Lead Blues Musician Audition — Seven Guitars

"Seven Guitars" Audition for the Theater

Equity actors for roles in "Seven Guitars". See breakdown below.Rate:LORT Non-Rep$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B)Additional info:Audition day lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM.Local NYC actors are encouraged to audition.All roles will be understudied.PREPARATIONPlease prepare the Sides for the role of your choice. Sides may be found in the document attached. Hardcopies of the Sides will be available through the Equity monitor beginning on the morning of the audition. A reader will be provided.First Rehearsal: September 28, 2026First Preview: November 5, 2026Opening: November 23, 2026Scheduled Closing: January 10, 2027EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.An Equity Monitor will be provided.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.If you are interested, please apply.
Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). The protagonist of the play, a blues musician, down on his luck. The play opens with his funeral then flashes back to reveal what happened a few weeks prior. He has a hit record and hopes to make it in Chicago. However, in the past year, he has squandered the money he made for the record, cheated on his girlfriend, pawned his guitar to buy flowers for his mother’s grave, been arrested for vagrancy, and spent 90 days in the workhouse.
Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). The antagonist of the play. A Caribbean immigrant who is older than Floyd and his friends, he rents a room from Louise and makes some money from the chickens he raises in the yard. He loathes white America and believes in spirits and ghosts.
Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). A musician and friend to Floyd. Edgy and quick-tempered. Canewell loves Vera and may have had a relationship with her when Floyd was gone.
Character is male (cis, trans, or non-binary). A musician, and friend of Floyd. Laid-back in demeanor.
Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Floyd’s ex-girlfriend who Floyd tries to reunite with. He also tries to convince her to go back to Chicago with him. She hesitates to trust Floyd, because he cheated on her.
Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Louise’s niece who is in town from Alabama. She comes to stay with Louise because of trouble back home. She is pregnant, and her boyfriend is in jail for killing her possible lover.
Character is female (cis, trans, or non-binary). Vera’s neighbor, a no-nonsense woman who describes herself as “48 going on 60.”

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