Little Bear Broadway LLC
New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Thursday, July 10, 2025
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM (E)
CONTRACT
Production (League)
$2638 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Equity actors for understudy roles in the Broadway production of LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (See breakdown).
All Equity stage managerial positions have been filled.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 60-90 second contemporary monologue of your choice. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. The Equity video submission deadline is Thursday, July 10th, 2025, at 5:30pm ET.
LOCATION
Via Submission
New York, NY 10018
PERSONNEL
Producer: Scott Rudin
Playwright: Samuel D. Hunter
Director: Joe Mantello
General Manager: Alchemy Production Group
Casting Director: JC Clementz, CSA
Viewing Submissions:
Casting Director: JC Clementz, CSA
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: Fall 2025
Opening: Fall 2025
OTHER
The employer will accept 126 video submissions from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126 slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information. After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify each member whose audition they viewed.
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
LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD (Broadway)
SEEKING:
SARAH and PAULETTE/VICKIE UNDERSTUDY: 60s, white, female-identifying. SARAH: Lives alone in the outskirts of Troy, Idaho, and enjoys not being around people. An abrasive enigma. She’s independent and likes it that way. She’s blunt about the things she wants to be blunt about but holds her cards tightly. Works as a nurse at a hospital, but they keep reducing her shifts. Invites her nephew to stay with her while he settles his father’s affairs. Hiding an illness from everyone in her life. Also understudies PAULETTE: A working-class hospice nurse. She's just doing her job and doesn't show much emotion. She's still warm and funny. An everywoman. VICKIE: Voice-only character. In her 60s. One of Sarah's friends and former co-workers who has retired and moved away. She talks to Sarah via facetime. Strong comic skills.
ETHAN UNDERSTUDY: Mid-30s, white, male-identifying. A writer who doesn’t do a lot of writing. He’s smart, but stuck. Looking for direction - he recently broke up with an abusive boyfriend and has traveled back to Idaho to settle the affairs of his late drug addict father. Easy to get upset and is in somewhat of a depressive state. His aunt, Sarah, welcomes him to stay with her. Members of the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to audition. May also understudy the PAULETTE track (PAUL), a working-class hospice nurse.
JAMES/KENNY UNDERSTUDY: Mid-30s, white or white-presenting person of color, male-identifying. JAMES: Bookish. An intellectual who comes from a higher socio-economic background than the other characters. Working on his masters in astrophysics at the University of Idaho when he meets Ethan. KENNY: Voice-only character. a handyman in his 50s/60s and former biker who was friends with Ethan's dad. Members of the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to audition. May also understudy the PAULETTE track (PAUL), a working-class hospice nurse.
Production (League) $2638 weekly minimum
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