Actors Required For The 22-23 Season Shows
Auditions for the 22-23 Season. Seeking actors. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see the breakdown below. About the project: 'Thirst' synopsis: Samira and Greta lead a peaceful life. They have their own clearing in the woods, their own hut, and their son Kalil to keep them laughing. When Kalil returns home one day without their water rations, however, Samira and Greta find themselves in conflict with their local political leader. Set in a tense segregated society, Thirst is a complex look at race and love in war-time. 'The Convent' synopsis: At an old convent in southern France, a new group of women arrive, ready to live like mystic nuns in the Middle Ages. Though no one finds what they expect on this spiritual retreat, each finds something they may have always needed. Brilliant, sexy, hilarious, and provocative, The Convent by Jessica Dickey strikes a resonant chord of desire, devotion, and the mystery of intrinsic divinity. Rate: ‘Thirst’: AEA SPT 2; Non-AEA weekly stipend; ‘The Convent’: AEA SPT 2; Non-AEA weekly stipend; Original One-Act: AEA SPT 2; Non-AEA weekly stipend; Outdoor Staged Reading: AEA SPT 2; Non-AEA weekly stipend; Additional info: Seeking: - AEA (Actors Equity Association) and non-AEA actors. - Female-identifying and male-identifying roles in November staged reading and March full production*. Auditioners will also be considered for a spring one-act and a summer, outdoor staged reading, details TBD. *Note: March production will likely be a team of fully-vaccinated cast and crew, per company's agreement with AEA. Please prepare two contrasting, contemporary monologues. The combined length should not exceed two minutes. Instructions: - Please wear a mask to attend auditions. All company members will be masked. Please remove your mask only for your designated audition time. - AEA auditioners, please bring your AEA card as well as one of the following: Proof of vaccination against COVID-19. Results of a negative PCR test within the last 48 hours. Results of two negative antigen tests within the last 24 hours. ‘Thirst’ staged reading November 4-5, 2022 Rehearsals: November 1 - 4, 2022 Duration: 1-week contract ‘The Convent’ full production February - April 2023 AEA and Non-AEA contracts available 1st Rehearsal: February 21, 2023 Production Dates: March 24 - April 9, (possible extension through April 16) Duration: 7-week contract TBD - Original One-Act May/June 2023 TBD - Outdoor Staged Reading August 2023 Duration: 1-week contract When applying, please include preferred audition day/time (Sunday, October 2nd: 1-8 or Monday, October 3rd: 3-10), headshot, resume.
14 roles
She has an easy grace, but a stern bearing. "Thirst"
Samira's current partner. She grew up solidly middle class, but knows a thing or two about struggling. "Thirst"
Mid 30s. The local militia leader. A loner nursing a broken heart and a mighty rage. "Thirst"
Terrance's older brother. Smart, likely a high-functioning alcoholic, a real compliment to Terrance. "Thirst"
Former military and the head of Terrance's "boys". Hot-headed but observant. "Thirst"
Female-identifying. Open, naive, in crisis in her marriage. Smart, but has trouble with consequences. A sudden, intense sexual attraction to Patti. In the midst of a massive cracking open of her life and her self. On the verge of major change and deeply conflicted. "The Convent"
Female-identifying. Wise, truth-telling, powerful and can definitely cut a bitch, runs the convent as her spiritual platform to raise women’s sense of intrinsic divinity. Has her own darkness to carry. "The Convent"
Female-identifying, 30. Sexy, dark, damaged, charismatic, truth-telling, manipulative, but also searching for the light and meaning. Deserves to be saved. A propensity for cutting. And Mother Abbess’ daughter. "The Convent"
Female-identifying, 60. A nun. Frank, earthy, very self-possessed. Not what you’d expect. Very present, authentic. A juxtaposition to all the neurosis and drama around her. Possesses the wisdom that comes from a lot of time alone and silence. Came to the convent because she has lost God. "The Convent"
Female-identifying. From a wealthy British family, but in a way that it makes her orphaned, lives off her trust fund. Deeply codependent with Bertie, in love with her but has no concept that women can be together. Or cannot bear the idea of how that might affect her life. Appears perhaps stuffy, even nosey and prudish, but really is just sheltered. "The Convent"
Female-identifying. Younger than Dimlin, sillier, more flirtatious, truly an innocent. Raised in a compound. Has nothing of her own. Throughout the play uncovers her own longing to know love, to know sex, to know more of the world. "The Convent"
Female-identifying. Raised in southern California, lost, stoner, psoriasis. Slightly immature, has come to the Convent out of a fetish for Renaissance Fairs. A deep longing for her dead mother and to find her place in the world. "The Convent"
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