BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE and OLEANNA Submission - Riverside Theatre Inc. Auditions

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE AND OLEANNA - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Riverside Theatre Inc.

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep $1,064 weekly minimum (LORT B+)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE and OLEANNA (see breakdown).

Riverside Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity will be extended to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or any other status protected under applicable Federal, State or Local law.

Riverside Theatres’ core values are at the forefront of all that we do – Ensemble Staffing; Pursuit of Perfection; Community Leadership. Valuing cultural, intellectual, and experience-based diversity, being inclusive when meeting the needs of the staff and audience, and pursuing perfection enables us to provide a welcoming, safe, and creative environment for all that participate.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare a monologue of your choice in the style of or from one of the plays. Email your headshot/resume and video submission.

Deadline: Mon, Aug 1, 2022

SUBMIT TO

riversideEPA@riversidetheatre.com

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Allen D. Cornell
Managing Director: Jon R Moses
Company Manager: Laura Scott
Director: Allen D. Cornell
Casting: Wojcik Casting Team

Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Scott Wojcik
Casting Director: Holly Buczek (CSA)
Casting Director: Nick Ferrao

OTHER DATES

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
1st Rehearsal: 10/4/22
Opening: 10/24/22
Closing: 11/13/22

OLEANNA
1st Rehearsal: 2/28/23
Opening: 3/21/23
Closing: 4/9/23

OTHER

As of October 1, 2021, Producer has a mandatory COVID 19 vaccination policy for employment. All hired agrees to be fully vaccinated two weeks prior to departure to Vero Beach and abide by all Equity, USA, SDC, and Riverside Theatre COVID safety procedures during employment.

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

No roles will be understudied.

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, by Leonard Gershe

Director: Allen D. Cornell

TIME PERIOD: Early 1970s

SEEKING:

Don Baker - early twenties. Sings and plays guitar. (doesn’t have to be James Taylor but good enough so we believe he could actually get a gig). Physically attractive. Sensitive. Strong willed. Blind since birth.

Jill Tanner - early twenties. Flighty free spirit. Sexy and funny in an unconscious way.

Mrs. Baker - upper middle class. Late forties- mid fifties. Doting mom. Sophisticated. Wry sense of humor.

Ralph Austin - Late twenties to early forties. Wannabe “auteur“. Rather clueless.

OLEANNA, by David Mamet

Director: Chris Clavelli

TIME PERIOD: Early 90’s

SEEKING:

Note: Actors should justify their characters' behavior, not comment on it.

[JOHN] (40s – 50s) A dynamic college professor on the verge of receiving tenure and a raise. Magnetic personality and verbose. He spends most of the early part of the play waxing eloquently about himself and very little time actually listening. Transforms from a verbose, confident, academic to a man who has lost everything. Facile, great on his feet, and able to turn on a dime. Great with text and finding the humor in the play.

[CAROL] (early – mid 20s) A college student who is initially seemingly naive and extremely anxious and failing her professor’s course. At the start she is unable to express herself clearly and feels incompetent. However, she transforms from a shrinking violet into a callous, well spoken, young woman who possesses great clarity. Facile, great on her feet ,and able to turn on a dime. Great with text and finding the humor in the play.

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.