COME AGAIN Equity Principal Actors - Equity Library Theatre Auditions

COME AGAIN - Chicago EPA
Equity Library Theatre | Chicago, IL

AUDITION DATE

Monday, July 24, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (C)

CONTRACT

Staged Reading Code
$150 stipend

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in a staged reading of Equity Library Theatre Chicago’s All Access Reading Series - COME AGAIN (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Also, bring your headshot and résumé stapled together.

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center
557 W Randolph St
1st Fl
Chicago, IL 60661

PERSONNEL

Written by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Miche Altman (Director)
Dionne Addai (Asst. Director)
Lin Hart (Dramaturg)
Expected to attend:
Lucy Carapetyan (Casting Director)
Carrie Lee Patterson (Literary Manager)

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals: up to 12 hours of rehearsal
Thursday, September 14th, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Saturday, September 16th, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Sunday, September 17th, 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Monday, September 18th, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Performance:
Monday, September 18th, 7:30 PM (7:00 PM actor call)

OTHER

www.equitylibrarytheatre.org

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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

COME AGAIN

All Access features all-Equity casts reading new plays that center characters who are femme, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and/or people with disabilities.

Synopsis: Miami hospice nurse, Marina Johnson, wakes one day to find a stranger in her apartment telling her she has been tapped to be God’s climate change prophet. A comedy for a species on the brink of self-destruction.

SEEKING:

MARINA JOHNSON (she/her, 20s-30s, not white) Hospice nurse and unwilling prophet.

JESUS (he/him, 33ish, Middle-Eastern) The guy from the bible; capital-C cheerful.

FATHER CARLOS (he/him, 40s-60s, Latino) Pastor of a Catholic Church in Marina’s neighborhood.

GOVERNOR TODD ANDERSON (he/him, 40s-60s, white) Governor of Florida.

RADIO HOST (she/they) A Florida radio host, relatively unfazed by Florida news.

RADIO SCIENTIST (she/they) A climate scientist attempting to remain politically non partisan while relaying a dire message.