SPEECH & DEBATE - Pittsfield, MA EPA
Barrington Stage Company
AUDITION DATE
Mar 06, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EST)
Lunch 1:00 - 1:30 pm
APPOINTMENTS
Please call 413-499-5446 between 9:30am - 5:30pm to schedule an audition.
CONTRACT
SPT $550 weekly minimum
SEEKING
Male and Female performers for Speech & Debate. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief dramatic monologue of no more than 2 minutes in total length. Bring a headshot and resume stapled together.
LOCATION
Barrington Stage
Boyd-Quinson Mainstage
30 Union St
Pittsfield, MA 01201-4528
PERSONNEL
By: Steven Karam
Artistic Director: Julianne Boyd
Director: TBA
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: June 20
1st preview: July 13
Opening: July 13
Closes: July 16
OTHER
Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that's rocked their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio's connection grows deeper in this searching, fiercely funny dark comedy with music.
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
SOLOMON Male, Any Ethnicity, Age 16 (seeking actor 18+): An ambitious, honest, student working for the school newspaper, he is frustrated by the hypocrisy of the adult figures in his life and single-minded in his mission to expose this hypocrisy.
DIWATA Female, Any Ethnicity, Age: 17 (seeking actor 18+): A frumpy, slightly overweight and slightly off-kilter theater kid, she is fiercely determined to speak her mind, despite being ignored by the school’s establishment. Undeterred by her unpopularity, she understands that she will never be an ingenue.
HOWIE Male, Any Ethnicity, Age: 18 (seeking actor 18+): An openly gay transfer student, he is frustrated by the conservative ideals and puritan attitudes of Salem, Oregon.
TEACHER/REPORTER Female, Any Ethnicity, 40s: The voice of the various adult figures in the play. The adults in this world are not caricatures seen through the eyes of the teenagers but real people shaped by the puritan ideals and family values of the small town they were reared in. Seeking a versatile actor to play multiple roles.
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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