Court Theatre 2017 Season - Chicago EPA Days
Court Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Mar 20, 2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Mar 21, 2017
10:00 am - 4:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 12:30 - 1:30 PM
APPOINTMENTS
AEA Members may schedule an appointment through the Member Portal beginning Monday, March 13.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$650/wk minimum
SEEKING
Male and female Actors for the upcoming production of GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER and ALL MY SONS. Please see breakdown for more information.
PREPARATION
Please prepare two Contrasting Monologues - 3 Minutes total audition. Bring headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Court Theatre Rehearsal Hall
5608 S. Sony Island Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Enter at Northeast corner of the building, door will be marked.
PERSONNEL
Charles Newell, Director ALL MY SONS / Marti Lyons, Director GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNE
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
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
ALL MY SONS
First Rehearsal – December 12, 2017
First Tech – January 5 2018
First Preview – January 11, 2018
Opening – January 20, 2018
Closing – February 11, 2018
Possible Extension – February 18, 2018
Kate Keller (Mother) — Joe Keller’s wife, Chris Keller’s Mother. 60, maternal, protective of her family.
Ann Deever — 26, daughter of Joe Keller’s former partner, Chris Keller’s fiancé, former fiancé of Chris’s older brother (presumed dead by all but Kate). All ethnicities encouraged to audition.
George Deever — 31, is Ann’s older brother: a successful New York lawyer and WWII veteran, and a childhood friend of Chris Keller. He initially believed in his father’s guilt, but upon visiting him in jail, realizes his innocence and becomes enraged at the Kellers for deceiving him. All ethnicities encouraged to audition.
Jim Bayliss — 50- 60. Jim is a successful doctor, but is frustrated with the stifling domesticity of his life. He wants to become a medical researcher, but continues in his job as it pays the bills. All ethnicities encouraged to audition.
Sue Bayliss — 50- 60. Sue is Jim's wife: needling and dangerous but affectionate, she too is a friend of the Keller family
Bert — 7-9 years old. Bert is a little boy who lives in the neighborhood; he is friends with the Bayliss' son Tommy and frequently visits the Kellers' yard to play jail with Joe.
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
First Rehearsal – February 13, 2018
First Tech – March 9, 2018
First Preview – March 15, 2018
Opening – March 24, 2018
Closing – April 15, 2018
Possible Extension – April 22, 2018
MATILDA BINKS (55), black. “Tillie” has worked twenty-seven years as
a domestic for the Draytons
HILARY ST. GEORGE (43), white. Associate Director of the Drayton Gallery
CHRISTINA DRAYTON (64), white. Runs the Drayton Gallery
MATT DRAYTON (67), white. Publisher of San Francisco newspaper, The Guardian
JOANNA DRAYTON (23), white. “Joey” recently interned for a medical research hospital in Hawaii
DOCTOR JOHN PRENTICE (37), black. A medical research doctor
MONSIGNOR RYAN (75), white. Longtime family friend of the Draytons
JOHN PRENTICE SR (63), black. Schoolteacher
MARY PRENTICE (59), black. Department store clerk
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 audition.
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