What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bold Performers for New Work position at Biller-Hawthorne Productions?
DESCRIPTION
"Magnus" is part of the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City, NYC, that embraces bold and experimental work. Wendy Biller: playwright/director/movement.
Actors must be available for 5 performances during the festival that runs Aug 23-Sept 13, 2026. This is a non-Union full production. Pay is $900, which includes rehearsals beginning the third week of July 2026. Actors please submit headshot, resume, and a 1-2 minute comedy monologue by June 26, 2026.
Submit with role specified or any inquiries to
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CHARLES - Queer, African-American. The intellectual. Half of aging screenwriter’s team. A graceful man, articulate and full of himself. 40s-50s
WES - the other half. Working class. Queer, overly dramatic, lusts after food and fortune. 40s-50s
ERICA - The sleep-deprived neurotic Hollywood producer. Late 30s-early 40s
AMANDA - The intern. Shyness masks a fierce cunning. Comic timing. 20s.
SISTER HARRIET - Same actress, a bit insane and cruel.
PAULETTE - A Jewish no-nonsense woman. 70s-80s
FREDERIKE - Same actress, plays the German mother of Magnus Hirschfeld
MAGNUS - The emcee in his ghostlike splendor based on the sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld. German accent, thick-rimmed glasses, a charmer. 30s-40s
DURATION
Jul 20, 2026 - Sep 13, 2026
SALARY
$900.00 – $900.00 per gig
- NON-UNION