Actor's Express Theatre Co. 2019-20 Season - Atlanta, GA EPA
Actor's Express Theatre Company
AUDITION DATES
Sat, Jun 08, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2. Accompanist provided on this day only.
Sun, Jun 09, 2019
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)
Accompanist NOT provided on this day
Mon, Jun 10, 2019
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (EDT)
Accompanist NOT provided on this day.
APPOINTMENTS
For 5 minute appt slot, send email to sheila@actorsexpress.com. If no email access, call Sheila Oliver, 678-612-7019. Email preferred.
CONTRACT
SPT Cat. 4; $381/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for the 2019-20 Season. We will be casting all roles in all productions. AE is committed to diversity, inclusion, equal employment opportunity and universal access for all members. Ethical representation is core AE value.
PREPARATION
Prepare either a brief monologue, a brief song, or a combo of both.
Accompanist provided on June 8th only. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Actor's Express Theatre
887 W Marietta St NW Ste J107
Atlanta, GA 30318-5266
Paid parking available in parking deck.
PERSONNEL
PRESENT AT AUDITIONS:
Freddie Ashley, Artistic Director
Sheila Oliver, Casting Director
Justin Kalin, Casting Associate
OTHER DATES
All performances Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00 and Sunday at 2:00. Five performances per week. Some possible Saturday matinees may be added TBD.
OTHER
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Actor's Express 2019-20 Season
SKINTIGHT
by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Freddie Ashley
First rehearsal - August 26, 2019
Previews - September 18-20, 2019
Opening - September 21, 2019
Closing - October 13, 2019
JODI ISAAC – Female. Mid-40s. Jewish. Recently divorced when her husband met a younger woman. Razor-sharp wit, sometimes to a fault. Really needs her dad right now.
ELLIOT ISAAC – Male. 70. Jewish. Jodi’s father. Successful fashion designer. Dating someone the age of his grandson. Preoccupied with physical beauty in all its forms.
BENJAMIN CULLEN – Male 20. Jewish. Jodi’s son. Smart, maybe a little spoiled. Outwardly and proudly gay. Feels distance from his grandfather.
TREY – Male. 20. Any ethnicity. Elliot’s partner. Midwestern and earnest. Conventionally beautiful and in possession of an extremely fit body. Role requires shirtlessness and various stages of undress, though full nudity will not be required.
ORSOLYA – Female. 50s-60s. Hungarian. Elliot’s housekeeper. Tired and loyal. Has been working for Elliot a long time.
JEFF – Male. 40s. Any ethnicity. Elliot’s houseboy. Formerly involved with Elliot romantically and now is in his employ. Loyal and professional to a fault.
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DOWNSTAIRS
by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Donya K. Washington
First rehearsal - October 8, 2019
Previews - October 30 - November 1, 2019
Opening - November 2, 2019
Closing - November 24, 2019
IRENE – Female. Any ethnicity. Patient and kind. Torn between loyalties. Ready for a change.
TEDDY – Male. Any ethnicity. Irene’s brother. Unstable and mercurial. We’re never sure if he’s telling the truth or living in a fantasy. Is he a friend or a threat? We’re not sure.
GERRY – Male. Any ethnicity. Irene’s husband. Domineering. Keeper of secrets. Rules Irene’s life like a tyrant.
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FUN HOME
by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori
First rehearsal - December 10, 2019
Previews - January 8-10, 2020
Opening - January 11, 2020
Closing - February 16, 2020
ALISON – Female. 30-49. Any ethnicity. Narrator reflecting on her own life and her relationship with her father prior to his death. Must be strong singer. Range: Low E to light belt C sharp.
BRUCE – Male. 40-49. Any ethnicity. Alison’s dad. High school teacher who also runs funeral home and spends is spare time on historic preservation. Complex, repressed man with quick temper. Can be caring and attentive but also quick to anger. Must be strong singer. Range: B to G.
HELEN – Female. 30-49. Any Ethnicity. Alison’s mom. Exhausted by her marriage. Has spent a lot of time trying to keep the peace, ignoring her husband’s double life. Must be strong singer. Range: A flat to strong mixed E.
MEDIUM ALISON – Female. 16-20. Any ethnicity. Freshman at Oberlin. Discovering her sexual orientation. Very smart and well read. Socially awkward. Must be strong singer. Range: mix-belt to C and mix to E.
SMALL ALISON – Female. 8-10. Any ethnicity. Precocious and curious. Has burgeoning sense of identity and the things that make her different from other girls. Must be strong singer. Range: B to B.
JOAN – Female. 18-20. Any ethnicity. Student at Oberlin. Politically passionate; dry sense of humor. Alison’s first girlfriend. Must be comfortable singing alto lines in harmonies.
ROY/PETE/MARK/BOBBY/JEREMY – Male. 20-30. Any ethnicity. Various characters from the Bechdel’s world (yard worker, funeral home mourner, high school junior and the lead singer of a band in Alison’s imagination). Must have clean pop sound and comfortably hit a B.
CHRISTIAN – Male. 10-15. Any ethnicity. Alison’s brother; eldest of three siblings. Should be comfortable singing and have an outgoing personality.
JOHN – Male. 6-9. Any ethnicity. Alison’s kid brother; youngest of three siblings. Loads of energy. Should be comfortable singing and have an outgoing personality.
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THE BROTHERS SIZE
by Tarell Alvin McCraney
First rehearsal - February 18, 2020
Previews - March 11-13, 2020
Opening - March 14, 2020
Closing - April 12, 2020
Ogun Size – Male. 30-40. African-American. Older of two brothers. Owns an auto garage; cautious and practical.
Oshoosi Size – Male. 20-30. African-American. Younger of two brothers. Recently out of prison and enjoying what freedom feels like. Should be a good singer.
Elegba – Male. 20-30. African-American. Oshoosi’s best friend. Also recently out of prison and tasting freedom. Of Creole heritage
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DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS
by Eugene O'Neill
First rehearsal - April 21, 2020
Previews - May 13-15, 2020
Opening - May 16, 2020
Closing - June 14, 2020
Eben – Male. 20s. Any ethnicity. Tall and sinewy. In possession of a fierce, repressed vitality. Role may require some nudity and sexual content.
Simeon – Male. Late 30s. Any ethnicity. Much older than half-brother Eben. Earthy and stooped from years of farmwork. Smells of dirt.
Peter – Male. Late 30s. Any ethnicity. Much older than half-brother Eben. Like his brother Simeon, he is large and stooped from farmwork. Smells of dirt.
Ephraim – Male. 70s. Any ethnicity. Tall and gaunt. “Face as hard as if it were hewn out of a boulder.” Strong and something of a tyrant.
Abbie – Female. 20s-30s. Any ethnicity. Beautiful and sensuous . Strong willed and sometimes untamed. Role may require some nudity and sexual content.
Sherriff – Male. 30s-60s. Any ethnicity.
Townspeople – All genders, ethnicities and ages considered. Includes a fiddler, farmers, little girl and denizens of the surrounding community.
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Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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