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Thursday, August 20, 2015

CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY TO HOLD EPA AUDITIONS FOR JENNIFER HALEY’S GRIPPING SCI-FI CRIME DRAMA, “THE NETHER”

AUDITION NOTICE:

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THE NETHER
By Jennifer Haley
Directed by Carl Wallnau

WHEN: Wednesday, September 2, 10 am to 7 pm with a lunch break from 12:45 to 1:30 pm; by appointment only
WHERE:
David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College, 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ

Centenary Stage Company operates under an SPT with a minimum weekly salary of $342 for equity performers. Rehearsals begin September 22 with performances running October 9 through October 25.  The production will be directed by Centenary Stage Company’s own award winning Artistic Director Carl Wallnau with a set designed by Emmy Award winning designer, Bob Phillips.  No moderator will be provided.  Producer will run all aspects of the audition.

To schedule an appointment performers must call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900.  Equity Members without an appointment will be seen throughout the day, as time permits.   Actors may perform a prepared monologue OR read from sides, which will be provided at the audition. Blind/low vision performers may request an advance copy of sides when making an audition appointment.  Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.  Performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to attend.  Minors must be accompanied by an adult.  Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Seeking:

  • Sims/Papa – A successful businessman who spends his time in the perfectly landscaped garden and Victorian house in the virtual world of the Hideaway where he lives with children such as Iris 40 -50+
  • Morris - A young female detective who brings in “Sims” and “Doyle” for investigation about the Hideaway, a virtual world created to live out bizarre fantasies in the Nether (the Internet). She is determined to find reason to incarcerate the men - 18+
  • Doyle –A middle-aged science teacher, male, who has grown so addicted to the Hideaway that he wants to live there forever. 40- 50s
  • Iris - A shining little virtual girl who loves and respects “Sims/Papa”
    Mature 10-13 year old.
  • Woodnutt - A fresh-faced new guest to the Hideaway Male 30s.

Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, both serpentine crime drama and haunting sci-fi thriller, THE NETHER explores the consequences of living out private dreams in a new virtual wonderland. A young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment triggering a battle over technology and human desire.  Receiving critical acclaim and notable productions in LA, London (at The Royal Court), the West End and New York City at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, THE NETHER makes its New Jersey Premiere with Centenary Stage Company.  The London Times has called THE NETHER "Mindbending, ingenious and ethically challenging" and The New York Times says, “Imagine an episode of “Law & Order: SVU,” written by a futurist fiction writer like Ray Bradbury or Iain Banks.