. THE CELEBRITY: Armenian-American. She is famous and beautiful, also child-like and strange.
VAHAN CARTOZIAN is an Armenian immigrant. He is eager, puppy-like, yet an alpha presence. NARDEK VARTOUMIAN: Armenian-American, he is an academic and a progressive, intellectual and thoughtful.
THE WOMAN is an Armenian immigrant and is someone who has been through something very traumatic. LESLIE: Armenian-American, an activist, warm, opinionated, deeply passionate, and often strident.
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