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HEADSHOT/RESUME SUBMISSION FOR 5 READINGS IN THE 2014 SUMMER NEW WORKS FESTIVAL IN OJAI, CA. PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ACTORS WITH EXPERIENCE WORKING ON NEW PLAYS.
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Deadline for Submission: August 1, 2014
Each play gets 1 public reading during the festival dates, Aug.8-10, 2014. Check-in and Welcome BBQ isSunday, Aug. 3. First rehearsal is Monday, Aug. 4.
Personnel
OPC is led by Artistic Director/Producer Robert Egan. This year's featured playwrights include Bill Cain, Ruby Rae Spiegel, Stew and Heide Rodewald, Robert Askins, and Nick Gandiello.
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2014 SUMMER NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
two zero zero one three
By Stew and Heide Rodewald
Directed by Lucie Tiberghien
1st rehearsal: August 4, 2014
Public Performance: August 8, 2013
ABOUT THE PLAY:
20013 is the zip code for the National Mall in Washington DC. It’s home to permanent memorials and transient protests, a place for public discourse and private picnics. And from May 12-June 24, 1968, fifteen acres of the National Mall became home to 2,800 people—activists and artists from across the United States, carrying out Martin Luther King Jr.’s last envisioned action a month after his assassination. two zero zero one three is a new musical by Tony and Obie Award-winning writer/composer Stew and Heidi Rodewald about America’s animating dreams of justice and equality, and the power of artists to explode the political moment.
Characters:
Ensemble: 3 Men and 1 Woman - African American, late 20's -- mid 40's. Excellent language skills, singing a plus.
SUNRISE HIGHWAY
By Nick Gandiello
Directed by Robert Egan
First rehearsal: August 4, 2014
Public Performance: August 9, 2014
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Mid-90’s Long Island, an African-American family and an Italian-American family come together in a budding relationship. But when the teenagers in either family discover danger in the relationship between their younger siblings, they make a secret pact that jeopardizes everyone. Identity is stretched across family, race, history, hip-hop and sexuality in this bittersweet drama.
Characters:
Dani Richardson - Female. 16. African-American. Fiery and angsty, which is mostly a defense against her apparent vulnerability; she doesn’t trust people with the deep well of sensitivity and warmth inside her. Street smart, quick, and fiercely loyal to those she considers worthy.
Vanessa Richardson - Female. 40s. African-American. Dani's mother. Genuinely affectionate, warm, and caring, but can be stern, harsh, and cutting when she needs to be. Working class.
Eddie Scigliano - Male. Over 18 to play 15. Italian-American. Insecure, vulnerable, loving and caring to a fault. His obsession with hip-hop is genuine and intelligent - but also serves him in camoflaging his social anxiety and awkwardness.
Paul Scigliano - Male. 40s - Early 50s. Italian-American. Eddie's father. Suburban cop. At heart he is a caring, funny or even goofy man - but can turn on a dime into a dark rage. His anger comes from a deep sense that he is not good enough for those around him, deriving from childhood abuse that he is desperate not to pass on to his kids.
Mary Scigliano - Female. 40 - 50s. Italian-American. Paul's sister. Tough and hardened from years of being a protector, but with genuine love for her family. A good sense of humor if at times biting.
PERMISSION
By Robert Askins
Directed by Bart DeLorenzo
1st Rehearsal: August 4, 2014
Public Performance: August 9, 2014
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Eric and Cyndy are looking for some direction. They’ve decided to follow the lead of their friends Zach and Shelley and make Christian Domestic Discipline the foundation of their marriage. But restructuring their lives and their union according to role play and a new moral code upends everything they knew – and took for granted – about one another, their friends, and more importantly, who really holds the spanking belt.
Characters:
Eric, Male, 30's is well meaning man child. He obeys the rules but longs for more and he's a little angry everything hasn't worked out perfectly. He's smallish. Goodish looking not pretty
Cindy, Female 30's is smart. A little depressed. English major. Between jobs. She is pretty but doesn't put a lot of emphasis on her looks. She loves her husband but not her life. Mysterious food allergies.
Zach, Male, 30's is good looking. Friendly affable. He's not the smartest person in the world but things tend to work out for him. Good friend. Fair business man. Kinda collapses under pressure.
Michelle, Female 30's is a power house. Not an intellectual but she is the smartest person in the room. Beautiful a little cold. She is in charge even when she's not in charge.
Gennie, Female 20's is sweet. Helpful. Young. She's new as an independent person. She's willing to try things. Anythings. She's got a little crush on Eric. She should be hard to resist.
DRY LAND
By Ruby Rae Spiegel
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
1st Rehearsal: August 4, 2014
Public Performance: August 10, 2014
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Ester is a swimmer trying to stay afloat. Amy is curled up on the locker room floor. Victor hates jocks but not girls. Reba just wants to party. Dry Land is a play about girls, bath salts, bathing suits, rashes, love, and what happens in one high school locker room after everybody's left.
Characters:
Amy-- Female over 18 to play 16, Seemingly confident and flippant, deeply insecure and potentially very sweet. More voluptuous than Ester, but doesn't 'do' herself up, very casual and comfortable with her body.
Ester-- Female over 18 to play17, Seems younger than Amy in her demeanor, though has a kind of deeper maturity and strength to her. Sturdy and plain looking.
Reba-- Female over 18 to play 16. Attractive, and somewhat oblivious to her surroundings. A bit goofy and less tense than Amy or Ester.
Victor--Male 19. Sweet but strong headed, can come off as a little intense at first.
HASTY PUDDING
By Bill Cain
Directed by Hal Brooks
1st Rehearsal: August 4, 2014
Public Performance: August 10, 2014
ABOUT THE PLAY:
April 14th, 1865. This should be the best day of Abraham Lincoln’s life. The war has been won, but the victorious president can’t get anybody to go to the theater with him! Even Bob, his son, mud- and blood-covered from the final battle of the war, turns him down. A simple invitation to the theater becomes a deeply personal father-son battle that will send shock waves through history. Can a country that endured a war between states survive a more intimate battle for the future? You are invited to the theater – the day Lincoln died Join Abraham Lincoln, Clarence Darrow, Eugene V. Debs and others – as they fight for the heart of the country.
Characters:
Bob - Male 30's. Young, gifted dramatic/comic actor with big range.
A. - Male, 50's. Mysterious. Gentle over terrible darkness. Light comedy and big rage.
Darrow - Male 30's. Lawyer. Folksy hiding great sophisticated thought. Folksy. Philosopher.
Gene - Male late 20's. thin, hard worker, physical, innocent who becomes a radical. Young. Pure. Funny. Quick. Kind.
Jennie - Female 20's. Young, scared, vulnerable. Then gives a speech that causes a national strike by scaring the hell out of everybody. Great singer if possible.
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