First Stage 2023-24 Season Equity Principal Actors - First Stage Milwaukee, Incorporated Auditions

First Stage 2023-24 Season - Milwaukee EPA First Stage Milwaukee, Incorporated | Milwaukee, WI

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AUDITION DATE

Monday, April 3, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)

No break scheduled.

APPOINTMENTS

Please schedule an appointment by reaching out to Jeff Frank, 414-267-2981,

auditions@firststage.org, Monday through Friday 9-5

CONTRACT

TYA

$574 weekly minimum

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in First Stage 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare 3 minutes total. Please prepare a monologue and a song (if you would llike to be considered for a musical.)

LOCATION

Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

325 W. Walnut Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

Limited parking available in lot. Street parking available.

PERSONNEL

See production specific personnel in breakdown.

OTHER DATES

See production specific dates in breakdown.

OTHER

A NOTE from First Stage and our Belonging, Equity, Access and Diversity (BEAD) Committee:

At First Stage we recognize that our audiences connect more deeply with our work when they see themselves on stage. To that end, we will list race/ethnicity/ability when specific to the character and/or story but are otherwise seeking all races, ethnicities and abilities. Additionally, while most characters we currently encounter in scripts are written with binary pronouns (he/him or she/her), our casting

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Holding/Audition room information:

The audition room can accommodate no more than 15 individuals at a time.

The holding room can accommodate no more than 20 individuals at a time.

A NOTE from First Stage and our Belonging, Equity, Access and Diversity (BEAD) Committee: At First Stage we recognize that our audiences connect more deeply with our work when they see themselves on stage. To that end, we will list race/ethnicity/ability when specific to the character and/or story but are otherwise seeking all races, ethnicities and abilities. Additionally, while most characters we currently encounter in scripts are written with binary pronouns (he/him or she/her), our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible. We invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles which they most interest them. (adopted from language originally created by Kevin Kantor and Emily Trarquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville)

Dream Quickie, Dream

Based on the books and life of Donald Driver

Adapted by Gloria Bond Clunie

Directed by Dimonte Henning

Rehearsal Dates:

Sept. 9 – Oct. 5,

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 Performance Dates:

Oct. 6 through Oct. 29 plus potential for added performances through Nov. 5

Seeking:

Daddy (Donald): a new dad! Male. Football Champion late 20s/early 30s. Black. Quickie as an adult. Also, may double as Coach Martin - Tough coach, but a strong motivator.

Quickie’s Mom/Mama/Ms. Faye: Black. Female. late 20s, early 30s. Plays Donald’s Mom, Quickie’s Mom and Ms. Faye – one of Donald’s teachers at school.

Mr. Peters/Donald’s Dad – Black. 60s. Male. The patriarch of the neighborhood. A wise soul, quick to offer advice and support. A fan of the local football team. Also, may double as Coach Martin - Tough coach, but a strong motivator.

The Forgotten Girl, by India Hill Brown

Adapted by Idris Goodwin

Directed by Jon Royal

Rehearsal Dates:

Sept. 23 – Oct. 19

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 Performance Date:

Oct. 20 – Nov. 12 with a potential extension through Nov. 19

Seeking:

DADDY also MR. HAMMOND and CAMERAMAN: Black 30s/40s. Male. Nurturing and supportive, but busy with work and their youngest child.

MAMA also SAMANTHA: Black 30s/40s. Female. Strong and clear with expectations

SUGA: Black. Female. 60s. One of the elders in the community. Prone to stories and superstitions. Seemingly irrational fear of the snow. Has suffered much loss and pain in her life.

The Lightning Thief

Book by Joe Tracz

Music and lyrics Rob Rokicki

Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Directed by Jeff Frank

Choreographer TBD

Rehearsal Dates:

Jan. 3 – Feb. 2

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 Performance Dates:

Feb. 3 – Feb. 25, 2024 with a potential extension through Mar. 10, 2024

Seeking:

All roles open to all backgrounds and abilities. All roles require strong and versatile character creation and high-level singing and dancing.

MR. D, aka Dionysus, male 30s/40s - god of wine, snarky camp director/GABE UGLIANO, Percy's foul stepfather/ARES, god of war, rock star in leather pants/MINOTAUR, half-man half-bull/CHARON, ferryman to the Underworld.

LUKE, son of Hermes, male, late teens/early 20s cool camp counselor.

SALLY JACKSON, Percy’s hard-working mother. Female. 30s./MRS. DODDS, a Fury posing as a substitute algebra teacher/THE ORACLE, a hippie mummy/AUNTY EM, aka Medusa, avid sculptor/ CHIMERA

MR. BRUNNER aka CHIRON, wise centaur, part-time Latin teacher. Male. 30s/40s/POSEIDON, god of the sea, salty beach bum/HADES, god of the dead, aging rock star type/KRONOS, a voice in a pit/CYCLOPS/BUS DRIVER/UBER DRIVER

Elephant and Piggie “We Are In A Play”

Book and Lyrics by Mo Willems

Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma

Directed by Michelle LoRicco

Choreographer TBD

Rehearsal Dates:

Jan. 27 – Feb. 22, 2024

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 Performance Dates:

Feb. 23 – Mar. 17 with a potential extension through Mar. 24

Seeking:

All roles open to all backgrounds and ages. Roles require strong singers and dancers. ELEPHANT: Male. Gerald is concerned, fretful. Wound a bit tight, but big-hearted. PIGGIE: Female. Freewheeling, up for anything. Optimist. Happy-go-lucky. Caring.

Show TBA

Rehearsal Dates:

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 Mar. 2 – April 5, 2024

Performance Dates:

April 6 – May 5, 2024 – potential extension through May 19

Escape From Peligro Island by Finegan Kruckemeyer

Directed by Jeff Frank

Rehearsal Dates:

Wednesday through Friday 4-8:30pm, Saturday 12:30-4 or 5-8:30, Sunday 10-1:30 or 2:30-6 April 6 – May 9

Performance Dates:

May 10 – June 2 potential extension through June 9

Seeking:

Ensemble: Any backgrounds and/or abilities. 1 male, 1 female to play an assortment of bold and committed, highly physical characters. Consummate, nimble performers prepared for wherever the audience takes them.