Flux Theatre Ensemble 2011 Season Submission - Flux Theatre Ensemble Auditions

Flux Theatre Ensemble 2011 Season

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NYC Equity Basic Showcase, approval pending

NYC auditions will be held on an upcoming date to be determined.

For consideration, email (preferred method) picture and resume to:
casting@fluxtheatre.org

If you do not have email access, you may mail to:

Kelly O'Donnell, 76 9th avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY 10011

Deadline for submissions: October 21, 2010

Flux Theatre Ensemble, a NYC-based company, is seeking actors and actresses of all types for its 2011 Season.

DOG ACT

By Liz Duffy Adams, a post-apocalyptic comedy with music.

Director: Kelly O'Donnell

1^st rehearsal: 1/3/11. Opens: 2/5/11.

Seeking:

Rozetta Stone:

30s, Female, an actress of color, a performer and entrepreneur, a steadfast survivor, ability to play a musical instrument and comfort with light singing and dancing a plus.

Dog:

20s to 30s, Male, any ethnicity, sensitive and vulnerable, a Dog by choice, not yet a man but no longer a boy, ability to play a musical instrument a plus.

Vera Similitude:

30s-50s, Female, any ethnicity, Manipulative, resilient and power-hungry woman fighting for survival.

Jo-Jo:

20s/30s, Female, any ethnicity, a semi-feral teenage girl.

Coke & Bud:

Any age or ethnicity, Scavengers, savages who are underfed and vicious, must be both terrifying and comic.

AJAX IN IRAQ

By Ellen McLaughlin, a tragedy overlapping the stories of Sophocles' Ajax and a female solider in the Iraq war.

Director: August Schulenburg

1^st rehearsal: 4/29/11. Opens: 6/3/11

Seeking:

A.J.:

20-early 30s, Female, any ethnicity, a soldier in Iraq, her natural power made dangerous by the betrayal of another officer.

Ajax:

20-30s, Male, any ethnicity, a physically commanding Greek soldier made bitter when Athena takes his mind.

Connie Mangus:

20s to 30s, Female, African-American, A.J.'s closest friend, a smart soldier wrestling with grief and regret.

Athena:

Any age, Female, any ethnicity, the capricious Goddess of War and Wisdom.

Odysseus/Pisoni:

20s-40s, male, any ethnicity, in the Greek world, the trickster who takes the armor that should pass to AJAX, in the Iraq world, the wisecracking soldier who sticks up for A.J..

Charles:

20s-30s, Male, any ethnicity, a soldier in Iraq and friend of Pisoni's.

Sergeant/Teucer:

30s, Male, any ethnicity, the superior officer who betrays A.J. and in the Greek world, Ajax's brother.

Tecmessa:

20s-30s, female, any ethnicity, Ajax's wife, a captive who retains her formal royalty.

Gertrude Bell/Rebo:

20s-30s, Female, any ethnicity, early 20th century British archeologist and administrator and in the Iraq world, a soldier.

Sickles:

20-30s, Female, any ethnicity, a soldier.

Lieutenant/Minister:

A solider and minister in Iraq.

All roles but A.J., AJAX, and ATHENA are doubled. Experience with heightened language and physical theatre a plus. Actors of color strongly encouraged to submit.

MENDERS

By Erin Browne, a dark fairytale in which subversive storytelling is the key that breaks down the walls.

Director: Heather Cohn

1^st rehearsal/opening: Winter 2011/2012

Seeking:

Corey:

20s, female, a “wall mender” or guard, ardent with a strong moral code.

Drew:

30s-40s, male, also a wall mender & Corey’s teacher, a storyteller, subversive.

Tam:

20s-30s, female, lives underground because she’s allergic to the sun.

Ash:

20s-30s, female, a business woman turned subway guitarist by night.

Jeff:

Late 20s-40s, male, a lonely farmer who falls in love with an angel.

Lila:

20s-30s, female, otherworldly, slightly magical. For all roles, a familiarity with puppetry a plus.