CIVILIZATION Equity Principal Auditions - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Auditions

SPT

CIVILIZATION – EPAs By Appointment in DC

Washington, DC SPT Tier 8; $457/week minimum

Artistic Director: Howard Shalwitz

Director: Howard Shalwitz

Playwright: Jason Grote

First rehearsal: January, 2012

First preview: February 2012

Opening: February 2012. Close: March 2012

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT

Friday, April 29, 2011 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

10 AM – 6 PM 641 D Street NW’

Lunch from 1 - 2. Washington DC 20004

Prepare a comedic contemporary monologue. Bring picture and resume, stapled together.

For an appointment, contact Joanne Hathway at 202-312-5274 or
joanne@woollymammoth.net, Monday-Friday, 10am-6pm. Please leave a message with your name, contact information, and audition time request. AEA member without appointments will be seen as time permits.

A dark social satire of four friends from grad school facing the dawn of the recession. But while they’re busy planning schemes for love and success, the beasts of agribusiness are closing in.

Place Modern Day, America

Each performer plays a main character, which is presented as basically naturalistic, plus a number of minor characters. The central ensemble are three-dimensional human characters, but the ancillary characters are mostly grotesques.

Seeking:

Zoe:

F, African-American, 30s. An emerging video and film director.

Mike:

M, white, 30s, an academic turned management consultant. Zoe’s husband.

Jade:

F, white, early 20s, Carol’s daughter, also troubled, but a little less.

David:

M, “of color” but not necessarily African-American (probably Latino, Middle Eastern, or South Asian); 30s, an actor.

The following roles have been CAST. Actors will be considered for possible replacements if needed.

Karen:

F, any ethnicity (diversity encouraged); 30s, a desperate, out-of-work actor, into New Age stuff

Big Hog:

Either gender, but this is a male hog. A factory farm pig that wants to be a wild pig.

Carol:

F, white, late 40s/50s, a career waitress. Troubled. Mike’s sister.