GEM OF THE OCEAN Equity Principal Actors - Aurora Fox Arts Center Auditions

GEM OF THE OCEAN - Aurora, CO EPA Aurora Fox Arts Center | Aurora, CO

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, August 28, 2023

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM (M)

No break scheduled.

APPOINTMENTS

Please visit

www.aurorafoxartscenter.org/gem-auditions or call 303-739-1969 to schedule. For alternate time, please call or email

jorf@auroragov.org.

CONTRACT

SPT

$308 weekly minimum (SPT 1)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in GEM OF THE OCEAN, the first play in the timeline of August Wilson's American Century Cycle (see breakdown).

Local actors encouraged to attend.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic or contemporary monologue. No Shakespeare please. Please also prepare to sing a few bars of your favorite work song or blues song (no accompaniment).

LOCATION

Aurora Fox Arts Center

9900 E Colfax Ave

Aurora, CO 80010-5013

Please check in at Fox Box Office/Lobby 10 minutes ahead of your appt.

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

donnie betts - director

Jen Orf - production manager

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal:2/19/2024

Tech Begins:3/14/2024

Opening: 3/23/2024

Closing: 4/14/2024

Performances: Friday and Saturday at 7:30, Sundays at 2PM No performance on Sun 3/31, industry night Mon 4/1.

OTHER

www.aurorafoxartscenter.org

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

Seeking:

Eli - (Black, male identified) Aunt Ester's gatekeeper and longtime friend of Solly.

Citizen Barlow - (Black, male identified 20s-30s) A young man from Alabama who is in spiritual turmoil.

Aunt Ester Tyler - (Black, female identified, 285 years old) A very old yet vital spiritual advisor for the community.

Black Mary - (Black, female identified late 20s) Aunt Ester's protégé and housekeeper. Rutherford Selig - A travelling peddler who is a frequent visitor to the house.

Solly Two Kings - (Black, male identified, 67) Suitor to Aunt Ester- former Underground Railroad conductor.

Caesar Wilks - (Black, male identified, 52) Black Mary's brother and local constable.