Actors Theatre of Louisville
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in DRACULA (see breakdown).
Actors Theatre of Louisville is committed to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices in all areas, including casting. Our goal is to create a casting process that is welcoming, absent of intimidation, and serves those auditioning as well as the creative team in the full exploration of the material. Building an environment of mutual trust that upholds our mission to unlock human potential, build community, and enrich quality of life by engaging people in theatre that reflects the wonder and complexity of our time.
INSTRUCTIONS
To request an audition, please complete and submit this form: https://airtable.com/shrzbha7ed9BaatJb by April 5th at 11:59pm EDT. For the audition, please prepare the sides for either Van Helsing or Mina found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13_uY4vyvnkJHIMHEOsVsScsEK-r1z-MI?usp=sharing
Deadline: Thu, Apr 7, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Emily Tarquin, Artistic Producer, Casting Director CSA (They/Them)
Amelia Acosta Powell, Impact Producer, Casting Director CSA (She/Her)
Kavin Moore, Artistic Coordinator, Casting Associate (He/They)
Jennifer Pennington, Director
Dave Anzuelo, Fight & Intimacy Director
Joy Lanceta Coronel, Dialect Coach
OTHER DATES
Auditions will be held via zoom on April 7th from 10am – 6pm EDT.
Callbacks will be held via zoom on April 14th 2pm - 6pm EDT.
First Rehearsal: August 9, 2022
Tech: September 1st, 2022
Open: September 8th, 2022
Close: September 18th, 2022
OTHER
actorstheatre.org
If there are any provisions we can make to enhance and support your audition experience, just let us know. Please reach out through the note section of your breakdown submission or by emailing Kavin Moore, kmoore2@actorstheatre.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
Note: In reference to the descriptions below – these are descriptions of the characters as identified in the script and in collaboration with the creative team. They are not meant to be exhaustive of who should play these roles and we seek to cast expansively and intentionally. We acknowledge the history of systemic exclusionary practices and are working to dismantle barriers to theatre-making and auditioning for performers of all races, ethnicities, national origins, gender expressions, body types, and abilities. We also recognize that most characters are written on the binary (use he/him or she/her pronouns) and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. As an ADA compliant organization, we welcome performers of all abilities. We are prepared to engage interpreters, utilize captioning, and provide any reasonable accommodations and resources needed in order to cast performers with disabilities.
Seeking:
No roles will be understudied.
DOCTOR VAN HELSING (She/Her/Hers, 40s+) A vampire hunter who has been through it. She’s a bit of a know-it-all. She’s prickly. She’s strong. She’s brilliant. She is a badass on the hunt – and 19th century men do not, as a rule, appreciate it. No specific dialect. Black performers encouraged to submit.
MINA HARKER (She/Her/Hers, 20s) Very smart. Caring. Loyal. Wants to do good. Was raised to be a “Lady,” and is thus suppressing an inner fire that erupts throughout the progression of the play. Great emotional depth, good sense of humor. Secretly an adventurer and fighter. RP dialect. BIPOC performers encouraged to submit.
MARILLA (This Role Has Been Cast)
DRUSILLA (This Role Has Been Cast)
RENFIELD (This Role Has Been Cast)
DRACULA (This Role Has Been Cast)
JONATHAN HARKER (This Role Has Been Cast)
DOCTOR GEORGE SEWARD (This Role Has Been Cast)
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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