Equity Actors for Understudy Roles in "Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia"
Casting Equity actors for understudy roles in "Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See breakdown below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: Sally, a once-celebrated novelist grappling with writer's block and overshadowed by her husband Theo’s rising literary fame, seeks solace and inspiration in the iconic Boston apartment once inhabited by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. But when eerie encounters begin to blur the line between inspiration and madness, Sally is forced to question what’s real, what’s imagined, and what her artmay truly cost her. A darkly funny, gripping world premiere from rising playwright Beth Hyland, this tragicomic thriller explores creativity, obsession, and our ghosts that refuse to be ignored. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) Additional info: In-person auditions will be held on or around January 8, 2026. They will ask for self-tapes first. First Rehearsal - January 23, or the Designer run. First Preview - February 4, 2026 Opening - February 12, 2026 Closing - March 8, 2026 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 to submit a self-tape audition for the Understudy positions.
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Very funny, very fast, with a real depth and vulnerability that she attempts to cover over. Uses humor both as a shield and as a weapon. Her brain moves incredibly quickly - super sharp, super verbal. Occasionally attempts to perform a cool girl nihilism despite being so, so anxious and obsessive; also suffers from the classic writer's combination of deep insecurity mixed with moments of superiority.
Gentle, boyish, neurotic, somewhat knowingly performing the role of "selfconscious writer." Uncomfortable with traditional masculinity, yet performing a recognizable type of left/liberal/artistic spaces manhood. Charming in his sweet, self-effacing nature, but there's something underneath that makes us wonder if we can trust him.
The most intense, the most vibrant, the highest highs and the lowest lows. Art and love and ambition and joy and suffering pour out of her - everything goes outward. High-status and elegant in a mid-20th century way - in the scenes set in the present, she feels like she's from another time. Equally capable of deep tenderness and viciousness.
Dialect: British accent. Darkly magnetic, a self-styled Heathcliff: immensely charismatic with a sense of genuine danger about him. Brilliant, completely dedicated to his work, and very consciously embodying the role of The Artist. A deeply compelling stillness - mysterious, gnomic, self-contained - with occasional unpredictable outbursts of violence.
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