Casting Call For Theatre 2023-24 Season
Seeking Equity actors for roles in Theatre 2023-24 Season. Please see the details below. Rate: LORT Non-Rep $1325 weekly minimum (LORT D). Additional info: Audition Break: 1:00-2:00 pm. EPA 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. All roles will be understudied. Theatre is committed to an inclusive casting policy and encourages all actors to audition regardless of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. PREPARATION: - Please prepare a 2-3-minute contemporary or classical monologue, your choice; preference for heightened or poetic language; material either by a Theatre commissioned writer or from a writer in a Theatre season very much appreciated. Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms. "WISH YOU WERE HERE" First Rehearsal: August 22 First Tech Rehearsal: September 27. Previews: October 5, 6, 7, 10, 11. Opening October 12. Closing: October 28. "THE SALVAGERS" First Rehearsal: October 10. First Tech Rehearsal: November 16. Previews: November 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. Opening: November 30. Closing: December 16. "ESCAPED ALONE" First rehearsal: January 23. First tech: February 29. Previews: March 8, 9, 11, 12, 13. Opening: March 14. Closing: March 30. NOTE: The play is set in a provincial English town in the present, in Sally’s back garden. All characters are British and in their 70s. Ethnicities may vary. "THE FAR COUNTRY" First Rehearsal: March 19. First Tech Rehearsal: April 18. Previews: April 26, 27, 29, 30 and May 1. Opening: May 2. Morning Student Matinees: May 14, 15, 16. Closing: May 18. NOTE: AAPI performers encouraged to audition.
23 roles
Iranian; sort of mean. An anchor in this friend group, lashes out sometimes, loves deeply. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Iranian; the peacemaker; religious and hijabi; attuned to her friends even when she’s absorbed in a book. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Iranian; happy-go-lucky; can be a bit of a space case. Spunky, curious, playful, grows up a lot. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Iranian; a little uptight and can be intense; very smart; a little anxious; charmingly sarcastic. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Iranian; the queen of cool; sophisticated; magnetic; effortlessly fun. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Iranian; mechanical engineer. Tentative, alert, a little bit sweaty. Doubles as Understudy for SHIDEH. "WISH YOU WERE HERE"
Male-identifying, 23-year-old, an actor. Angry at the world and searching for a way out. Loves desperately. "THE SALVAGERS"
Male-identifying, 37-year-old, JUNIOR’S father, a locksmith. Trying to make up for lost time. Loves fiercely. "THE SALVAGERS"
Male-identifying, 39-year-old, JUNIOR’S mother, a postal worker. Trying to make up for past mistakes. Loves out loud. "THE SALVAGERS"
Person of color, female-identifying, 32-year-old, a substitute teacher. Meets people where they are. Loves compassionately. "THE SALVAGERS"
Person of color, female-identifying, 21-year-old, a waitress. Sees people as they are. Loves authentically. "THE SALVAGERS"
(70s – British) Acquainted with Sally and the others but not part of their friend group. Working-class, formerly served as a school crossing guard. Observant, curious. Steps out of the action several times over the course of the play to describe what happened in the aftermath of various apocalyptic events which she alone survived. "ESCAPED ALONE"
(70s – British) An old friend of Sally’s and Lena’s. Lower middle class. No-nonsense, direct. Holds strong opinions about the need for women to face their fears head on. The mother of a grown son from whom she is now estranged. Was imprisoned for six years some time ago for killing her husband, an act judged to have been committed in self-defense. "ESCAPED ALONE"
(70s – British) An old friend of Vi’s and Lena’s, hosting them for tea in her back garden. A cheerful and energetic retiree, she warmly welcomes Mrs Jarrett to join the gathering despite the reservations of the others. She is expert at keeping the conversational ball in the air, but has a crippling phobia of a cats, which causes her to panic whenever they are mentioned. "ESCAPED ALONE"
(70s – British) An old friend of Sally’s and Vi’s. A sweet tempered, timid, woman who struggles with depression and agoraphobia. Gamely participates in the conversation but finds Vi’s hearty efforts to encourage her to get out more deeply distressing. "ESCAPED ALONE"
Male-identifying, Chinese American; strategically mercurial; can be gregarious and affable one minute, then broody and calculating the next. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Male-identifying, Chinese American; sincere, thoughtful. Keeps contained a deep well of sorrow until he cannot. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Female-identifying, Chinese American; passionate and plain-spoken. As full of love as she is of heartache. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Female-identifying, Chinese American; practical but improbably optimistic and adventurous; her youthful energy has wisdom in it. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Male-identifying, Chinese American; an efficient interpreter; doubles as ONE, a storyteller who is many people of many dispositions all at once. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Male-identifying, Chinese American; a storyteller who is many people of many dispositions all at once. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Male-identifying, honest and direct. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
Male-identifying, has all the power, so he doesn’t have to prove it. "THE FAR COUNTRY"
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