Syracuse Stage
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $925 weekly minimum (LORTD)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in EUREKA DAY (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please, submit an electronic photo/resume by 8/06/21. We will invite performers to send in a video audition after reviewing their materials. NOTES: Bass/Valle Casting encourages people of all races, ages, ethnicities, abilities and gender identities to apply.
Deadline: Fri, Aug 6, 2021
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director/Director: Rober M. Hupp
Playwright: Jonathan Spector
Casting: Bass/Valle Casting
Casting Directors: Harriet Bass & Gama Valle
OTHER DATES
CB: In-person 8/26/2021
Production dates:
First Rehearsal: 9/21/21
Opening: 10/15/21
Closing: 10/31/21
OTHER
Syracuse Stage is in residence on the campus of Syracuse University. University policy requires on site employees to be vaccinated. All actors and staff members accepting work from Syracuse Stage must be fully vaccinated or provide written medical or religious exemption documentation prior to arrival in Syracuse.
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
SYNOPSIS:
With a mumps outbreak, a private school in Berkeley, California called Eureka Day, becomes a microcosm of our larger society as Jonathan Spector’s comedy plunges headlong into the knotty issues of vaccines and how we measure private preference against public health and how we decide who gets to decide. Though written pre-Covid, Eureka Day could hardly be more timely or more needed as Spector mines laughter from our foibles while eliciting empathy for our sometimes valiant and sometimes valiantly misguided efforts.
SEEKING:
SUZANNE: female identifying, 40’s-early 50’s, White. A parent. She is very invested in the school and has the easy assurance of privilege. Liberal and vocal. Strong willed and thinks she’s always in the right. From the midwest. Has a home worth three million dollars (though she’ll tell you it was much much much cheaper when they bought) but thinks of herself as “comfortable” rather than “wealthy”.
CARINA: female identifying, early 40’s, Black or biracial Black/White. A parent. Unassuming but very smart. Strong and determined. She starts as an outsider and takes over the program by the end of the play. She’s skilled at landing in a new environment and figuring out the rules. She’s a joiner.
MEIKO: female identifying, late 30’s, biracial Asian/White. A parent. She knits. On the quiet side; keeps her stress inside. A landscape architect, which she’s good at but a little bored by. Would sort of like to have another child but feels like she’s too old to think about doing it alone, again.
ELI: male identifying, late 30’s, White. Jewish or half-Jewish. A parent. A very successful tech millionaire. Confident and used to getting his way. A big puppy dog. An expert pickler, competitive rock climber, manager of family wealth.
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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