Casting Performers for "How to Conquer America" Play
Seeking Equity performers for "How to Conquer America: A Mostly True History of Yogurt". Details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: In 1975, an ambitious research assistant created the ad campaign that transformed yogurt from a weird foreign laxative into a lucrative American phenomenon. It would be a success story for the ages — if only her dead dad could stay on script. A heartfelt, dairy-filled wrestle with culture, family, and appropriation in a take on the American Dream. Rate: $1,225 weekly (LORT C minimum: $1,114). Additional info: LORT Non-Rep contract. The Kilstrom Theatre. World premiere. Please prepare two contrasting monologues. Singers may substitute one monologue for a song from a musical standard. Total audition package: 3 minutes maximum. An accompanist will be provided. Video submissions are not being accepted at this time. An Equity monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of the audition. If interested, please apply.
8 role s
(Jewish, female identifying) Arlene is a researcher who desperately wants to be a copywriter and dreams of being a genius. Until now, she’s been allowed in the room where it happens because she’s been invisible. But this play is her big chance to show her spine and be seen. Smart, with a keen understanding of language and culture, Arlene would sacrifice anything to rise up the ladder.
(Jewish, male identifying) At 15, Penny fled a genocide to Brooklyn and has spent the rest of his life in a small 4-block radius. He’s charming but doesn’t like attention, clever but not proud. Yitzak is, in many ways, Penny’s opposite: a man the world tried to squash, who make lemonade out of any lemon. Yitzak loves attention, is debonair and worldly.
(Male identifying) All three of these characters are the boss in every room they’re in. Peter is a partner at an ad agency in 1970s NYC. Charming, powerful, sexist. Kikadze is the top Russian Government Official in a small country outpost. Daniel is the heir to a storied yogurt empire. None of these men chase power, they just have it. Debonair. Possible Cover: Penny / Yitzak / Male Dannon Exec
(Male identifying) Kind of a jerk. The friend who will pull you aside with kindness and then cruelly tell you how terrible you look in that outfit. Capable of using polite language to imply very impolite feelings. Possible Cover: Penny / Yitzak / Male Dannon Exec
(Male identifying) These roles are usually the lowest status in the room. Conveys a loveable innocence and earnestness. These characters are trying, but usually not succeeding. Not fully aware of the games being played. Possible Cover: Penny / Yitzak / Male Dannon Exec
(Female identifying) A magical character capable of playing larger than life with grounded support. Someone who plays both the good witch and the bad.
(Jewish, female identifying) Covers Arlene & Elisha / Sandy / Female Dannon Exec / Duda.
(Male identifying) Covers Peter / Minister Kikadze / Daniel, Blake / Pharmacist / Russian Translator / Bagrat & LD / Senor Abela / Georgian Translator / Waiter.
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