CATCO 2023-24 Season Equity Principal Actors - Contemporary Theatre of Ohio Auditions

CATCO 2023-24 Season - Columbus EPA
Contemporary Theatre of Ohio | Columbus, OH

AUDITION DATE

Friday, May 19, 2023
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 12:00-1:00pm

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an Equity appointment, email casting@catco.org or call 614-453-4603
Monday through Friday 10am-5pm.

CONTRACT

SPT
$394 weekly minimum (Tier 3)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in CATCO 2023-24
Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Be prepared to share a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue. You may also sing a brief cut from a selection of a musical theatre or a pop song if you wish. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring sheet music in a binder.

LOCATION

Riffe Center Studio Theatre
77 S High St
Columbus, OH 43215-6108
Studio 3; 4th floor. Street parking & Statehouse parking garage available.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:
Leda Hoffmann, Artistic Director/Director
Summit J. Starr, Casting Director

OTHER DATES

See production dates in breakdown.

OTHER

catco.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.

BREAKDOWN

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.

POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

By Selina Fillinger, Directed by Leda Hoffmann
First rehearsal – August 21st, 2023
Opening – September 23rd, 2023
Closing – October 8th, 2023

Seeking:

Harriet (she/her) 40s-60s, any ethnicity. Chief of Staff.

Jean (she/her) 30s-50s, any ethnicity, Press Secretary.

Stephanie (she/her) 20s-60s, any ethnicity, Presidential secretary.

Dusty (she/her) 20s-30s, any ethnicity, The President’s secret lover.

Bernadette (she/her) 30s-60s, white, The President’s sister.

Chris (she/her) 20s-40s, Black, a journalist.

Margaret (she/her) 40s-60s, Black, The First Lady.

Good Grief

By Ngozi Anyanwu, Directed by Shanelle Marie and Alan Tyson
First rehearsal – October 10th, 2023
Opening – November 24th, 2023
Closing – November 19th, 2023

Seeking:

Nkechi or N, also Artemis (she/her) 20s, Black/African descent. Our heroine. First-generation Nigerian.

Matthew Jason George or MJG, also Orion (he/him) 20s, mixed race. Our tragic hero. Slacker, thinker,
dreamer.

Bro, also Apollo (he/him) 20s-30s, Black/African descent. N's big brother, wannabe hood philosopher.

Papa, also Zeus (he/him) 40s-60s, Black/African descent. N's father, pragmatic Nigerian/Igbo man.

Nene, also Leto (she/her) 40s-60s, Black/African descent. Psych student, nurse, N's mother... in that
order.

JD, also Eros (he/him) 20s, any ethnicity. Boy from up the street. Realistic. Privileged, popular, but a
good guy.

MJ’s Mom, also Neptune (she/her) 40s-60s, any ethnicity. In mourning. & NEIGHBOR’S MOM -
bearer of bad news.

A Christmas Carol

By Greg Oliver Bodine, Directed by Leda Hoffmann
First rehearsal-- December 12th, 2023
Opening--December 16th, 2023
Closing--December 23rd, 2023

Role cast:

Charles Dickens, Congenial and worldly, with a theatrical flair. ROLE CAST.

Skeleton Crew

By Dominique Morisseau, Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell
First rehearsal – February 6th, 2024
Opening – March 2nd, 2024
Closing – March 17th, 2024

Seeking:

Faye (she/her) 50s-60s, Black. Working-class. Tough and a lifetime. Somewhere, deep compassion.
Dez (he/him) 20s-30s, Black. Working-class. Hustler, playful, street-savvy, flirtatious. Somewhere,
deeply sensitive.
Shanita (she/her) 20s-30s, Black. Working-class. Hard-working. By-the-books. Pregnant. Somewhere,
a beautiful dreamer.
Reggie (he/him) 30s/40s, Black. White-collar. Studious. Compassionate. The Foreman. Somewhere, a
fire brims.

Ride the Cyclone

Music & Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, Directed by Leda Hoffmann
First rehearsal – March 19th, 2024
Opening – April 20th, 2024
Closing – May 5th, 2024

Seeking:

Karnak (he/him) any age, any ethnicity, non-singing role.
The narrator. A mechanical fortune-telling machine.

Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg (she/her), late teens, any ethnicity – Belter, Alto/Soprano
Ambitious, “the most successful girl in town”, high school president, straight A student.

Mischa Bachinski (he/him), late teens, any ethnicity – Rapper/Folksinger, Baritone
Ukranian, filled with rage and passion, “the angriest boy in town”. But also, a sincere romantic.

Noel Gruber (he/him), late teens, any ethnicity – Smooth cabaret voice, Tenor
Lover of French New Wave Cinema, dreams of being a femme fatale.

Ricky Potts (he/him), late teens, any ethnicity – Rock voice, Baritone
“The most imaginative boy in town” whose greatest wish is to make love in outer space.

Constance Blackwood (she/her), late teens, any ethnicity – Rock voice, Alto
“Nicest girl in town”, self-deprecating humor, townie.

Jane Doe (she/her), late teens, any ethnicity – Classical/Operatic voice, Soprano
Decapitated, identity-less, unsure of her past, moves like a marionette with broken strings.