Berkeley Repertory Theatre 2019-2020 Season - Berkeley EPA
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mon, May 06, 2019
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
https://meetme.so/BerkeleyRepGenerals to schedule If you are not a resident of the Bay Area, please email Emi at elirman@berkeleyrep.org
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep Minimum - $941/wk
SEEKING
AEA actors for 2019-2020 season
PREPARATION
Please prepare a short monologue OR a short song OR a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of a song. Total audition may not exceed 3 minutes. Accompanist will be provided. Bring headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Berkeley Rep School of Theatre
2071 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
Metered parking on street or garages nearby; near Downtown Berkeley BART.
PERSONNEL
Amy Potozkin, Director of Casting/Artistic Associate
Katie Craddock, Artistic Associate
Emilia Lirman, Bret C. Harte Directing Fellow
OTHER DATES
See breakdown
OTHER
Actors unable to attend this call may submit headshot/resume to:
Amy Potozkin
c/o Berkeley Repertory Theatre
999 Harrison Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
The Great Wave
Roda Theatre– American Premiere
Written by Francis Turnly, Director TBD
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Staging: Saturday, September 7, 2019
First Preview: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Opening: Thursday, September 19, 2019
Closing: Sunday, October 27, 2019
The play takes place in Japan and North Korea during the years 1979 to 2003.
Characters:
Reiko, eighteen to forty two, female.
Etsuko, forty seven to seventy, female.
Hanako, seventeen to forty one, female
Tetsuo, eighteen to forty two, male.
Takeshi, forty nine to fifty one, male. / Jiro, thirty six to forty six, male.
Official, forties to sixties, male.
Jung Sun, eighteen to thirty six, female.
Kum-Chol, twenty six to thirty eight, male.
Hana seven to sixteen, female.
Soldier One
Soldier Two
Culture Clash (Still) in America: (Fully cast).
Peet’s Theatre
Written and performed by Culture Clash: Richard Montoya, Ricardo Salinas, and Herbert Siguenza, Directed by Lisa Peterson
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Staging: Saturday, February 15, 2020
First Preview: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Opening: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Closing: Sunday, April 5, 2020
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Roda Theatre
Written by Jocelyn Bioh, Director TBD
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Staging: Saturday, March 14, 2020
First Preview: Thursday, March 19, 2020
Opening: Thursday, March 26, 2020
Closing: Sunday, May 3, 2020
The play takes plays at the Aburi Girls Boarding School, located in the Aburi Mountains in central Ghana, Africa.
Characters:
PAULINA SARPONG (pronounced PAUL-LEE-NAH / SAAR-PONG) - 18 years old; most popular girl in school and knows it. She is beautiful, talented, vindictive yet somehow loveable.
ERICKA BOAFO (pronounced BWAH-FOH) - 18 years old; Light/fair skin: She is a transfer student and is new to the school. She is enchanting, sweet and elusive. Must be able to sing.
AMA (pronounced AHH-MAH) - 18 years old; the sensible, smart one of Paulina's pack and has the honor of being her best friend. Her loyalty to Paulina is starting to fray and she has to work up towards being the girl who is not afraid to say it like she means it.
NANA (pronounced NAH-NAH) - 16 years old; the quiet, simple and sensitive one of Paulina's pack. She never means any harm and strives to do the right thing. She struggles with her love of food and snacks.
MERCY - 16 years old; the witty sidekick to Gifty and will do and say anything to stay a member of Paulina's pack.
GIFTY - 16 years old; the 'Frick' to Mercy's 'Frack' ; loves being part of Paulina's pack and will do anything to be considered cool.
HEADMISTRESS FRANCIS - 40's ; the Headmistress of Aburi Girls Boarding School; loves her students and will do whatever she can to both uplift and protec them.
ELOISE AMPONSAH (pronounced AMM-PONE-SAAH) - 40's; Extremely poised and well mannered former Miss Ghana 1976. She now is a recruiter for the Miss Ghana Pageant. She speaks with a slightly affected British accent and prides herself in always being a lady.
Swept Away
Peet’s Theatre—World Premiere
Book by John Logan
Music and lyrics by The Avett Brothers
Music arrangements and orchestrations by Chris Miller and Brian Usifer
Directed by Michael Mayer
First Rehearsal: Monday, May 4, 2020
Staging: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
First Preview: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Opening: Thursday, June 25, 2020
Closing: Sunday, August 2, 2020
Characters:
MATE (Male, late 30s): A charismatic devil, a slick con man, a sexy predator. Well-educated and well-travelled, always on the hardest roads. A man with deep reservoirs of emotion. But, above all, a man who has fallen from grace. Folk/rock bari-tenor with edge and grit. Sings to G#. Seeking all ethnicities.
LITTLE BROTHER (Male, late teens – early 20s): A rebellious and searching boy of around 18. He wants more than the farm and the church. He wants all of life, all at once, and to be battered by it. He’s fled his home in search of adventure. Folk tenor with good pop sensibility. Sings to A. Seeking all ethnicities.
BIG BROTHER (Male, early 30s): A few years older, he will do anything to protect his little brother. A man seemingly content with his lot, whatever it may be. Stolid and unimaginative, but pure of heart and good of soul. Folk/rock baritone, can have country/bluegrass sensibility. Sings to G. Seeking all ethnicities.
CAPTAIN (Male, 45-60): Older and melancholy. No illusions and no dreams left. Nearing the end of a long career at sea. Fully incapable of handling the catastrophe which befalls his ship. A small man in a job that requires a giant. Folk baritone with some gravitas and grit. Sings to F#. Seeking all ethnicities.
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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