AMERICAN PROM - Colorado Springs EPA
UCCS Theatreworks
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Nov 05, 2018
10:00 am - 10:00 pm (MDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions are by appointment. To schedule an appointment please follow this link: https://www.appointmentquest.com/scheduler/2170047928
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $479/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown. THEATREWORKS is committed to diversity and we encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
PREPARATION
Please prepare all character appropriate sides and scenes located on the website.
Kia and Jimmy will should be able to carry a tune. Callbacks for those characters will have some singing.
LOCATION
ENT Center for the Arts
5225 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Look for signage. Parking is free.
PERSONNEL
American Prom will be directed by Lisa Marie Rollins.
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal - January 2, 2019; Opening - January 24, 2019; Closing - February 10, 2019
OTHER
http://www.theatreworkscs.org/
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.
BREAKDOWN
Kia B - 17, (black, female. could be femme, ambiguous or non-binary gender) knowing, smart, loves hiphop, hates Drake. Has a catalog of black women rappers in her lexicon, from a respectable hardworking 'race family', good grades and college, black church deacons, black women teachers, the whole thing. She's expected to date the paster's son. Can sing a little, can rap a little, or sing/rap as popstars do.
Jimmy T. Jr - 17, (white, male) - hates high school but hasnt given up, just doesnt see the benefit. earnest, intense, playful, inventive, dreamer, loves hiphop and loves Drake, colorblind (maybe?), Can sing a little, can rap a little, or sing/rap as popstars do.
Kia B’s Grandmother Pearl, Kia B’s Mother Regina, ½ of Drake, Town Voices (Adult Black female) race woman, church going but in the black rise up community way, not the holy roller way but the conservative values inform her worldview. Expects excellence, no illusions about the world, but not bitter. Sweet. Clear. Can sing a little, can rap a little, or sing/rap as popstars do.
Jimmy T’s father Jimmy Sr., ½ of Drake, Town Voices (Adult White Male) - American, hardworking, mechanically inclined, so much that he collects things to fix, likes the order of things, colorblind, believes in bootstraps, but in a real way, Shapshifter - also plays 1/2 of Drake and Town Voices. Can sing a little, can rap a little, or sing/rap as popstars do.
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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