Front Porch Arts Collective | Boston, MA
Monday, May 19, 2025
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM (E)
BREAK: 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment, please email:
casting@frontporcharts.org.
Submission of headshot/resume (in one pdf attachment) at the time of appointment request is preferred, but optional.
Single Engagement Agreement
$575 weekly minimum (Tier B)
Equity actors for roles in Front Porch Arts Collective's 25-26 season (see breakdown). The Porch is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages actors of all backgrounds and abilities to audition.
Please prepare one monologue of your choosing or a monologue from any of the plays listed on the breakdown.
Calderwood Pavilion - Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116-6306
Parking is limited around the Calderwood to a pay by the hour parking garage and limited street parking. You can easily access the Calderwood via public transportation. Please give yourself ample time to commute/park and walk to the theatre for your check-in.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Dawn Simmons (Co-Producing Artistic Director, Director In Old Age)
Maurice Parent (Co-Producing Artistic Director, Director The Mountaintop)
Pascale Florestal (Director of Education and Community Engagement)
Donovan Holt (Associate Producer)
Kayla Sessoms (Apprentice)
See breakdown for production-specific personnel.
THE MOUNTAINTOP:
First Rehearsal: August 25, 2025
Tech Begins: September 13, 2025
First Performance: September 20, 2025
Closing: September 12, 2025
IN OLD AGE:
First Rehearsal: February 9, 2026
Tech Begins: March 7, 2026
First Performance: March 14, 2026
Closing: April 5, 2026
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Playwright: Katori Hall
Director: Maurice Emmanuel Parent
Performances Location: The Modern Theatre
Rehearsal Location: Calderwood Pavilion
First Rehearsal: August 25, 2025
Tech Begins: September 13, 2025
First Performance: September 20, 2025
Closing: September 12, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr.: 39 male. One of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A preacher and man of God. Often viewed as a saint, but lives in sin and temptation like the rest of us. Fighter for freedom and equality for all. Perseveres through life when faced with death.
Camae: Mid 30s- Early 40s. female. A mysteriously beautiful maid who works at the motel. Very country, flirtatious, and opinionated. Very sure of herself and respectable. A messenger.
A co-production with ArtsEmerson
Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia
Director: Dawn M. Simmons
Performances Location: Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre (559 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111)
Rehearsal Location: TBD
First Rehearsal: February 9, 2026
Tech Begins: March 7, 2026
First Performance: March 14, 2026
Closing: April 5, 2026
Azell Abernathy: 60s. Male. Wood worker. A father and a widower with a dark past he is trying to escape. He has patience that is being tried and tested. A man of the church, but his mouth is full of curses. Southern (Montgomery, Alabama) accent.
Abasiama Ufot: 70s-80s. Female. A mother and widow that is introspective and set in her ways. Constantly tormented by her dead husband. Spiritual and intuitive woman. She wants to die in peace and carve out a life of her own. Nigerian (Ibibio, Akwa Ibom State) accent.
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