MCNEAL - NYC EPA
Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY
Thursday, June 13, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1942 weekly minimum (LORT A+)
Equity actors for roles in MCNEAL (see breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
LCT is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in all areas of its structure and operations as attention to these goals makes it stronger and helps better serve the artists, staff, crew, audience, and community at large. LCT welcomes candidates who are fully committed to joining a theater that is proactively focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Applicants from populations underrepresented in theater and who align themselves with LCT’s values and goals are encouraged to apply.
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.
Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
DIRECTOR: BARTLETT SHER
WRITER: AYAD AKHTAR
CASTING DIRECTOR: DANIEL SWEE
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
CASTING ASSOCIATE: CAMILLE HICKMAN
1ST REHEARSAL: August 1, 2024
1ST PERFORMANCE: September 5, 2024
OPENING: September 30, 2024
CLOSE: November 24, 2024
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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.
JACOB MCNEAL – CAST 60s. Caucasian. A renowned author and winner of a Nobel Prize, he’s a magnetic conflagration of misanthropy, ego and charm. Contrarian and seductive, he’s self-absorbed and self-confident when his work is well received, but when his work takes a critical hit, his depression and drinking problems rage. Has burned many a bridge, professional and personal.
SAHRA GREWAL – CAST 40s. Any ethnicity. McNeal's physician. Confident and unintimidated by McNeal, she is concerned about his health and well-being.
STEPHIE BANIC – Mid-50s- 60s. Any ethnicity. McNeal's lifelong literary agent. Her work and her clients are all consuming. She knows McNeal as well as anyone does, and, despite her tough and sometimes ferocious exterior, treats him with compassion and love.
DIPTI – CAST Early-Mid 20s. South Asian American. Assistant to Stephie Banic, probably recently out of school, she’s sincere and earnest, open.
HARLAN MCNEAL –Early 30s. Caucasian. McNeal's estranged son. Sensitive and furious. He has suffered a lifetime of emotional damage caused, in his estimation, by his father’s unrelenting egoism, manipulation, and abuse of others.
NATASHA BRATHWAITE –Black. L20s. A New York Times reporter on the culture beat, who’s writing a feature on McNeal. She’s smart, ambitious, and observant, with a curious and probing mind.
FRANCINE BLAKE – Caucasian. 50s. A retired New York Times editor. Whip smart, she’s equally capable of withering sarcasm and deep vulnerability. She can wound with words. Poised and beautiful.
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