GEM OF THE OCEAN - Aurora, CO EPA Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora, CO
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, August 24, 2023
4:30 PM - 9:30 PM (M)
No break scheduled.
Please visit
www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/gem-auditions or call 303-739-1969 to schedule. For alternate time, please call or email
jorf@auroragov.org.
SPT
$308 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors for roles in GEM OF THE OCEAN, the first play in the timeline of August Wilson's American Century Cycle (see breakdown).
Local actors encouraged to attend.
Please prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic or contemporary monologue. No Shakespeare please. Please also prepare to sing a few bars of your favorite work song or blues song (no accompaniment).
Aurora Fox Arts Center
9900 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, CO 80010-5013
Please check in at Fox Box Office/Lobby 10 minutes ahead of your appt.
Expected to attend:
donnie betts - director
Jen Orf - production manager
First Rehearsal:2/19/2024
Tech Begins:3/14/2024
Opening: 3/23/2024
Closing: 4/14/2024
Performances: Friday and Saturday at 7:30, Sundays at 2PM No performance on Sun 3/31, industry night Mon 4/1.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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.
Seeking:
Eli - (Black, male identified) Aunt Ester's gatekeeper and longtime friend of Solly.
Citizen Barlow - (Black, male identified 20s-30s) A young man from Alabama who is in spiritual turmoil.
Aunt Ester Tyler - (Black, female identified, 285 years old) A very old yet vital spiritual advisor for the community.
Black Mary - (Black, female identified late 20s) Aunt Ester's protégé and housekeeper. Rutherford Selig - A travelling peddler who is a frequent visitor to the house.
Solly Two Kings - (Black, male identified, 67) Suitor to Aunt Ester- former Underground Railroad conductor.
Caesar Wilks - (Black, male identified, 52) Black Mary's brother and local constable.
Videos
