Rock 'n' Roll New York bound

[maxx02]

There are a lot of actors who could take a lesson about pacing from Rufus--a couple of them are even in Rock 'n' Roll. That 3 hours whizzed by even after the first viewing.

[ukelelehip]

I'm overcome by a wave of nostalgia. I really, really miss RnR today... I want it to be Oct 19 now!!

[maxx02]

feel a squee coming on, do you?

(I really really really want to be able to get tickets on October 19th. I can wait for it's arrival once the tickets are at will call happily nestled in an envelope bearing my name.)

[ukelelehip]

Telecharge has set up its RnR page and you can join a mailinglist to be notified when tix go on sale:

www.telecharge.com/BehindTheCurtain.aspx?prodid=5751

[uncorked]

OMG---im soooo excited I can hardly contain myself!!!! Ok here's a really stupid obsessive question for those of you that have purchased tickets in New York before..I have only gone to the tkts booth or a group bus trip.....what are the chances of getting front row seats? ......Or even better maybe we could get a group of 20 to go --Call ourselves the "Rufus Fan Club" and even invite him too lunch or drinks after......oh its too much ---I needd to go get some air..............................................................................................

[maxx02]

the chances of getting front row seats are very good if you're willing to pay for them. They tend to be very very expensive and not particularly condusive to getting a good view of the show.

As to the group visit to the theatre, that would be up to whomever you can engage in the activity. I'm sure there are many people here that would like to participate.

[ukelelehip]

Damnit, I cannot f*cking wait forthis play to start...

[rufluvr]

Uke, stop holding back. Why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel about it?!

[ukelelehip]

Yeah, you know, I'm not that bothered really...

*says she who will probably be camping out in front of the theatre come October* (ugh, 45th St is so uncomfortable!)

[lotuspad]

I have been thinking about going to see the play. My friends kept telling me I should do it. I told my daughter that I'm thinking about going. She rolled her eyes. LOL. I guess she thinks her mother is too old to be a groupie-wannabe. LOL. Now I just have to find someone to go with me. Hell I went to Munich to see my fav. opera singer, I dont know why I'm thinking about going to New York. It should be a no brainer, right? I'll work it all out.

[quoll]

Absolutely, Lotuspad, a total no brainer! Ignore the kids, they have absolutely no idea!!!

[GreenEyesToo]

lotuspad said:

Now I just have to find someone to go with me.

Why not go by yourself? (Or arrange to meet up with others on the forum) If it's anything like London theatres, you can often get a far better single seat than if you want doubles - and this is one play where you really do want to be close enough to see Rufus's face clearly!

[rufluvr]

Do go if you can, Lotuspad! We only live once...that we knowof. We can stop being passionate about Rufus when we're dead. My daughter has thrown plenty of period movie and Rufus-related eye rolls my way too. I find that when I remind her that TWO can play that game if she wants (her obsessions being Green Day, Manga, and Animae, Naruto in particular) she backs off, ha ha. After all she wants ME to listen to HER rantings, and I do happily. Well, I pretend to care anyway. Besides. I don't even subject her to that such nonsense--I only ask that she ignores it when I have yet another, as she puts it "one of those British- talking movies" on.

[ukelelehip]

Equity auditions for Rock 'n' Roll:

www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=12724&NoticeType=1

Breakdown for

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL — Equity Principal Auditions

Sonia Friedman, Bob Boyett, Ostar , Roger Berlind & Tulbart Productions
New York, NY

Production (League)

First produced at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2006. Play unfolds over the 20 years between the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution of 1989, as Stoppard explores the significance of rock music as a symbol of both personal and political freedom along with its accompanying risks. The play’s double perspective focuses on a Czech freedom fighter while also tracing three generations in the family of a Cambridge professor, a Marxist philosopher who resolutely clings to his faith in communism.

Ferdinand:
30s. Czech dissident who shares Jan’s love of rock music.

Interrogator / Nigel:
40s. Interrogator: Czech government official. Cool and threatening. Nigel: British journalist and former husband of Esme, and Alice’s father.

Milan / Waiter:
30s – 40s. Milan: Czech secret policeman. Same actor will play a Waiter in a Prague café. Actor may also understudy Max.

The Piper / Steven / Policeman:
Late 20s. One actor plays all three. The Piper: Represents Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. Steven: Marxist student from a working-class background, who is Alice’s loyal boyfriend in Act II. Actor may also understudy Jan.

Gillian / Magda / Deirdre:
20s. One actress plays all three. Gillian: Eleanor’s student. Breaks down in tears during her lesson. Magda: Czech professor and girlfriend of Jan; turns out to be an informer. Deirdre: Another Cambridge student. Actress may also understudy Lenka.

Candida:
40s. Former political radical, now a columnist for a British tabloid, and married to Nigel, Esme’s ex-husband. Self-made, attractive. Actress may also understudy Eleanor / Esme.

Understudy Woman 1:
Covers Candida and Eleanor/Esme in Act II.

Understudy Woman 2:
Covers Gillian/Magda/Deirdre and Alice/Esme.

Understudy Man 1:
Covers Max, Milan/Waiter and Interrogator/Nigel.

Understudy Man 2:
Covers Ferdinand and Piper/Steven/Policeman.

The following five roles are CAST. Understudies only are sought (see above).

Jan:
CAST, Rufus Sewell. Understudy only sought. Ages from late 20s - 40s. Czech student of Marxism, studying at Cambridge. Leaves England in 1968 to return to Czechoslovakia, where his love of rock music leads him into the dissident movement and later to prison.

Max:
CAST, Brian Cox. Understudy only sought. 50s – 70. Hard-line Marxist who refuses to give up on the USSR and Communism. Intellectually combative and extremely strong willed.

Eleanor / Esme:
CAST, Sinead Cusack. Understudy only sought. 40s. Eleanor: Professor of Classic Literature at Cambridge. Cancer patient battling bravely against the disease as it ravages her body. In Act II, this actress plays her daughter Esme as an adult – a former flower child, former commune member trying to find her place in the world.

Alice / Esme:
CAST, Alice Eve. Understudy only sought. 20s. Esme: Max and Eleanor’s flower-child daughter. In Act II, actress plays Alice, Esme’s daughter and a student of Classics at Cambridge.

Lenka:
CAST, Nicole Ansari. Understudy only sought. 30s - 40s. Czech classics student of Eleanor’s. A bit of a hippie, enjoying the personal freedoms available in Cambridge. Flirtatious and intelligent, bold personality.

[ukelelehip]

Call Type
Equity Principal

Date of Audition
8/13/2007

Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10036

Time(s)
Monday, August 13, 2007
10 AM — 5:30 PM
Lunch from 1:30 – 2
Note: Equity Monitor begins sign-up at a special time: 8:30 AM.

> EPA Rules are in effect.
> A monitor will be provided.

Personnel
Author: Tom Stoppard
Director: Trevor Nunn
General Management: 101 Productions
Casting: Tara Rubin Casting

Other Dates

Add'l EPAs: Tue, 8/14 & Wed, 8/15 @ AEA from 10-5:30 (Sep. notices)

1st rehearsal: 10/2 (understudies may start at a later date).

1st preview: 10/19.

Opens on Broadway 11/4.


Contract
Production (League)
$1,509/week minimum.

Seeking
Equity actors. See Breakdown for details.

Breakdown
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Preparation

Please prepare a short monologue from a contemporary British play.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

Other

Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.