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| Casting Auditions For The Great Gatsby.-Victoria / Melbourne - Casting ID # 1393820 | |||
| Project Type | Live Event | Submission Type | Self Response |
| Market | Victoria / Melbourne | Union | Non-union |
| Location | Beaumaris, VIC 3193 | Release Date | 10-28-13 |
| Rate/Pay | n/a | Submission deadline | 11-23-13 |
| Audition Date | 11-23-13 | Casting Category | Theatre - Non-Equity |
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About The Play: Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick’s next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby, who lives in a gigantic Gothic mansion and throws extravagant parties every Saturday night. Please prepare a short monologue and bring a CV. Scenes from the script will be available at auditions. All characters will need American accents Audition Information: Saturday 23rd November 9am till 5pm. Monday 25th November 7.30 till 10.30pm. 7.30 |
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| Role # 1 Jay Gatsby |  |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role is a young, mysterious millionaire with shady business connections, originally from North Dakota. He is obsessed with Daisy Fay Buchanan, whom he had met when he was a young officer stationed in the South during World War I. Gatsby is said to have briefly studied at Trinity College, Oxford in England after the end of World War I. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 30 |
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| Role # 2 Daisy Buchanan | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is an attractive and effervescent, if shallow and self-absorbed, young woman, identified as a flapper. She is Nick’s second cousin, once removed; and the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy once had a romantic relationship with Gatsby, before she married Tom. Her choice between Gatsby and Tom is one of the central conflicts in the play. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 30 |
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| Role # 3 Nick Carraway | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is a Yale graduate originating from the Midwest, a World War I veteran, and, at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg, who is aged 29 (later 30). He is Gatsby’s next-door neighbor and a bond salesman. He is easy-going, occasionally sarcastic, and somewhat optimistic, although this latter quality fades as the novel progresses. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 25 to 35 |
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| Role # 4 Tom Buchanan | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is a millionaire who lives on East Egg, and Daisy’s husband. Tom is an imposing man of muscular build with a “husky tenor” voice and arrogant demeanor, a former football star at Yale. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 30 to 50 |
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| Role # 5 Jordan Baker | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is Daisy Buchanan’s long-time friend with an aloof attitude. She is Nick Carraway’s girlfriend for most of the novel and an amateur golfer with a slightly shady reputation and a penchant for untruthfulness. Her name is based on two automobile brands, the Jordan Motor Car Company and the Baker Motor Vehicle, alluding to Jordan’s “fast” reputation and the freedom now presented to Americans, especially women, in the 1920s. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 18 to 30 |
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| Role # 6 Myrtle Wilson | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is George’s wife, and Tom Buchanan’s mistress. Myrtle, who possesses a fierce vitality, is desperate to find refuge from her complacent marriage, but unfortunately this leads to her tragic ending. She is accidentally killed after being hit by a car driven by Daisy, though Gatsby takes the blame for it. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 30 to 45 |
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| Role # 7 George Wilson | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role is a mechanic and owner of a garage. George is disliked by both Tom Buchanan and his own wife, who describes him as “so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive.” When he learns of the death of his wife, he shoots and kills Gatsby, wrongly believing he had been driving the car that killed Myrtle, and then kills himself. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 30 to 50 |
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| Role # 8 Meyer Wolfsheim | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is a Jewish friend and mentor of Gatsby’s, described as a gambler who fixed the World Series. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 25 to 50 |
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| Role # 9 Mr. McKee | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is a photographer who is friends with Myrtle and Tom. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 25 to 50 |
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| Role # 10 Mrs. McKee | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Is the wife of Mr. McKee. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 20 to 40 |
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| Role # 11 Policeman | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Policeman who investigates Myrtle’s death. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 20 to 60 |
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| Role # 12 Mrs. Michaelis | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Mrs. Michaelis comforts Wilson after Myrtle’s death. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 30 to 60 |
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| Role # 13 Gatsby’s Butler | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Seeking for actor to play this role. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 |
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| Role # 14 Mr. McKee | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Play as Party Guest. Party guests will not be required to attend all rehearsals and will help with scene changes. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 30 to 50 |
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| Role # 15 Mrs. McKee | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Play as Party Guest. Party guests will not be required to attend all rehearsals and will help with scene changes. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 30 to 50 |
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| Role # 16 Policman | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Play as Party Guest. Party guests will not be required to attend all rehearsals and will help with scene changes. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Male Age: from 18 to 60 |
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| Role # 17 Mrs. Michaelis | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role Play as Party Guest. Party guests will not be required to attend all rehearsals and will help with scene changes. Searchable talent specs : Gender: Female Age: from 30 to 50 |
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