AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT: ANGELS IN AMERICA
Written by: Tony Kushner
Directed by: Matthew Weil
AUDITION PROCESS DATES:
- 1st Round: Self-tapes sent to [email protected] by Monday, September 30 @ 5:00pm
- 2nd Round: By invitation only, at the Ritz, Monday, October 7 @ 7:00PM
- 3rd Round: By invitation only, at the Ritz, Wednesday, October 9 @ 7:00PM
NOTE ABOUT CASTING: ACTORS MUST BE ABLE TO COMMIT TO BOTH PARTS TO BE CONSIDERED
PART 1, MILLENIUM APPROACHES:
Rehearses: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings beginning mid-October
Performance Dates: January 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26
PART 2, PERESTROIKA:
Rehearses: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday evenings beginning mid-March
Performances Dates: June 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22
The Ritz Theatre Company is currently seeking a cast of non-union artists for our upcoming production of ANGELS IN AMERICA. For the first round of auditions, please send an email containing your headshot, resume, and self-tape to [email protected] with the subject line “ANGELS IN AMERICA”. Due to expected volume, submissions will not be accepted after the above deadline.
For the self-tape, actors should record a 1-minute contemporary, dramatic monologue. YouTube links are preferred. If sending via Google Drive, please ensure anyone provided the link can access the video. Successful candidates from the first round will be invited to attend the in-person round.
CHARACTERS:
Below is the character breakdown for MILLENNIUM APPROACHES only. Secondary roles featured in PERESTROIKA will assigned at a later date.
ROY COHN / PRIOR 2 (Male, 45-60) An influential and successful New York lawyer and powerbroker. Extremely smart, cunning, and tremendously vicious. Roy's disgust and denial of most everything in his life isolates him further the community around him. Closeted homosexual and full of hate and bile.
PRIOR WALTER / MAN IN THE PARK (Male, 25-35) Louis' uptight, bourgeois boyfriend, works as a club designer/caterer but otherwise lives off a trust fund. Extremely charismatic and witty, but also frail, intense, and vulnerable.
LOUIS IRONSON (Male, 25-35) Jewish; Prior's boyfriend, works as a court clerk in Brooklyn. Intelligent, idealistic, neurotic, anxious, and full of self-loathing and guilt.
JOSEPH PITT / PRIOR 1 / ESKIMO (Male, 25-35) Mormon; Married to Harper, a handsome, Republican lawyer working alongside Roy Cohn. Grapples with his suppressed homosexuality.
HARPER PITT / MARTIN HELLER (Female, 25-35) Joe's wife; agoraphobic with an addiction to Valium; perpetually fearful. In order to cope with her failing marriage, hallucinates and invents imaginary characters to escape her troubles.
HANNAH PITT / RABBI ISIDOR CHEMELWITZ / HENRY / ETHEL ROSENBERG (Female, 50s) Joe's mother; chilly demeanor. Moves from Salt Lake City to New York after Joe calls with unsettling news.
BELIZE / MR. LIES (Male, 25-35) African-American; Registered nurse, ex-drag queen, Prior's best friend and Roy's caretaker. Extremely stylish with a personality to match. Mr. Lies is one of Harper's imaginary creations.
THE ANGEL / EMILY / SISTER ELLA CHAPTER / WOMAN IN SOUTH BRONX – (Female, 25-40) Imposing, terrifying, divine presence who descends from Heaven to bestow a prophecy on Prior. A force to be reckoned with. Powerful, forceful, and full of intensity.
For the first round of auditions, please send an email containing your headshot, resume, and self-tape to [email protected] with the subject line “ANGELS IN AMERICA”.
