Kansas City Repertory Theatre
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Appointment ONLY Auditions: 09/16/19 CB: 09/17/19
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT D; $696/week current min. After Feb 20: $717/week
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA members for various roles in this World Premiere as part of the KC Origin New Works Festival. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email (preferred) or mail picture and resume ASAP.
SUBMIT TO
Harriet Bass Casting
ATT: Legacy Land / AEA Submission
112 W 34th Street 17th Floor
New York, NY 10120
PERSONNEL
Director: Logan Vaughn
Playwright: Stacey Rose
Associate Artistic Director: Kimberly Martin-Cotton
NYC Casting: Harriet Bass Casting
Casting Director: Harriet Bass
Casting Associate: Gama Valle
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 02/11/20
First Preview: 03/06/20
Opening: 03/13/20
Close: 04/05/20
OTHER
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
SYNOPSIS:
In the shadow of an unseasonable Thanksgiving blizzard, recluse Barbara Tompkins and her young lover Marcus’s, plan for a cozy weekend for two is upended by the unwelcome arrival of Barbara’s sister Denise and her domineering boyfriend, Freddie. When Freddie reveals the true intention of he and Denise’s visit, years of hostility and resentment held between Barbara and Denise are unearthed. Their childhood home becomes battle ground and host to a sexually charged surreal journey into the sister’s repressed memories. As the storm rages, a mystic game unfolds that lays bare the insecurities, kinks, and secrets of the sisters and their lovers. To put an end to the madness, Barbara and Denise must ultimately choose whether to succumb, or Fight to overcome the Tompkins family legacy. LEGACY LAND, listed as an honorable mention on the 2019 Kilroys List, is an unFlinching dark comedic dive into the bizarre legacy sex abuse and incest imprints upon the psyche, sexuality, and relationships of its survivors.
NOTES:
In Legacy Land every character is involved in simulated sexual events. It is a script that asks actors to be very brave and Logan (director) is incredibly aware, supportive and nuanced in how she works on this. KCRep will also have a stage intimacy expert on the creative team for this show.
Actors should be comfortable changing clothes on stage and being in their underwear.
SEEKING:
BABARA THOMPKINS
Female, African American , early 40's. Blue collar worker. Barbara is full figured, voluptuous, and rubenesque. She has an intuitive intelligence not born of education but of a life lived the hard way, with a quick and a sharp tongue . Barbara is the family's black sheep and the bearer of it's dark legacy. She and the Thompkins family secrets have been tucked away in her childhood home so long that the world seems to have forgotten they were ever there, at least this is what Barbara hopes. Must be comfortable appearing in underwear.
DENISE THOMPKINS
Female, African American, early 30's. Elementary school teacher. Denise, Barbara's little sister, is the shining star of the family and she knows it. She is measured, tightly wound, condescending and competitive. She envies Barbara's free spirit and assertive nature , but would never let her know that. She struggles to reveal her authentic self and often blames Barbara for robbing her of the attention she so desperately sought when they were children.
MARCUS FORD
Male, African American, mid 20's-early 30's. College dropout. He is a masculine and sexy young man who since he was 15 years old has been in a sexual relationship with Barbara who is in her 40's. He continues to hold on to his boyish qualities while exuding gravitas and confidence. Wherever he does end up, he wants to be there with Barbara. Her draw is magnetic, so much so that he has abandoned his own life to live in her orbit.
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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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