FIREFLIES and BLUE RIDGE - NYC EPA
Atlantic Theater Company
AUDITION DATE
Fri, Jun 29, 2018
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $690/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the following two productions:
FIREFLIES and
BLUE RIDGE.
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Actors should prepare a brief contemporary dramatic or darkly comic monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Atlantic Theater Administrative Offices & Studios
76 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011
5th floor
PERSONNEL
Atlantic Personnel:
Artistic Director, Neil Pepe
Associate Artistic Director, Annie MacRae
Director of New Play Development, Abigail Katz
Artistic Associate, David Mendizábal
Attending:
Director of New Play Development, Abigail Katz
Artistic Associate, David Mendizábal
OTHER DATES
see breakdown
Both productions will take place in Atlantic Theater Company’s main stage, the Linda Gross Theater at 336 West 20th Street.
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
FIREFLIES
By Donja R. Love
Directed by Saheem Ali
SCHEDULE:
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Tech: Saturday, September 22 – Tuesday, September 25, 2018
1st Performance: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Opening: Monday, October 15, 2018
Closing: Sunday, November 11, 2018 (possible one week extension)
Seeking:
W:
Black, early 30’s; She’s weary – it’s as if she’s carrying the weight of this fiery world. She writes a lot, she smokes a lot, she stares off a lot, she hears bombs a lot.
M:
Black, early 30’s; Olivia’s husband, he’s a preacher. Though he drinks a lot, it’s something about him that we like – that makes us feel like he’s the type of man that can lead people through the smoke and into the promise land.
Location: Somewhere down South, Fall, 1963
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BLUE RIDGE
By Abby Rosebrock
Directed by Taibi Magar
SCHEDULE:
1st Rehearsal: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Tech: Saturday, December 8 – Tuesday, December 11, 2018
1st Performance: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Opening: Monday, January 7, 2019
Closing: Sunday, January 27, 2019 (possible one week extension)
Seeking:
Alison:
Around 40, white, passionate spitfire high-school English teacher from the rural south. Determined to be reinstated in her old job after committing an act of vandalism that was maybe understandable given the circumstances. Spends immense energy keeping unconscious shame and half-conscious rage at bay. So charming that not even she tends to realize how much she steamrolls people. CAST
Grace: 40s-early 50s, woman of color (can be African-American, Latinx, Asian-American, Middle Eastern-American, Native American or any combination of these) from the rural South. Co-runs a church-sponsored halfway house with humor and great social finesse. Wants to foster community and compassion in a punishing world; despite her shrewdness, opts to see the best in others, sometimes at the expense of acknowledging tensions within herself and her environment.
Cherie: around 40, African-American woman from the suburban South. Former high-school teacher looking into a career in social work. Has worked to excel at the challenges of twelve-step recovery; others in recovery look up to her. Doing her best to maintain integrity and self-respect as she navigates a complicated romantic entanglement.
Wade: 30s, biracial male guitar player from the rural South. Doing well in a twelve-step recovery program but still has a habit of burying deep resentment and manufacturing friendliness to cope with unacknowledged childhood wounds. Funny, flirtatious, a gentleman. (Must be comfortable playing guitar.)
Cole:
mid-30s, white, army vet from the rural South. Laconic, conscientious, humbled by life. At his rock bottom.
Hern:
40s-early 50s, white, beloved Protestant minister from the rural South. Has dedicated his life to service and a progressive social mission; still has deep personal wounds to examine and heal.
Location: a small town in the mountains of Southern Appalachia
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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