Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Gloria"
Director is seeking performers to fill all roles for October production of "Gloria". Please see the breakdown below. About the project: This funny, trenchant, and powerful play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine, each of whom hopes for a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn thirty. But when an ordinary humdrum workday becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell their own story become higher than ever. Additional info: Performance Dates: October 18 – 26, 2024. Auditions will consist of cold reads, with physical copies available at the audition. Content Warning: All actors must be comfortable witnessing/creating on-stage violence. Stage Combat experience is not required but recommended. Strong Language and Content, Gun Violence. If you are interested, please apply.
6 roles
Would-be writer turned assistant, ambitious and desperate to create his own work. Witnesses an act of violence that changes him for the rest of the show. Doubles as DEVIN, a disgruntled IT guy.
Assistant-to-the-editor who loves fashion and workplace gossip; opinionated; might appear flighty but she’s razor sharp and plays to win. Doubles as JENNA, a television development executive.
Caring yet conniving in her own right, fresh in the industry, watchful and opportunistic. Doubles as SASHA, an established literary editor, and CALLIE, script reader assistant to a film editor.
Broken and stressed office worker who seeks revenge on her co-workers. Doubles as NAN, successful literary editor at the magazine who finds herself in motherhood following the tragedy.
African American or Mixed Race. Kind and Easy-going Intern who is trying to find his way in his career and life. Hopeful and empathetic. Doubles as SHAWN, an outgoing Starbucks worker, and RASHAAD, a nervous film development executive.
Depressed and overworked magazine fact-checker whose life is changed forever after the tragedy.
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