ABOUT FACE THEATRE 2021-22 SEASON **Revised** Submission - About Face Theatre Auditions

ABOUT FACE THEATRE 2021-22 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

About Face Theatre Collective

REVISED

See updated salary.

CONTRACT

CAT $330 weekly minimum (Tier II)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in About Face Theatre's 2021-22 Season (see breakdown).

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare and submit either a video of yourself telling a brief story OR two brief contrasting monologues. Video submissions should be sent via private YouTube or Vimeo link. If specifically submitting for the role of MINNOW in LACED, please demonstrate Spanish fluency. Please attach a headshot and resume. If submitting for a specific role, please indicate this in the subject line of your email.

Deadline: Sun, Nov 7, 2021

SUBMIT TO

casting@aboutfacetheatre.com

PERSONNEL

Playwright : Samantha Mueller
Director : Lexi Saunders
Playwright : Terry Guest
Director : Mikael Burke
Producers : Megan Carney and Logan Jones, Casting personnel : Stephanie Diaz and Keira Fromm.

OTHER DATES

See production specific dates in breakdown.

OTHER

More information about About Face Theatre and the production season can be found at aboutfacetheatre.com .

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 submit.

BREAKDOWN

CAST BREAKDOWN AND DESCRIPTION

LACED

they’re all queer as fuck.

they’re all twenty-something.

they’re all angry as hell.

The anticipated Production Schedule is as follows:

First rehearsal: February 14, 2022

First technical rehearsal: March 11, 2022

First preview performance: March 17, 2022

Official opening: March 25, 2022

Anticipated closing: April 16, 2022

Typical Performance Schedule:Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 3:00pm, Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

MINNOW — she/her/hers; mid-to-late 20s, she has at least one Cuban parent and one white/non-hispanic parent; USA-born, first generation American (matrilineally); native English and Spanish speaker; tattooed & pierced, probably wearing combat boots

Principal: Open, Understudy: Open

CAT — they/them/theirs, non-binary (assigned male at birth); mid-to-late 20s, white; witchy femme drag extraordinaire

Principal: Precast, Understudy: Open

AUDRA — she/her/hers, bisexual; early-to-mid 20s, Black; bar-back, the youngest

Principal: Precast, Understudy: Open

THE MAGNOLIA BALLET

The anticipated Production Schedule is as follows:

First rehearsal: April 11, 2022

First technical rehearsal: May 6, 2022

First preview performance: May 12, 2022

Official opening: May 20, 2022

Anticipated closing: June 11, 2022

Typical Performance Schedule:Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 3:00pm, Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 3:00pm

Ezekiel “Z” Mitchell VI: Black kid. 17. He’s not like the other boys, if you know what I mean.

Principal: Precast, Understudy: Open

Ezekiel Mitchell V: Black Man. 38. Tough. A dreamer.

Principal: Open, Understudy: Open

Apparition: Black Man. The ancestors. Shapeshifter.

Principal: Open, Understudy: Open

Danny Mitchell: White Kid. 17. He grew up going fishing barefoot.

Principal: Open, Understudy: Open

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 submit.