San Francisco Mime Troupe
CONTRACT
LOA $693 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors for possible replacement roles in BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare one monologue no longer than 2 minutes showcasing physical movement and comedy. Please choose material that shows off your physical skills as well as any other skills you wish to showcase. Email your headshot/resume and video submission link.
Deadline: Thu, Jun 23, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
General Manager/Collective member: Ellen Callas
SFMT Collective: Velina Brown, Elen Callas, Keiko Carreiro, Marie Cartier, Lisa Hori-Garcia, Taylor Gonzalez, Daniel Savio, Michael Gene Sullivan
OTHER DATES
Opens: July 2, 2022
Closes: September 8, 2022
OTHER
www.sfmt.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
SEEKING:
ALL OF THE CHARACTERS LIVE IN AN URBAN RATHER THAN SUBURBAN SETTING:
RALPH - MIDDLE-AGED, WORKING-CLASS MAN. LAID-OFF BUS DRIVER, NOW USES FAMILY CAR TO DRIVE FOR UBER. MARRIED TO ALICE.
ALICE - MIDDLE-AGED, WORKING-CLASS WOMAN. LOST HER JOB AS A BARTENDER AT A CASINO, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER. MARRIED TO RALPH.
ZOE - EARLY TWENTIES COLLEGE STUDENT. NIHILISTIC, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE. ASSUMES THE WORST. SPLITS TIME BETWEEN SCHOOL AND INTERNSHIP AT COMMUNITY CENTER. (AN INTERNSHIP SHE GOT BEFORE SHE LOST ALL HOPE. SHE IS NOW JUST DOING IT FOR CREDIT.) THE CHILD OF RALPH AND ALICE.
BOOK - AGELESS. BOOK APPEARS TO BE AN ECCENTRIC UNHORSED PERSON, APPARENTLY LIVING WITHOUT MEANS OR PLACE. NOT SHABBY BUT DRESSED FOR ACTION. KINDA LIKE HARRISON FORD IN BLADE RUNNER. ACTUALLY A TIME TRAVELLER. WITH A BACKPACK.
THOMAS H. EMERSON - THIRTIES-EARLY FORTIES. IN THE PRESENT APPEARS TO BE A FORWARD-THINKING CEO WITH FRESH SOLUTIONS, BUT IS ACTUALLY A ROBBER BARON FROM THE 1880’S WHO HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE PRESENT.
FOOD KID - TWENTIES. A DISGRUNTLED FAST-FOOD EMPLOYEE.
AGITATOR - AN ANTI-CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVIST.
DENNIS - AN UNHOUSED PERSON, AND HIGH-SCHOOL CHUM OF ALICE.
TAINTWORTHY - FIFTIES. A ROBBER BARON OF THE 1880’S.
COP - A COP.
BUTLER - AN 1880’S BUTLER.
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.
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