GableStage
CONTRACT
SPT $700 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in GableStage 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare two (2) contemporary monologues (comedic/dramatic) that are 2 minutes each. Email your headshot/resume and video submission with the subject line: GS22-23 Season Audition - (First, Last Name). Acceptable Video Submission Formats: mp4; youtube link; drop file.
Deadline: Tue, Jul 19, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director, Bari Newport (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
Heisenberg
1st Rehearsal: Oct 4th 2022
Open: Oct 28th
Close: Nov 20th 2022
We Will Not Be Silent
1st Rehearsal: Dec 8th 2022
Open: Jan 6th
Close: Jan 29th 2023
A Doll's House; Part 2
1st Rehearsal: Jan 31st 2023
Open: Feb 24th
Close: Mar 19th 2023
El Huracan
1st Rehearsal: Mar 14th 2023
Open: Apr 14th
Close: May 14th 2023
Native Gardens
1st Rehearsal: May 16th 2023
Open: June 9th
Close: July 7th 2023
OTHER
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Productions will be performed indoors at the GableStage Theatre.
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
HEISENBERG by Simon Stephens
Directed by Bari Newport
Synopsis: “Heisenberg” is love story about a chance encounter between a 42-year-old mother and a 75-year-old butcher, and the chain of events it sets in motion. Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric encounter thrusts these two strangers into a fascinating and life-changing game. Simon Stephens’ sharply original HEISENBERG brings to blazing, theatrical life the uncertain and often comical sparring match that is human connection.
SEEKING:
GEORGIE BURNS, CAST. A 42-year-old woman from New Jersey.
ALEX PRIEST, CAST. A 75-year-old butcher from Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT by David Meyers
Directed by Bari Newport
Synopsis: We Will Not Be Silent tells the true story of Sophie Scholl, a German college student who led the only act of civil resistance to the Nazis during World War II. Sophie and her fellow students, members of a group called the White Rose, published underground anti-Nazi materials calling for the peaceful overthrow of Hitler. This play examines the moral strength and courage that led a group of students to risk their lives for a righteous, dangerous cause. The play is potently relevant today, as modern Sophie Scholls fight for freedom and democracy in various places across the world.
SEEKING:
SOPHIE SCHOLL, 21.
KURT GRUNWALD, late 40s, a Nazi police officer.
HANS SCHOLL, 24.
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Bari Newport
Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, Nora left her husband, Torvald and as the door slams on her exit in 1879 Norway, the young wife and mother leaves behind her family, freeing herself from the shackles of traditional societal constraints. Lucas Hnath’s Tony-nominated A Doll’s House, Part 2 picks up where Ibsen’s groundbreaking play left off. In the years since, the two have had no contact. Nora has become a successful feminist writer, while Torvald continued to work at the bank and raised their children on his own. Now, Nora has learned that, contrary to what she believed, she and Torvald were never actually divorced. She returns to her old home to request Torvald finally grant her a divorce. But after all that’s happened, will Torvald be willing to give her what she wants? After all this time, is Nora prepared to face what she left behind?
SEEKING:
NORA, CAST. Late 40s-50s. Nora is a successful feminist author. Left her husband 15 years ago.
TORVALD HELMER, CAST. Late 40’s-60’s. Long-abandoned husband of Nora.
ANNE MARIE, CAST. 60’s. Nanny/nursemaid of the Helmer household.
EMMY HELMER, Early 20’s. Youngest child of Nora and Torvald.
EL HURACÁN by Charise Castro Smith
Directed by TBA
Synopsis: An epic hurricane threatens Miami. A mother and daughter ready themselves for the storm as Abuela takes shelter in a world of memory, music, and magic. A powerful tale of family and forgiveness, El Huracán reveals what can be rebuilt in the aftermath of life’s most devastating tempests––and what can never be replaced.
SEEKING:
PART ONE:
VALERIA, 70’s. A former magician, Miranda’s grandmother, Ximena’s mom. She has advanced Alzeimer’s.
XIMENA, 50’s . Valeria’s daughter and caretaker, Miranda’s mom. She’s exhausted.
MIRANDA, 20’s. A perpetual grad student, Valeria’s granddaughter, Ximena’s daughter. She’s lost.
ALICIA/ DR. KEMPLER, Valeria’s younger sister/ A neurologist.
FERNANDO, 20’s. Miranda’s old family friend.
ALONSO, 60’s. A former magician’s assistant. Valeria’s husband, Ximena’s dad, Miranda’s grandfather.
PART TWO:
XIMENA, 80’s. Ximena in Part One.
ALONSO, 60’s. Alonso in Part One.
THEO, 20’s. Miranda’s cousin’s son. Doubles as Fernando in Part One.
MIRANDA, 50’s. Miranda in Part One.
VAL, 20’s. Miranda’s daughter. Doubles as Alicia in Part One.
VALERIA, 80’s. Valeria in Part One.
NATIVE GARDENS by Karen Zacarias
Directed by Bari Newport
Synopsis: You can’t choose your neighbors. In this brilliant new comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. But an impending barbeque for Pablo’s colleagues and a delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out border dispute, exposing both couples’ notions of race, taste, class and privilege.
SEEKING:
TANIA DEL VALLE, 29, doctoral candidate who is 8 months pregnant, wife of Pablo.
PABLO DEL VALLE, 31, Tania’s husband, attorney, very serious about making partner in law firm.
VIRGINIA BUTLEY, CAST. 55-65, neighbor of Tania and Pablo, wife of Frank.
FRANK BUTLEY, CAST. 55-65, Virginia’s husband, neighbor of Tania and Pablo.
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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