Talent Needed for "Usus" Staged Reading
Casting actors for "Usus" Staged Reading, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: It's 1318, and something’s amok with our Pope. Usus follows a group of Franciscan friars in a modest monastery near Avignon as they wrestle with faith, power, and survival under a shifting church. Hailed as one of the best plays of 2024 (The New Yorker, Vulture). Additional info: Rehearsals will take place during the following periods based on cast availability: 2 rehearsal between June 16 - 21 1 - 2 rehearsals June 22 - 27 Performance: June 28 | 6:00 PM Please apply if interested.
6 roles
A scribe dedicated to preserving knowledge.
A devout friar with intense religious convictions.
A practical thinker, caught between tradition and change.
An elder with wisdom and weariness.
A skilled craftsman, deeply tied to the monastery. This role has limited spoken dialogue.
A figure of authority and ritual, marking the passage of time.