AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY - Submit for NYC Appointments Repertory Theatre of St Louis | Saint Louis, MO
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (see breakdown).
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is committed to anti-racism and anti-oppression practices in all areas, including casting. We acknowledge histories of systemic exclusionary practices and will continue to dismantle barriers to theatre-making and to auditioning for actors of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender identities or expressions, body types, and abilities.
For consideration, please submit your headshot and resume to the following link by September 20th:
https://forms.gle/oGP4fr1wew5TxgyK7
Deadline: 09/20/2023
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Producer: Becks Redmond
Director: Amelia Acosta Powell
Playwright: Tracy Letts
Casting Director: JZ Casting
Rehearsal: Feb 20, 2024
Preview: Mar 19, 2024
Opening: Mar 22, 2024
Closing: April 7, 2024
Extension: April 14, 2024
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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.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
[VIOLET WESTON] she/her, sixty-five years old, white-presenting. Bev’s wife. Addicted to pills. Her lucidity ranges from perfect to nearly incoherent. She has had a hard life, and her resentment shows up with incisive sharpness towards her family. Her malicious comments always hit home because, pills or no, she is highly intelligent and observant.
[BARBARA FORDHAM] she/her, forty-six years old, white-presenting. Bev and Violet’s daughter. The oldest sister, she feels responsible for the family in the specific way an eldest daughter does. The boundary she has attempted to maintain between her life and her family’s is crumbling and the resulting vulnerability brings out her worst self. NOTE: This role involves some fight choreography.
[IVY WESTON] she/her, forty-four years old, white presenting. Bev and Violet’s daughter. Years of sacrificing her own desires in service of her parents and taking her mother’s vitriol have left her unsentimental and cynical. She’s not necessarily resentful, she’s just made a decision not to sacrifice anymore and to free herself. NOTE: This role involves some intimacy (kissing).
[MATTIE FAY AIKEN] she/her, fifty-seven years old, white presenting. Violet’s sister. A bit softer around the edges than Violet, but she’s still a tough woman who’s been through a lot. Like her sister, she also takes out her disappointments on her own child, Little Charles. NOTE: this role self-describes or gets described by others as “fat” multiple times in the play.
[LITTLE CHARLES AIKEN] he/him, thirty-seven years old, white presenting. Mattie Fay’s son. Though he demonstrates arrested development, it seems to be largely a self-fulfilling prophecy projected upon him by his mother. He is a well-meaning, if not especially courageous man who can be sweet, gentle, and loyal. NOTE: This role involves some intimacy (kissing).
[JOHNNA MONEVATA] she/her, twenty-six years old, Cheyenne (Indigenous, Native American). The Westons’ housekeeper. Self-possessed, observant, and grounded. She does not let the Weston bullshit ruffle her. She does have an ethical line, though, and when behavior crosses that line she is compelled to intervene. NOTE: This character’s indigenous identity is discussed ignorantly and disrespectfully by other characters at points in the play. Also, this role involves some fight choreography.
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