ETCHED IN SKIN ON A SUNLIT NIGHT
– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Philadelphia
InterAct Theatre Company Philadelphia, PA SPT (approval/salary pending; current weekly minimum: $408). Travel stipend and housing provided.
Producing Artistic Dir: Seth Rozin
Author: Kara Lee Corthron
Stage Dir: Whit MacLaughlin
Dates revised on 6/1/11: 1st reh: 5/8/12. Runs 6/1 – 6/24/12 (Tu, W @ 7, Th – Sa @ 8, Su @ 2).
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Monday, June 13, 2011 The Adrienne Theatre
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM 2030 Sansom Street
Lunch from 1 – 2. Philadelphia PA
For an appointment, contact Seth Rozin at
srozin@interacttheatre.org or 215/568-8077.
Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare a brief (pref. no longer than two-minute) contemporary dramatic monologue.
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled back-to-back.
This intense and theatrical drama about lust, culture clash, and betrayal follows the compelling story of Jules, an African American painter who has fled the US under ambiguous circumstances and embraced a whole new life and family in Iceland. As Barack Obama’s meteoric presidential campaign makes Jules more homesick than ever, her husband presents their bi-racial daughter with a shocking present, and a mysterious visitor shows up at Jules’s studio, causing her to confront her sense of racial and personal identity.
Seeking (all roles are available):
Jules:
African American woman, early 30s. Painter.
Olafur:
Icelandic man, 30s. Stockbroker. Masculine.
Kina:
Bi-racial (African American and Icelandic) girl, age 7. Daughter of Jules and Olafur.
Jonsi:
Icelandic man, 20s. Rock band leader. Androgynous.
Warton:
African American man, 20s. Not fully formed.
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