Hartford Stage Company Inc.
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2021-22 season (see breakdown).
No roles will be understudied.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare two contrasting monologues of your choice. A personal introduction is appreciated, but not required. Total video not to exceed 3 minutes. To submit https://www.hartfordstage.org/epa-auditions. Please submit by 6:00 pm ET on August 30.
Deadline: Mon, Aug 30, 2021
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Alaine Alldaffer, Casting Director and/or Lisa Donadio, Associate Casting Director
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
We are requiring that all Actors and Stage Managers be vaccinated.
Hartford Stage may record each production and make a recording available for ticket-buyers in accordance with the LORT-Equity Extended Media Side Letter.
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
Hartford Stage 2021-2022 Season
We are committed to reopen with a strong anti-racist ethos and a collective recommitment to nurture and sustain a culture of equity, inclusion and belonging at our organization. We seek to build a team that is passionate about theatre and that reflects the abundant vibrancy and diversity of our city, state, and nation. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender-identity, sexual orientation, familial status, religion, ability, age, national origin, class and veteran or immigrant status.
NOTE: While the characters are written with “he/him” or “she/her” pronouns in the original scripts, we welcome gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to audition for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. In addition, we will list disability when specific to a character, but are otherwise seeking actors of all abilities. Thank you to First Folio Theatre for inspiring the language in this note as we work towards a more inclusive casting process.
Ah, Wilderness!
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Melia Bensussen
First Rehearsal: September 14, 2021
1st Preview: October 14, 2021
Opening Night: October 22, 2021
Closing Night: November 7, 2021
Seeking the following roles (all other roles are cast):
ESSIE MILLER
MILDRED MILLER
WINT
NORAH
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY**
Adapted by Joe Landry
Directed by Melia Bensussen and Rachel Alderman
First Rehearsal: October 26, 2021
1st Preview: November 26, 2021
Opening Night: December 3, 2021
Closing Night: December 26, 2021
This show will be performed by a 6-person ensemble. 5 ensemble tracks are available.
ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
By Pearl Cleage
Directed by Susan V. Booth
First Rehearsal: December 14, 2021
1st Preview: January 13, 2021
Opening Night: January 21, 2021
Closing Night: February 6, 2021
Seeking the following role (all other roles are cast):
KATE HUGHES: 45ish African American Woman. A producer who has scrapped for what she’s received and does not believe in taking no for an answer. She is very aware of the shoulders she stands on, but equally aware the tastes and markets have changed and that she needs to change with them to keep up. She fell in love with Black Theatre as a starry-eyed optimist, and is still in love with it—but is now as a flinty eyed realist.
DISHWASHER DREAMS
Written and performed by Alaudin Ullah
Directed by Chay Yew
First Rehearsal: January 25, 2022
1st Preview: February 24, 2022
Opening Night: March 4, 2022
Closing Night: March 20, 2022
Performed by Alaudin Ullah. All roles cast
LOST IN YONKERS*
By Neil Simon
Directed by Marsha Mason and Rachel Alderman
First Rehearsal: March 8, 2022
1st Preview: April 7, 2022
Opening Night: April 14, 2022
Closing Night: May 1, 2022
Grandma Kurwitz: will be performed by Marsha Mason. The following roles are available:
Jay
Arty
Eddie
Bella
Louie
Gert
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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