GRAND HORIZONS - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
CONTRACT
Bay Area Theatre
$562 weekly minimum (Tier 3)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl (see breakdown).
Local Bay Area actors encouraged to submit.
San Jose Stage Company is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in casting and uses a color and culturally conscious approach to casting. Actors of any race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, and ability are encouraged to submit their materials and audition.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare the side(s) for the role(s) for which you’d like to be considered at
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1CWDmVnAfXMJRrpgpD8nExbhU6p04cXjD . If you do not have a reader, you may perform the side as a monologue. Submit at
https://zfrmz.com/2llks1IvZ7Uo2I7jNxga
Deadline: Mon, Aug 22, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Artistic Director: Randall King
Executive Director: Cathleen King
Director: Allison F. Rich
BREAKDOWN
GRAND HORIZONS by Bess Wohl Fifty years into their marriage, Bill and Nancy want a divorce. While they seem unfazed by the decision, their two adult sons are shaken to the core, forced to reexamine everything they thought they knew about their parents’ outwardly happy lives. As the family grapples with their new reality, each must reckon with their own imperfect past and how their collective love for each other might express itself in new and unlikely forms.
Cast Breakdown:
BILL (60’s/70’s, male-identifying, any race) lives in Grand Horizons. Nancy’s husband (for 50 years). Grumpy and a little resigned. Former pharmacist. Working on his stand-up routine. Specializes in crude and dirty jokes. Notices more than he lets on. Deflects earnestness. Scared of dying alone.
NANCY (60’s/70’s, female-identifying, any race) lives in Grand Horizons. Bill’s wife (for 50 years). Kind, giving, and resourceful. Willing to speak her mind. Former librarian. Now the habitual caretaker of Bill. Eager to feel something, anything. Of late, very invested in the Syrian refugee crisis.
BEN (Late 30’s/40’s, male-identifying, any race) Nancy and Bill’s eldest son. Largely financially responsible for his parents. An attorney. Worried about his marriage/marriage in general.
BRIAN (30’s, male-identify, any race) Nancy and Bill’s second son. High school drama teacher. High-strung and lonely. Worried about the spring musical, Oklahoma!
JESS (Late 20’s/30’s, female-identifying, any race) Ben’s wife. Pregnant with her first child. Newly credentialed family therapist (and sometimes it shows). Strong-willed and outspoken.
TOMMY (20’s/30’s, male-identifying, any race) Brian’s late-night hookup. Flirty and blunt. A little freaky.
CARLA (60’s, female-identifying, any race) Bill’s new girlfriend.
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: March 14, 2023
First Preview: April 5, 2023
Opening: April 8, 2023
Closing: April 30, 2023
OTHER
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