"Age is a Feeling" Play Needs Female Performer
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking an female performer for production of "Age is a Feeling". See the details below. About the play: Beginning on the day you turn 25 and continuing through to your death, Age is a Feeling charts the seminal moments, rites of passage and turning points that make up an adult life. Haley McGee’s internationally lauded solo show is a gripping story about how our connection with mortality shapes the way we live. Exploring the relationships that define us and what we choose to share, Age is a Feeling celebrates the glorious and melancholy unknowability of human life. This achingly beautiful and wry show subtly responds to the audience, making each performance a unique event. This is a new production. For the first time in Canada a new actor will step into the role originated by the playwright. Additional information: The actor will be alone onstage for the entire play. Three weeks of rehearsal and tech lead into a performance run of two 8-show weeks. Endurance is a consideration. Priority given to women of color / IBPOC performers Skills should include: Strong grounding in text-based work, including facility with poetic text; Improvisation; Comfortable with audience interaction; Clown; Comedy; Drama; Background in devising and collaborative work is an asset. Contract Dates: Rehearsals: March 16 - April 4, 2027. Performances: April 6 - 18, 2027. Callbacks May 26. Auditions and callbacks will take place in Ottawa ON. Priority will be given to CAEA Artists. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 30th 1:00 PM EST. Currently considering applications from Ottawa-based Artists, and Artists with ties to Ottawa. PLEASE NOTE: If you have never been seen for a General Audition by AD Sarah Kitz you must apply to the Generals as well as applying to audition for this show. All submissions should include ONE PDF FILE - including both Head shot and Resume, in that order. You must also include a cover letter, as a separate attachment. Please write your name in the subject line, followed by "Age is a Feeling” followed by CAEA status. It should look like this: "FIRST LAST - Age is a Feeling - CAEA/non CAEA".
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This one-person-play follows a woman from her 25th birthday, all through her life to her death at 90. The character is quick witted and unsentimental, though full of feeling. She is curious, brave and full of wonder. She eschews a traditional life of security and stability for one of art and adventure. The character lives (and has lived) fully and expansively. She has lost and won in love, friendship, and life.
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