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GULF VIEW - Washington DC EPA Washington Stage Guild AUDITION DATE Wed, Dec 26, 2018 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EST) Break 3:30 to 4:30 APPOINTMENTS For an appointment email WSGAuditions@gmail.com (strongly preferred) or call 240-582-0050 M-F 11-6.. Please do not call the church CONTRACT SPT $425/week SEEKING All roles have been CAST. Seeking Understudies and possible replacements for GULF VIEW DRIVE. The play is the third of A trilogy and the cast from previous years is returning. PREPARATION Please bring a picture and resume stapled together. Do not email resumes. Please prepare an American monologue that shows verbal facility. LOCATION The Undercroft Theatre 900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20052 The lobby doors are under the steps facing 9th Street PERSONNEL Artistic Director: Bill Largess (present at auditions) OTHER DATES Rehearsal starts 12/28 First preview 1/17 Opens 1/20 Close 2/10,, possible extension to 2/24. Performances Thursday 7:30, Friday-Saturday 8:00, Saturday-Sunday 2:30 OTHER The Washington Stage Guild produces eloquent plays of idea and argument, passion and wit, highly verbal plays from around the world and from all periods. The Stage Guild is an equal opportunity employer with a strong record of non-traditional casting; all actors should audition for any role for which they feel suited. An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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 All roles have been CAST. Seeking for possible replacements and/or understudies: Raleigh Male, 30s. An engaging aspiring writer from a small town whose epilepsy has led to many disappointments. After a rocky courtship he’s married May, but the frustration over being kept out of the war eats at him. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. May Female,30s. A young woman from an extremely religious background who struggles to persist in the face of Raleigh's unconventionality and health problems. She supports them as a schoolteacher but wants Raleigh to pursue his dream of writing. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary. Mrs Gill Female, 50s May’s mother, a good-hearted woman from a prosperous family who tries to keep peace among her family during the war. Both her husband and son are causes of worry, and her positivity will be sorely tested by tragedy. Mrs Brummet Female, 50s Raleigh’s mother, a sour, negative farm woman whose husband is disabled and who is ashamed of Raleigh. Treva Female, 30s. Raleigh's sister. A disappointed woman who has left her alcoholic husband and come, uninvited, to live with Raleigh and May. Unemployed and unwilling to help the mothers with the house, she eventually begins to find her way back to a new life, but then becomes pregnant. 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 audition. |
