Real Women Have Curves - Aurora EPA Day
Aurora Fox Arts Center
AUDITION DATE
Sun, Dec 03, 2017
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (MST)
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (MST)
APPOINTMENTS
Asign up through http://aurorafoxartscenter.org/category/auditions/ or call the Aurora Fox Box Office at 303-739-1970 for an appointment.
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $245/wk
SEEKING
An ensemble of spirited actors to tell the story of 5 women in a tiny sewing factory in East LA, exploring family values, gender politics, and the Latina Immigrant experience. The action of the play occurs over the course of 5 hot summer days at the factory, as the women talk about their lives, fears and deepest desires while attempting to meet impossible production deadlines.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 1 minute comedic monologue or tell a story about your own family.
LOCATION
Aurora Fox Arts Center
9900 E Colfax Ave
Aurora, CO 80010-5013
Check in at Box Office/front lobby
PERSONNEL
Melissa Lucero McCarl- Director
Real Women have Curves by Josefina Lopez
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: 1/22/18
Tech: 2/16/18
Open: 2/23/18
Close: 3/18/18
OTHER
Actors of all backgrounds, ages, and physical abilities are encouraged to audition.
A variety of physical forms and fuller figures are required for this production, but body confidence is a must. The script calls for actors to dress down to undergarments, and the discovery of being comfortable in one's own body is a theme of the show.
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
BREAKDOWN
Ana- 18, plump and pretty, sister of Estela, daughter of Carmen. She is a recent high-school graduate and young feminist who wants to go to college but is stuck in the factory helping her sister.
Estela: 34, plump and plain. Owner of the Garcia Sewing Factory. A hopeless romatic at heart, but a hard worker.
Carmen: 50, mother of Ana and Estela. HAs a talent for Storytelling and Gossip
Pancha- 32 mellow, but quick with her tongue. Very Catholic, and traditional at times.
Rosali- 29, thin, sweet and easygoing, but has a secret and is insecure about her sexual appeal.
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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