Bard Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Doug Schutte, kicks off its superb 2018 mainstage season with an all-female cast in David Mamet's GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. Production dates May 17-26.
Worth repeating: each of the characters being cast below WILL BE CAST WITH A FEMALE ACTOR. That is essentially the only constrictive element regarding the casting of these characters. Each of the characters below can be played by an actor of ANY race. It is helpful to have Levene and Aaronow appear visibly older than Roma and Moss, but no age requirements have been implemented.
There are 4 openings for each 30-minute time slot. Please choose carefully, as we will not be able to shift your audition time later. Prior to audition date, we will send a link to the audition sides so that you may prepare. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. No monologue is necessary.
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CASTING THE FOLLOWING:
Shelly “The Machine” Levene: Real estate salesperson in a slump. Used to be at the top of the sales hill, but time may have passed Shelly by. It’s been slim of late, and there appears to be something wrong with Shelly’s daughter. Shelly is desperate.
Roma: Top salesperson. On top of the world at the moment. Born to sell, perhaps. Confident, smooth, disarming when necessary. Roma cares about one thing: Roma.
Williamson: The office manager. Williamson is the only non-salesperson in the group, reviled by the sales folks like most “middle management” types are. At first, one might think Williamson is a weakling, having no power, but Williamson has a great deal of power over Roma, Levene, Moss, and Aaronow.
Moss: #2 salesperson on the board. Excitable. Easily angered. Lacks the smoothness of Roma, and seems pretty insecure about that. Moss wants to be the top dog, and probably believes that is also what SHOULD be. Manipulative.
Aaronow: At the bottom of the sales board with Shelly. Roma is often nice to Aaronow. Moss wants to bring Aaronow in on a caper. Why? Neither sees Aaronow as a threat. Aaronow is not particularly good at selling, and does not enjoy selling, either. Life seems to “happen” to Aaronow more than Aaronow makes life.
Lingk: The target for one of Roma’s sales. We don’t know too much about Lingk, but we DO know that Lingk is married, and that Lingk’s spouse is the decision maker. This helps us understand how Lingk becomes engrossed in the Roma pitch—Lingk feels more alpha than beta in the moment.
Baylen: Police detective investigating the robbery from the night before.
Blake (Possible): Sent by Mitch and Murray to light a fire under the sales team. (PLEASE NOTE: THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO FILM THIS ADDED SCENE THAT INCLUDES BLAKE--PLAYED BY ALEC BALDWIN IN THE FILM--PRIOR TO OPENING, AND PROJECT THE PRE-RECORDED SCENE TO OPEN THE PLAY.)