Seeking Equity Actors for Production of "Hans Litten"
Equity actors for roles in "Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-examined Hitler". Please see the details below. Rate: Mini $793.25 weekly minimum Additional info: Audition lunch 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM. 9 actors to play all the roles. Except for Hans and Irmgard, actors will play multiple roles. Understudies cast from within. PREPARATION: Please prepare a 2-minute contemporary dramatic monologue and bring your headshot and resume stapled together. First Rehearsal: 12/30 First Preview: 1/30 Press Opening: 2/5 Closing: 2/22 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.
13 roles
Physically slight, bookish. He is Jewish on his father’s side, but his father converted to Lutheranism. He is passionate about the arts, particularly Mozart and Rilke. Forced by his father to choose a profession, he becomes a lawyer and defends underdog clients, particularly workers. He is politically left-wing, but he is not a member of the Communist Party about which he is cynical. Able to sing.
Hans’s father, rector of University of Konigsberg Law School. The son of a famous rabbi, he converted to Lutheranism (presumably for professional and social reasons). He values respectability and is politically conservative: he shares the view of other conservatives that Hitler can be used to prevent the Communists from coming to power. Once Hans is imprisoned, Friedrich uses his influence to get him transferred to a less brutal concentration camp.
Hans’s gentile mother. Intelligent and cultured, she engages with Hans about philosophy, politics, and religion. She works tirelessly to protect her son as he is transferred from concentration camp to concentration camp.
Hans’s law partner. He is a committed member of the Communist Party, but he has a sense of humor and enjoys drinking, theater, and music.
42; At the time of a trial of several of his Stormtroopers, he is trying to maintain the appearance of non-violent respectability in the hopes of becoming chancellor; Hans tears down this façade is his cross-examination of Hitler.
33; the irreverent communist playwright. Able to sing.
31; the famous composer. Able to sing.
49; a prominent British jurist who tries to intervene with the German government on behalf of the Littens.
NOT THE FAMOUS PSYCHIATRIST, a German Lawyer who refuses Lord Allen’s request to help Hans.
RELATED CASTING CALLS
