OTHER WAYS TO RESIST and BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Chicago EPA
Various Producers
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Sep 11, 2017
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch from 1:30-2:30pm
CONTRACT
CAT CAT Tier N; $197/week minimum
Non-equity actors will be paid a total stipend of $350
SEEKING
Male and female actors for the upcoming productions of OTHER WAYS TO RESIST (The Other Theatre Company) and BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Greenhouse Theatre Center). See breakdown for more details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a one minute contemporary comedic monologue.
LOCATION
Greenhouse Theater Center
2257 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
PERSONNEL
The Other Theatre Company:
-Director: Nick Thornton
-Casting Director: Stephen Kossak
Greenhouse Theater Center:
-Artistic Director: Jacob Harvey
-Literary Manager: Nick Thornton
OTHER DATES
OTHER WAYS TO RESIST:
First Rehearsal: Monday, March 12, 2018
Tech Begins: April 9, 2018
Previews: April 13-15, 2018
Opening: Thursday, April 19, 2018
Closing: Sunday, May 13th, 2018
BIRDS OF A FEATHER:
Opening April 30th, 2018
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
OTHER WAYS TO RESIST:
4-6 Characters, any ethnicity, any gender identity. Other Ways to Resist is a festival of new work that will be a compilation of 3-4 half hour plays. The tracking of the characters between plays will depend entirely on the actors that we select for the production.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER:
One woman and three men play 24 roles broken down as follows:
Zookeeper, Paula Zahn and Female Birder (Female - sharp, witty, biting)
Roy, Pale Male, Bombshell, Betty, Gayer, Bored, Teen Tango, Chastity Wright (Male, macho, hyper masculine yet surprisingly soft around the edges)
Silo, Lola, Bombshell, Porkey, Gayest, Preening, Announcer, Grown up Tango (Male, soft but strong, leads with his heart)
Birder, Gay, Man in Coveralls, Wanna-Be, Richard Cohen (Male, strong, simple, unsuspecting)
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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