Casting Call for "In Bloom" New Works Series
The company is holding auditions for "In Bloom" New Works Series, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Additional info: "We Pump Your Gas in Jersey" "Landscape" "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!" "The Kings Are Dead" Rate: Actors will be paid a $50 minimum stipend. Additionally, all profits from patron donations and entry fees will be divided among the artists involved. All actor payments will be received upon the conclusion of the public reading. Additional info: Time Commitment: For each play, rehearsals will occur in the few weeks leading up to the performance dates below- January 20th/28th- We Pump Your Gas in Jersey February 24th/March 4th - landscape March 25th/31st - Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK! April 28th/May 6th - The Kings Are Dead When applying, please include a headshot and resume, your pronouns, the roles/readings you want to be considered for, and send a link to a contemporary monologue (~90 seconds). This can be something you have filmed previously, or a personal film reel-something that gives us a good idea of who you are!
23 roles
Aimless. Dim but aware of the fact and trying. "We Pump Your Gas in Jersey"
Stubborn. A poet and adventurer with a deep fear of change. "We Pump Your Gas in Jersey"
Controlling. Full of energy but tragically directionless. "We Pump Your Gas in Jersey"
Hopeful. Gruff. Butch. A lover with a big heart. "We Pump Your Gas in Jersey"
Queer woman of color, she/her pronouns. Rachel is a former competitive climber with big feelings and bigger secrets. Rachel used to lead climb. "landscape"
They/them pronouns, played by a non-binary actor, any race. Billie is hesitant to reveal their heart. Billie used to lead climb. "landscape"
- A woman of color, early twenties, she/her. She is a college student double majoring in history and women and gender studies at Loyola and is deeply insecure about how others perceive her. "landscape"
A cis woman. She is bored in her marriage and lives vicariously through other people's secrets. Sarah is a lead climber. "landscape"
They/he pronouns. Taylor can be played by a genderqueer actor of any race with power dynamics considered. You can tell them all your deepest darkest secrets and know they are safe. Taylor tried lead climbing once. They never got certified "landscape"
She is caught between her combined love and fear of societal rules and her own ambition. "landscape"
Preferably played by a non-binary and/or genderqueer person of color. She is unmarried and is running out of time (according to her mother). "landscape"
Halfway between Jane and Mabel. Lucy can be played by an actor of any race with power dynamics considered. "landscape"
Growing older. "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
Greedy, but likeable. Lovable, yet grim. "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
The one who makes it all work. "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
A Mother, who is Mothering. "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
Teenage Rat who wants to live their life! "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
Terrible twos, or troublesome threes, you choose, but demonlike in the end. A puppet? "Ding, Ding! HONK, HONK!"
"The Kings Are Dead"
"The Kings Are Dead"
Artist, Eulipion, urban entrepreneur. (Eulipion is a reference to "Theme for the Eulipions" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk.) "The Kings Are Dead"
The owner of JT's bar. "The Kings Are Dead"
No one knows for sure and no one has the balls to ask. "The Kings Are Dead"
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