AMERICAN IDIOT Submission - American Stage Company Auditions

AMERICAN IDIOT - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

American Stage Company (FL)

CONTRACT

SPT $584 weekly minimum (SPT 7)

SEEKING

Equity actors for principal roles in AMERICAN IDIOT (see breakdown).

At American Stage, we see the empty space as an opportunity for social change & civilized discourse to occur –one of the few sacred places left in a far too noisy, often divided, world where human beings can still sit in the quiet dark together, think a while, & be awakened. To gain a richer connection to the fragility of beauty & pain that exists in all art & life.

Theater of, by, and for all people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic. Through artistic excellence and the craft of storytelling, American Stage is committed to creating a safe space for multicultural artists to share their full humanity, as we come back to the theatre at this exciting but challenging time. We choose to create a new American Stage that enriches and embodies the rich diversity and cultural tapestry of America and truly reflects the American experience.

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit ONE PDF of your headshot/resume along with your video submission (as an Unlisted YouTube or Vimeo link). SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED 9am EDT on 6/16/2022 to 6pm EDT on 6/21/2022. Anything sent outside of the range will not be viewed.

Deadline: Tue, Jun 21, 2022

SUBMIT TO

auditions@americanstage.org

PERSONNEL

Interim Executive Director: CJ Zygadlo
Associate Artistic Producers: Patrick Arthur Jackson, Rachel Harrison

Viewing Auditions  
Director: Gavin Hawk
Music Director: Juan Rodriguez
Choreographer: Deanna Dys
Casting Director: Patrick Arthur Jackson

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: August 16
Opening: September 9
Closing: October 2

OTHER

americanstage.org

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

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Slate your name at the top of the audition.

Please prepare a monologue using the lyrics of a Green Day song of your choice (do not sing the monologue) along with a song in the style of the character you are auditioning for. You may also use the accompaniment at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gcKFW39QHaKyfB1pdeoiaKXpBeQtM9M1?usp=sharing

Note from Director: This is a punk rock opera, so don’t hold back in your auditions. We want to see strong emotions - show us your rage, your fear, your joy, your grief, all of your passion!

Seeking:

Johnny - The guy who goes to the city. The self-proclaimed Jesus of Suburbia. Bored of his do-nothing, go-nowhere existence, he takes off for the city to get a new lease on life. He wages an inner war between a budding love for Whatsername and growing dependency on St. Jimmy and drugs. Guitar skills are a plus. Vocal range B4/B2

Tunny - The guy who goes to the city and the Middle East. Johnny's friend who follows him to the city and eventually enlists in the army. He travels to the Middle East. A lost dreamer who is easily swayed, first by Johnny's ideas and then by patriotism and the American Dream. Vocal Range B4/D3

Will - The guy that stays home in suburbia. Johnny's friend. He ends up staying in Suburbia with his pregnant girlfriend Heather. The more he stays on the couch, the more he becomes slowly disconnected from the world and his own relationships. Guitar skills a plus. Vocal Range A4/C#3

St. Jimmy - A city badass. Johnny’s alter ego (androgynous/non-binary). Known as the city badass. An enigmatic and charismatic enabler who gets Johnny addicted to drugs and grows jealous of his relationship with Whatsername. Vocal Range B4/C3

Heather - A girl in suburbia. Will’s girlfriend. She discovers she is pregnant but has difficulty telling her boyfriend of the news. Once she settles down with him, she struggles to maintain their relationship with his despondency and eventually leaves him. Vocal Range E5/A3

Whatsername - A girl in the city. A rebel activist--fierce, strong, and capable--who falls for Johnny. She fights to have him embrace their authentic relationship rather than pursue his addiction. Vocal Range D#5/F#3

Extraordinary Girl - A girl in the Middle East. Haunting, folk noir voice. A girl in the Middle East who appears as a hallucination to injured Tunny. Attractive and mysterious, she later appears as his nurse and accompanies him home after the war. Vocal Range E5/A#3

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.