A Contemporary Theatre 2024-25 Season Equity Principal Actors - A Contemporary Theatre Inc Auditions

A Contemporary Theatre 2024-25 Season - Seattle, WA EPA A Contemporary Theatre Inc | Seattle, WA

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AUDITION DATE

Monday, March 18, 2024

10:00 AM - 2:30 PM (P)

APPOINTMENTS

Appointment sign-up here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805054CABA728A2FF2-48155674-20242025

After signing up, please fill out the registration/submission Form at the following link:

https://airtable.com/appOQls3vrixcAxrH/shrwDpozdgXi731KY

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1000 weekly minimum (LORT C & D) - salaries will be on parity between ACT's two venues

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in A Contemporary Theatre's 2024-25 Season (see breakdown).

Some roles may be understudied.

All available roles on the season are open to actors of all races/ethnicities, gender identities, disabilities, and neuro-diversities, except where particular identities are specified by the playwright and/or director as integral to character and/or narrative.

Seattle actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION

Two (2) contrasting monologues: 1 classical, 1 contemporary OR 2 contemporary. Presentation should not exceed 3 minutes. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

BREAKDOWN

A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE 2024 SEASON

LOCATION

ACT A Contemporary Theatre

700 Union St

Seattle, WA 98101-2330

PERSONNEL

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Margaret Layne, Casting Coordinator, ACT Contemporary Theatre

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

OTHER

www.acttheatre.org

If you are unable to attend the in-person audition, you may submit a self-tape using the Airtable link provided in the appointments section.

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.

CASTING NOTE: At this time, only A CHRISTMAS CAROL has understudy roles available. Some other roles may be understudied, TBD.

POTUS Or, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE

Playwright: Selina Fillinger.

Director: Jillian Armenante

1st reh: 8/13/24

1st perf: 9/7/24

Opening: 9/12/24

Close: 9/22/24 (poss ext 10/6/24

SEEKING:

HARRIET, his Chief Of Staff

JEAN, his Press Secretary

STEPHANIE, his secretary

DUSTY, his dalliance

BERNADETTE, White, his sister

CHRIS, Black, a journalist

MARGARET, Black, his wife, the First Lady

MRS LOMAN IS LEAVING (World Premiere)

Playwright: Katie Forgette.

Director: TBA

1st Reh: 9/17/24

1st Perf: 10/12/24

Open: 10/17/24

Close: 10/27/24

SEEKING:

JOANNE ROGERS, an actor

PENNY, the stage manager

SAM LUCAS, the director

GEORGE RATCLIFFE, an actor

BRENDA/ SHEILA ATWOOD, a producer (double)

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

by Charles Dickens

Adapted by: Gregory A. Falls.

Director: John Langs

1st reh: 11/5/24

1st Perf: 11/29/24

Open: 12/5/24

Close: 12/27/24

SEEKING:

SCROOGE, 50-80, embittered, misanthropic, later transformed and full of joy.

BOB CRATCHIT, 30-50, Scrooge’s clerk, a family man, kind, hopeful, optimistic. FRED, 25-40, Scrooge’s nephew, outgoing, friendly, positive.

MRS FEZZIWIG, F, 40-60, warm, lively, motherly.

MIDDLE SCROOGE, 25-35, Scrooge in younger days, engaging, ambitious.

BELLE, 20-30, Scrooge’s one-time fiancée, open-hearted, wise.

MARLEY’S GHOST, 40-60, ghost of Scrooge’s late partner, angry, tortured, scary. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST, any age, other-worldly, mischievous, steely when called upon. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT, any age, larger than life, boisterous, bountiful, commanding. YOUTH ENSEMBLE, 6 youth actors under 13 to play CRATCHIT CHILDREN and LONDONERS

3 Adult understudies, 25+, any gender, tracks TBD but can include any adult role, including SCROOGE. Some roles are covered internally by cast members.

1 understudy, under 13, for youth actor roles

THE LAST FIVE YEARS (co-production with 5th Avenue Theatre)

All roles available, 2 alternating casts

JAMIE, a writer

KATHY, an actress

GOLDEN (World Premiere)

Playwright: Andrew Lee Creech.

Director TBA

1st Reh: 3/25/25

1st Perf: 4/19/25

Open: 4/24/25

Close: 5/4/25

MORRIS GOLDEN, Black, M, late 40s, prideful, stubborn, wounded, wise, fighting to reclaim his past and hold onto his hard-won present.

RHEEDA GOLDEN, Black, F, 40s, fighting to free herself from her past and old mistakes to claim her future.

JAZMINE HARRIS, Black, F, late 20s, has lost everything, fighting to regain stability in her career, in herself, and with her daughter.

ZORA HARRIS, Black girl, 8, curious, troubled, sweet, honest, loveable.

QUIRK, Black, M, early-mid 20s, a man of opportunity, fighting to make his own way and prove his worth.

EARL, any race, M, 30s-50s, has clawed his way to stability by embracing simplicity but still yearns for what he used to have.

FORTUNE (doubles with EARL), rich in optimism, poor in everything else.

6TH SHOW TO BE ANNOUNCED