Various Producers

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

Schedule altered: This call will now begin at

11AM, and end at 7PM

AUDITION DATE

Monday, April 7, 2025

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)

Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

Theatre for a New Audience: $1011 weekly minimum (LORT C)

Shakespeare Theatre Company: $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) + RT Economy trains and a private corporate apartment

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE WILD DUCK at Theatre for a New Audience and Shakespeare Theatre Company (see breakdown). No roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one classic monologue of your choice from the late 19th century and 20th century. (e.g., but not limited to Ibsen, Chekhov, WIlliams, Miller, Annouilh, etc.)

LOCATION

Polonsky Shakespeare Center

262 Ashland Pl

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Press the buzzer to enter the theatre.

PERSONNEL

Text: Henry Ibsen

“A new version by” David Eldridge

Director: Simon Godwin

Expected to attend:

Jack Doulin, Casting Director

Emma Paoletti, assistant

OTHER DATES

Theatre for a New Audience:

1st Rehearsal: July 24, 2025

Load-In Starts: August 11, 2025

1st Tech: August 26, 2025

1st Preview: September 2, 2025

Opening night: September 12, 2025

Closing w/Extension: September 28, 2025

Shakespeare Theatre Company:

First Tech: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

First Preview: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Opening: Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Closing: Sunday, November 16, 2025

Ext. Closing: Sunday, October 23, 2025

OTHER

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.

BREAKDOWN

The Wild Duck

Text: Henry Ibsen

“A new version by” David Eldridge

Director: Simon Godwin

Actors are encouraged to audition for whatever role(s) they wish.

SEEKING:

Hakon Werle – Sixties, a tough businessman, uncompromising and high status.

Gregers Werle – His son. Late thirties/early forties – the force of change in the play – fiery, uncompromising, with a dangerous charm and piercing sense of righteousness. Edgy.

Old Ekdal – Sixties, a broken former military man who has been reduced to a inhibited life after being accused of legal wrongdoing. A kind man with traces of being a soldier.

Hjalmar Ekdal - His son. Late thirties/early forties. A man of high hopes and bold dreams but crippled by a sense of social inferiority. A dreamer, emotional and highly strung. Heartfelt, determined yet carrying a vulnerability.

Gina Ekdal – His wife. Last thirties/early forties. Capable, with a deep strength. A passionate mother and matriarch who is determined to defend her life and its complex foundations.

Hedwig – Their daughter. Fourteen. Awkward, loving, emotional, and losing her sight. The febrile heart of the play.

Mrs. Sorby – The housekeeper and fiancée of Hakon Werle. Late fifties/early sixties. A big presence – practical and of the countryside - but now enjoying her elevated status. There is an edge of glamour to her and of, finally, making good by her imminent marriage.

Relling – A doctor. Late fifties/early sixties. Forthright, jovial, and unafraid to speak his mind. He was once tied romantically to Mrs. Sorby. Now the only one brave enough to stand up to Gregers.

Pettersen – A servant to Hakon Werle. Could be a man or woman in their twenties, thirties of forties.

Jensen – a hired waiter. A man in their thirties or forties.

Captain Balle - a dinner guest,

Mr Flor - a dinner guest.

DOUBLING:

Relling and Captain Balle will be doubled.

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep Theatre for a New Audience: $1011 weekly minimum (LORT C); Shakespeare Theatre Company: $1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) + RT Economy trains and a private corporate apartment

UNION

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