ONE FLEA SPARE - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Second Thought Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT
$271 weekly minimum + health and pension (SPT 1)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in ONE FLEA SPARE (see breakdown).
Second Thought Theatre embraces non-traditional casting and encourages the casting of ethnic minority actors, female actors, and physically challenged actors where possible.
NOTE: All actors must be able to provide documentation of full vaccination of a US-government approved COVID19 vaccine regimen for COVID19, at the time of hire.
Second Thought Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare the monologue for the character you are auditioning for at http://secondthoughttheatre.com/about/work-with-us/ . Actors auditioning for the role of KABE should use a reader if possible. If you are not able to secure a reader, you may submit a video using the alternate monologue audition. Please submit your headshot/resume along with your video audition by Friday, September 9th at 6:00pm Pacific time.
Deadline: Fri, Sep 9, 2022
In 17th-century London, a city ravaged by the Great Plague with bodies mounting, the home of wealthy aristocrat William Snelgrave and his invalid wife becomes the couple’s infirmary, until a pair of intruders break in demanding food and refuge. Resigned to quarantine together, this unlikely group sees the social paradigms that once defined their behavior begin to break down. Roles shift, boundaries are shattered, and passions erupt in Naomi Wallace’s gripping 1995 drama. Originally inspired by the intersecting themes between Daniel Dafoe’s Journal of the Plague Year and the L.A. race riots catalyzed by the police beating of Rodney King, Wallace blends past and present – starkly pertinent given today’s current climate with COVID-19 and lingering tensions after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent riots in 2020. One Flea Spare explores how different types of oppression intersect across our timelines, always condemning the excesses of capitalism and imperialism.
“I began to think about what happens when the containment of a presumed danger through the regimentation of space breaks down, such as when South Central L.A. began to ‘invade’ Beverly Hills…By writing about a time other than our own, it’s possible for issues that have become locked in rhetoric, or dismissed as too overdetermined for the stage, to become visible anew.” — Naomi Wallace
PLEASE NOTE: This play features disturbing stage violence. The production staff will include an accredited Violence/Intimacy Director and all concerns from the cast will be absolutely considered in the staging of this production. All potential cast members will have ample opportunity to review the script and address any questions/concerns with the director and STT staff before accepting any roles and beginning rehearsals.
SEEKING:
MR WILLIAM SNELLGRAVE - A wealthy, elderly man.
KABE - A watchman and guard.
MRS. SNELLGRAVE - ROLE CAST. An elderly woman.
BUNCE - ROLE CAST. A sailor in his late twenties.
MORSE - ROLE CAST. A girl of twelve.
SUBMIT TO
jobs@secondthoughttheatre.com
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Carson McCain, Artistic Director
Drew Wall, Producer
OTHER DATES
REHEARSAL: 9/26/22 – 10/21/22, Monday through Friday 6:30pm - 10:30pm
TECH: 10/22/22
RUN: 10/26/22 – 11/12/22
Performances on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Monday
OTHER
All rehearsals and performances to take place at Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys campus.
Second Thought Theatre is currently planning to present this production in person live to a
full audience capacity of 60. Actors and production staff will not be allowed to come in contact with the audience outside of the performance room. Audience will be seated at a minimum of 6’ away and masks will be required for all patrons.
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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