JITNEY Equity Principal Actors - Oregon Shakespeare Festival Auditions

JITNEY (Role of RENA) - Submit for NYC appointments

Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Ashland, OR

CONTRACT

LORT Rep
$1,197 weekly minimum (LORT B+)

SEEKING

Equity actors for the role of RENA in JITNEY (see breakdown). Oregon Shakespeare Festival produces in repertory. Most performers and stage managers work on multiple shows throughout the year. Contract will cover the length of the role and any additional understudy assignments.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit at the following link:
https://forms.gle/8ZagaDA6Xd2AuRcd9
Deadline: 09/12/2024

SUBMIT TO

PERSONNEL

Producer/Theatre Company: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Artistic Director: Tim Bond
Director: Tim Bond
By: August Wilson
Casting Director: Katja Zarolinski, CSA

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal Date: January 7, 2025
First Preview: March 9, 2025
Closing: July 20, 2025

OTHER
Location: Ashland, OR
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

JITNEY

SYNOPSIS: A ride of redemption and resilience: In 1977, as licensed cabs refuse to service Pittsburgh’s predominantly Black “Hill District,” a group of Black men run an unlicensed taxi company — the OG Uber, or a “jitney.” But when the city threatens to shut down the business and owner Jim Becker’s disgraced son returns after a 20-year prison sentence, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile threads binding these people together may come undone at last. For his first production since being named OSF’s Artistic Director, Tim Bond directs a formidable cast in August Wilson’s masterwork. Overflowing with the auteur’s signature poetry and hilarious banter, Jitney promises to be an unforgettable celebration of community, family bonds, and the endurance of the human spirit.

SEEKING:

[RENA] She/Her. 20s - Early 30s. Black. Youngblood's girlfriend and the mother of his young son, Jesse. Passionate yet down to earth and very practical. She has vulnerability and humor. Rena and Youngblood have a very loving relationship, and she’s fighting for them to stay together.

NOTE: This role will also understudy the role of ‘OPAL’ in FAT HAM. [OPAL]: She is one of Juicy’s only friends. She loves him and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia. The dates of that production are as follows:
First Rehearsal: January 21, 2025
First Preview: March 11, 2025
Closing: June 27, 2025

Actors in this production may also be asked to understudy other roles in the productions of SHANE or THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.