Theater Casting Call for "Sweat" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Seeking performers for production of "Sweat". Please, see the details below. About the play: "Sweat" follows a tight-knit group of coworkers who have shared their lives both on and off the factory floor. But when deindustrialization threatens their jobs, friendships fray, resentments surface, and long-buried tensions around race, class, and belonging are thrust to the surface. Rate: EACH PERFORMER WILL RECEIVE AN HONORARIUM. Additional information: All actors must be available for all performances. REHEARSALS: September to January. Mixed virtual/live. Prepare a 1 to 2 minute monologue that is appropriate for the character(s) that you are interested in. Please arrive 15 minutes early to fill in the audition card. You will also participate in cold reads with other actors; sides will be provided at the audition. If necessary, by invitation callbacks will take place on September 5th. If you're interested, please apply.
9 roles
A parole officer who works with both Jason and Chris after their release. Calm, observant, and grounded. Carries quiet authority and projects stillness and emotional control.
A bar worker who is often overlooked but quietly observant. Practical, watchful, and determined to find better opportunities for himself. Requires restraint, intelligence, and a strong internal life.
Tracey's son and Chris's close friend. Funny, impulsive, loyal, and ultimately explosive. Requires emotional range, physical energy, and comfort with challenging material.
A former steelworker turned bartender. Warm, funny, and principled. Requires humour, generosity, and the ability to physically transform at the end of the play.
Cynthia's son and Jason's close friend. Thoughtful, hopeful, and searching for a life beyond the factory. Requires vulnerability, intelligence, and emotional depth.
Jason's mother and a longtime factory worker. Blunt, proud, and fiercely attached to her work, friends, and family history. Requires charisma, emotional range, and comfort with difficult material.
A longtime factory worker and close friend of Tracey and Cynthia. Warm, funny, sharp, and loyal, with hidden emotional depth. Requires strong comic timing and emotional honesty.
Chris's mother and longtime factory worker who is promoted into management. Disciplined, pragmatic, and determined. Requires strength, vulnerability, and moral complexity.
Cynthia's estranged husband and Chris's father. Charismatic and damaged, with flashes of tenderness, pride, and pain. Requires emotional openness, charm, volatility, and deep humanity.
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