ACT 2019-2020 SEASON - CHICAGO EPA
American Conservatory Theater
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Jun 03, 2019
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
Members may sign up through the Member Portal on 5/27/19 @ 12:00 PM
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT A, C Minimums - $1116/wk, $873/wk
SEEKING
See Breakdown
PREPARATION
A contemporary monologue or 16 bars of a song. Accompanist will be provided.
LOCATION
Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661
Dial 011 at front door for entry
PERSONNEL
Janet Foster - Casting
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production dates.
OTHER
For stage manager submissions contact:
Martin Baron:
ACT
30 Grant Avenue
San Francisco CA 94108
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
Show #1 – LORT A Geary Theater
TOP GIRLS
by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
First Rehearsal: 8/20/19
First Tech: 9/13/19
Preview: 9/19/19
Opening: 9/25/19
Closing: 10/13/19
This play has 7 actors in it and the doubling can be at the director’s discretion.
MARLENE, female, any ethnicity/race, 30s, lead, highly ambitious and has just been promoted at Top Girls. She is a strong woman who has worked her way into a position of power. Sophisticated and polished but from working class roots. British Accent.
JOYCE/WAITRESS – female, any ethnicity/race, 30’s. Marlene’s sister who stayed behind in Sussex to raise Angie as her own. She is as strong as Marlene but she made her life in the place where she was born. Suffolk accent. LADY
NIJO/JEANINE - LADY NIJO, female, Japanese, 30s; was an Emperor’s courtesan and later a Buddhist nun who travelled on foot through Japan. Elegant and used to luxury but can steel herself for hardship. JEANINE, female, 20; interviewing at Top Girls. Possibly Lady Nijo has a Japanese accent. Jeanine has a British accent.
ANGIE, female, any ethnicity/race, 20’s to play younger; Marlene’s biological daughter adopted by Marlene’s sister, Joyce. She is not at home in the world. She resents Joyce and longs for a relationship with Marlene. Has a Suffolk accent.
ALL OTHER ROLES HAVE BEEN CAST
Show #2 LORT C – Strand Theater
TESTMATCH
By Kate Atwell
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
First Rehearsal: 9/24/19
First Tech: 10/17/19
Preview: 10/24/19
Opening: 11/6/19
Closing: 12/8/19
INDIA 1/MESSENGER, female, India 1, she is the captain of India’s Woman’s National Cricket Team. She can be in her early to mid 30’s. Athletic; fast bowler. MESSENGER is in the latter part of the play that takes place in the early 1800’s in India. The character is male and has finished a long and harrowing journey.
INDIA 2/ABHI, female, India 2 is a batsman on the National Cricket Team. She is athletic. Can be in her mid 20’s to early 30’s. ABHI is the head servant of the household of an officer of the East India Trading Company in the early 1800’s. Seemingly loyal but cunning. .
Show #3 – LORT A GEARY Theater
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens & adapted by Carey Perloff and Paul Walsh
Directed by Peter J. Kuo
First Rehearsal: 11/5/19
First Tech: 11/22/19
Preview: 11/29/19
Opening: 12/4/19
Closing: 12/28/19
This show has been cast from previous productions.
SHOW #4 – LORT A – Geary Theater
WAKEY WAKEY
By Will Eno
First Rehearsal: 12/26/19
First Tech: 1/17/20
Preview: 1/23/20
Opening: 1/29/20
Closing: 2/16/20
LISA, female, 30s-50s, a warm and caring person, but not inclined toward any kind of sentimentality; loving and matter-of-fact, in equal amounts.
SHOW # 5 – LORT C – Strand Theater
GLORIA
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Eric Ting
First Rehearsal: 1/14/20
First Tech: 2/6/20
Preview: 2/13/20
Opening: 2/26/20
Closing: 4/12/20
DEAN/DEVIN, male, white, late 20s
KENDRA/JENNA, female, Asian, mid-late 20s
ANI/SASHA/CALLIE, female, white, early 20s
GLORIA/NAN, female, any ethnicity/race, late 30s
SHOW # 6 – LORT A – Geary Theater
TONI STONE
by Lydia R. Diamond
Choreographed by Camille A. Brown
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
A coproduction with Arena Stage
First Rehearsal: 2/4/20
First Tech: 2/28/20
Preview: 3/5/20
Opening: 3/11/20
Closing: 3/29/20
Toni Stone: (28-35) black; Highly personable, athletic, and quirky. The first woman to play professional baseball in the Negro League.
8 - 9 Ensemble Members: Male, Black. They play various characters -- to be determined by director. There are two to three ensemble members that participate in the more general responsibilities of the ensemble, but play only their assigned characters, these are:
Alberga: (young and sexy 63) Toni’s eventual husband.
Millie: (anywhere between mid 30’s to late 40’s) Toni’s female confidant
SHOW #7 – LORT A – Geary Theater
ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Book, music, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien
Directed and choreographed by Sam Pinkleton
First Rehearsal: 3/16/20
First Tech: 4/15/20
Preview: 4/23/20
Opening: 4/29/20
Closing: 5/17/20
This production is particularly interested in a range of ages that is beyond the historical associations of ROCKY HORROR. All roles are completely open in terms of age/race/ability/superpowers. All roles require singing and dancing, but enthusiasm and gameness are ultimately more important than experience or training. This breakdown is a jumping off point for casting.
USHERETTE/MAGENTA, any ethnicity/race, ages 50+, Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, Bb3-Eb5, a domestic.
BRAD, any ethnicity/race, 20s-30s, Range: Bari Tenor, Bb2-G4. A hero. Brad is very much in love with his fiancé, Janet. He is overly optimistic at times.
JANET, any ethnicity/race, 26-35, Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, A3-Eb5; A heroine. Janet is very much in love with Brad.
NARRATOR, any ethnicity/race, any age, A lover of Sci Fi.
RIFF RAFF, any ethnicity/race, 25-40, Range: High Rock Tenor, D3-B4, A handyman, alien, and trusted servant.
COLUMBIA, any ethnicity/race, any age, Range: Mezzo Soprano Belt, E4-E5, A groupie
FRANK 'N' FURTER, any ethnicity/race, 30-45, Range: Baritone, D3-G4, master of the castle; master of seduction.
ROCKY, any ethnicity/race, 18-30, Range: Tenor, A3-G4, Frank’s magnificent creation.
EDDIE/DR. SCOTT, any ethnicity/race, 28-40, Range: Baritone, E3-F#4, Eddie is an ex-delivery boy; Scott is Eddie’s uncle and rival scientist.
4 PHANTOMS/TRANSILVANIANS, any gender, any ethnicity/race, various. A group of totally individual singers, movers, personalities, and specialty performers that authentically embody a wild and queer party spirit.
SHOW #8 – LORT A – Geary Theater
POOR YELLA REDNECKS
by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Jaime Castañeda
First Rehearsal: 5/5/20
First Tech: 5/29/20
Preview: 6/4/20
Opening: 6/10/20
Closing: 6/28/20
A continuation of the family story begun in VIETGONE.
TONG, Asian female, 30s-70s. Playwright’s mother
QUANG/CHRIS, Asian male, 30’s – 70’s. Playwright’s father
HUONG/SAN/COP, 60s, Asian female. Huong is Tong’s mother
NHAN/COWBOY/LITTLE MAN/GROCERY BOY, Asian male 30’s
PLAYWRIGHT/IMMIGRATION OFFICER/BRITISH NARRATOR/BOBBY/TOMMY/GROCERY BOY, Asian male, 30s.
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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