City Theatre Company, Inc.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in City Theatre Company's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
City Theatre is committed to diversity in all of its forms. We encourage actors of all backgrounds to audition.
At time of employment, City Theatre is requiring all employees, artists, and volunteers to demonstrate proof of Covid-19 full vaccination as defined by the CDC and/or legally allowable exemptions.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Upload your video audition to YouTube as an unlisted video (Vimeo or similar video sharing sites that allow securely shareable links are also acceptable) and provide a link for viewing. Please do not share via WeTransfer, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Please email your video submission link and your headshot/resume with the subject line: FULL ACTOR NAME/CITY THEATRE COMPANY EPA SUBMISSION.
Deadline: Mon, May 16, 2022
SUBMIT TO
epa.submission@mccorklecasting.com
PERSONNEL
Co-Artistic Director: Marc Masterson
Co-Artistic Director: Clare Drobot
Co-Artistic Director: Monteze Freeland
Managing Director: James McNeel
Casting: McCorkle Casting
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.citytheatrecompany.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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please prepare a contemporary monologue. Please limit your video submission to 3 minutes maximum. This time limit includes your slate (your name, name of play and character you will be performing).
SELF TAPE SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR AUDITION
- Framing your shot helps. Please make sure your phone/device is in landscape format and not portrait position.
- Make sure the lighting is sufficient. Non-incandescent, bright white lighting that includes some diffusion (non-direct, soft) is best.
- The sound is important. Please make sure if using a reader that YOU are easily heard. An external mic (Lavalier) plugs into your device, is economical and sounds great.
- Your background is clean. Please be aware of what's behind you. A busy or dark background can distract the viewer/listener.
- Keep the slate separate from the actual audition. Slates can be your headshot or your live introduction, whichever you prefer.
Please feel free to listen to our podcast (2 episodes, 20 minutes each) on video auditions:
Part one https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-4et4x-927236
Part two https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-xqe4n-92de4c
No roles will be understudied.
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Director: Monteze Freeland
Dates:
First rehearsal: August 30th
Tech: September 20th
1st Preview: September 24th
Opening: September 30th
Closing: October 16th
SEEKING:
CLYDE - Late 30’s - 50’s. Black woman. Great comedic chops. With a foul-mouthed dominance, she advertises that she is the only boss to hire incarcerated folks because she was incarcerated herself too. According to her the individual that tried to hurt her is not “around” anymore. She does not believe in pity and presents herself with tight fitted dresses and a fiery attitude to complete the outfit.
MONTRELLOUS - 40’s-late 50’s. Black man. Mindful. Served many years in prison. Elder figure and has a saintly presence to him. He is Zen like and kind to others but has some hints of pain in his eyes.
RAFAEL - Mid-late 20’s. Latinx man. Formerly incarcerated. A romantic. Loves food. He held up a bank with a BB gun only because he wanted to buy a dog for his girlfriend but is huggable all at the same time.
LETITIA - Mid-late 20’s. Black woman. Recently released from prison. She is smart, sharp, and heavily defensive. Sold a little addy and oxy on the side in her hay day. She is a single mother of a disabled child.
JASON - Mid-twenties to early 30’s. White man. Working class. Funny. Served 8 years in prison and is covered with white supremacy tattoos. Although he has a rough exterior, he transforms to someone new
The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler
Director: Colette Robert
Dates:
First rehearsal: November 1st
Tech: November 20th
Previews: November 26th
Opening: December 2nd
Closing: December 18th
SEEKING:
ESTHER - mid-20s-early 30s; female. Orthodox Jewish. At first, she feels young, impressionable, eager and yet no-nonsense too. She dreams of exploring the world outside of her immediate faith and community.
SCHMULI - 30s – formal, not totally comfortable in his skin, also Orthodox; has the capacity for deep, surprising emotion; he is a deeply gentle person. Schmuli is committed to his faith and marriage. He is a devout follower and is uncomfortable with challenging morals or authority.
ABE – mid 30s-early 40s; male, Caucasian, Jewish. An intellectual who knows he’s an intellectual, enjoys seducing with language, a bit pretentious but charming and not without humor and self-awareness/self-deprecation. He feels this sense of forbidden attraction to Julia and can’t pull away from the ego boost it gives him.
SOPHIE – mid 30s-early 40s, female; half Caucasian/Jewish and half African American. Abe’s wife. Dry, intelligent, and world-weary. She has put her husband and children’s needs ahead of her own and is looking to find her voice.
JULIA CHEEVER – mid 30s -early 40s –a movie star with an abundance of outward charm and confidence and an easy laugh; she is poised and polished, but vulnerability creeps in on occasion. She is a high-profile celebrity that is taken with Abe’s personality. She is flirty and is not afraid to show interest in subtle ways.
What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck
Director: Marc Masterson
Dates:
First rehearsal: December 28th
Tech: January 17th
Opening: January 21st
Previews: January 27th
Closing: February 12th
SEEKING:
HEIDI - Middle aged woman. Funny and bold storyteller. Exuberant and charismatic debater fighting for change. Her passion shines through with every word that is uttered. She places importance on fighting for what is right and takes a strong stance on equality while reminiscing on her past.
MIKE/LEGIONNAIRE - The quirky moderator of the debate. Largely silent, unsmiling presence and watchful. He is stoic, but is supportive of what the debaters are expressing.
Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias
Director: Marc Masterson
Dates:
First rehearsal: February 14th
Tech: March 5th
Previews: March 11th
Opening: March 17th
Closing: April 2nd
SEEKING:
TANIA DEL VALLE - early 30’s; Mexican-American woman; smart, likable, positive, passionate, highly-energized. Pregnant PHD candidate and gardener in the thick of identity experiments for her doctoral dissertation in anthropology. She is truly fighting for the American dream and finally achieves it with the purchase of their home and is so enthusiastic about this fixer upper.
PABLO DEL VALLE - early 30’s; Chilean man; smart, likeable, ambitious. Pablo is a lawyer with dreams of making partner at his new firm—an ambition that gives him the idea of inviting his entire 60-person firm to their not-yet-fixed-up fixer upper. He is a supportive and extremely loving husband to Tania and has normal fears/dreams of being a first-time Dad.
VIRGINA BUTLEY - 60 to mid-70's; white woman; smart, likable, assertive, direct, no-nonsense engineer. Her and her husband (Frank) have been living alone in this house for decades since their son moved out.
FRANK BUTLEY - 60 to mid-70's; white man, smart, likable, excitable, caring, detail-oriented federal employee and gardener. He hopes that his perfectly executed garden will rid him of his chronic stress and win him an award from Potomac Horticultural Society.
American Fast by Kareem Fahmy
Director: TBD
Dates:
First rehearsal: April 4th
Tech: April 24th
Previews: April 29th
Opening: May 3rd
Closing: May 21st
SEEKING:
KHADY - [pronounced “Katie”]—A 21-year-old Middle Eastern American woman. A college senior. A point guard on her school's Division 1 basketball team. Headstrong and enjoys the spotlight but caught between duty to her family and winning on her terms.
GABE - A 20-year-old Black man. A college junior. A forward on his school’s Division 1 basketball team and Khady’s super supportive boyfriend. He is kind and loving but has gotten fed up with Khady’s inconsistencies and lies. Tries to help while she cracks under pressure.
COACH - A Black woman, 40s. The passionate coach of the women’s basketball team and a former player herself. She is Khady’s mentor, cheerleader, and toughest critic. She pushes Khady to be the best because she knows what she is capable of.
SUZAN [pronounced “Suzanne”] - Middle Eastern woman, late 40s. Khady's mother. She was born in Egypt, so she speaks with an accent. She is devoutly Muslim but does not wear a headscarf. She has a deep love for Khady and holds her to a high standard. Tough, but caring, she has immense pride in her daughter.
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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