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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
2 PM to 10 PM
Break from 6 to 7
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Contract
SPT
$352 /week
Location
Pittsburgh Playhouse
222 Craft Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Seeking
Equity actors for various roles in this play that explores NYC House Drag Queen culture and completion ball / club circuit . All should be excellent movers with a great command of physical musicality and a wicked sense of humor.
see breakdown
Preparation
Sides from the script will be provided when making an appointment. Reader will be provided.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.
See Breakdown for additional/important preparation notes
Other Dates
1st rehearsal: August 9, 2016. Runs September 8 – 25, 2016.
Other
Visually impaired performers may request an advance copy of the sides when making an audition appointment.
Personnel
By: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Director: Tome Cousin
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
AEA members call the audition hotline at (412) 392-8141, or e-mail kmartin@pointpark.edu. AEA Members without appointments seen as time permits.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS/NOTES
Sides will be provided when making an appointment.
Please prepare:
• All women auditioning for The Fates Three please prepare a brief spiritual or pop song. (Accompanist provided)
• Those reading for LUCIAN, REY-REY, WILSON, MS. NINA, VENUS, DEITY, SERENA, LOKI, ERIC please prepare marked sides and a brief spiritual or pop song. (Accompanist provided)
• Those auditioning for the roles of MS. NINA, SERENA please prepare an up tempo lip sync song.
Our rehearsal speakers work off an 1/8 plug that fits most smartphones and MP3 players. Computers too. Basically anything with a small headphone jack. There will also be a boom box available for CDs.
Callbacks, if needed, will be held April 16, 17 and/or 18. Actors must audition to be seen at callbacks.
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Please be aware that Wig Out! is a play that explores New York City House Drag Queen culture and the completion ball / club circuit . All auditioning should be excellent movers with a great command of physical musicality and a wicked sense of humor.
Seeking:
THE HOUSE OF LIGHT
LUCIAN
a Latino man, late twenties, the Founding Father of the House of Light
REY-REY
a man of color, late twenties, early thirties, the legendary Mother of the House of Light
WILSON aka MS NINA
a handsome man of color, late teens, early twenties, first child of the House of Light
VENUS
a young Latino/Black man with a beautiful face, in his early twenties, face of the House of Light
DIETY
a young man of color, twenties, the DJ for the House of Light, ex-boyfriend of Venus
THE FATES THREE
FAY
a young women, late teens, early twenties
FATE
a young women of color, late teens, early twenties
FAITH
a young women of color, twenties
THE HOUSE OF DIABOLIQUE
SERENA
a man in his late twenties, early thirties, Mother of the House of Diabolique
LOKI
a young white man in his late teens, a part of the House of Diabolique
ERIC
The Red, a handsome man of color, light in complexion, twenties
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