Aurora Theatre Company 2023-24 Season Equity Principal Actors - Aurora Theatre Company Auditions

Aurora Theatre Company 2023-24 Season - Berkeley, CA EPA Aurora Theatre Company | Berkeley, CA

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AUDITION DATE

Friday, May 26, 2023

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)

Lunch 12:00 PM -1:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please go to:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944AAA722A4F4C34-aurora .

Once you have scheduled your appointment, please fill out the audition form at: https://bit.ly/3LZdQ3W .

CONTRACT

Bay Area Theatre

$689 weekly minimum (Tier 4)

SEEKING

Equity actors for Aurora Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season general audition (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare 1 or 2 contrasting monologues for a total time of up to 3 minutes. Please also bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

BREAKDOWN

LOCATION

Shotgun Studios

1201 University Ave

Berkeley, CA 94703

There will be signage on the door and a waiting room with a sign-up sheet when you arrive.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Casting Director, Kieran Beccia

Artistic Director, Josh Costello

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

www.auroratheatre.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.

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Aurora Theatre Company 2023-24 Season

BORN WITH TEETH

by Liz Duffy Adams

Directed by Josh Costello

First rehearsal: August 8, 2023

Previews begin: September 1, 2023

Opening night: September 7, 2023

Closes: October 1, 2023

SEEKING:

Will Shakespeare: male, 20s/30s

Kit Marlowe: male, 20s/30s

1984

an adaptation by Michael Gene Sullivan adapted from the book by George Orwell Directed by Barbara Damashek

First rehearsal: October 17, 2023

Previews begin: November 10, 2023

Opening night: November 16, 2023

Closes: December 10, 2023

SEEKING:

Winston: male, 30s-40s

O'Brien: probably male, 40s-60s

Party Member 1: any age/sex/race

Party Member 2: any age/sex/race

Party Member 3: any age/sex/race

Party Member 4: any age/sex/race

MANAHATTA

by Mary Kathryn Nagle

Directed by Shannon R. Davis

First rehearsal: January 16, 2024

Previews begin: February 9, 2024

Opening night: February 15, 2024

Closes: March 10, 2024

SEEKING:

Jane/Lelewayou: woman, Indigenous

Joe/Jakob: male

Bobbie/Mother: woman, Indigenous

Debra/Tooshkipakwisi: woman, Indigenous

Luke/Sekettumayqua: male, Indigenous

Michael/Jonas: male

Dick/Peter: male

BLUE DOOR

by Tanya Barfield

Directed by Darryl V. Jones

First rehearsal: March 26, 2024

Previews begin: April 19, 2024

Opening night: April 25, 2024

Closes: May 19, 2024

SEEKING:

Lewis: Black, male, 50s

Simon/Jesse/Rex: Black, male, 20s/30s

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT

by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell & Gordon Farrell adapted from the book by John D’Agata & Jim Fingal

Directed by Jessica Holt

First rehearsal: May 28, 2024

Previews begin: June 21, 2024

Opening night: June 27, 2024

Closes: July 21, 2024

SEEKING:

John: male, 50s, any race/ethnicity

Emily: woman, 40s/50s, any race/ethnicity

Jim: male, 20s, any race/ethnicity