Target Margin Theater, Inc.
CONTRACT
LOA-NYC TBC (will be an increase from 2020 minimum, which was $567)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in ONE MORE NIGHT (see breakdown).
Target Margin Theater is aggressively inclusive. We are especially committed to an ethnically diverse cast. Older and younger MENASA, African American, Asian, and multi-ethnic actors are strongly encouraged to audition. We also seek actors of all genders, sexualities, ages, physical abilities, and categories beyond what we know today! Experience with classical drama is helpful. We are an experimental theater company and actors must be comfortable with unorthodox approaches and unusual treatment of text. We seek actors who are comfortable trying things without knowing why.
All stage management positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare and record a brief (not more than two minutes) monologue from any play written before 1942. Please be comfortable with the language and confident in using it. Submit your headshot, resume, and link to your audition video for us to view (not download) on your preferred platform (YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, etc.). Headshot and resume should be sent as attachments and labeled with your name. Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at 6pm EST.
Deadline: Wed, Feb 2, 2022
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PERSONNEL
Director: David Herskovits (viewing auditions)
Design Team: Dina El-Aziz, Carolyn Mraz, and Jack Scaletta
Stage Manager: Michelle Tuite
Artistic Producers: Sophie Aung and Adam Kassim (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: February 21, 2022
Opening: TBD
Runs through May 1, 2022.
OTHER
Target Margin Theater is aggressively inclusive. We are especially committed to an ethnically diverse cast. Older and younger MENASA, African American, Asian, and multi-ethnic actors are encouraged to audition. We also seek actors of all genders, sexualities, ages, physical abilities, and categories beyond what we know today! Experience with classical drama is helpful. We are an experimental theater company and actors must be comfortable with unorthodox approaches and unusual treatment of text.
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
ONE MORE NIGHT is a durational performance event, the culmination of five years of development inspired by the classic collection of ancient stories, The Thousand and One Nights. Over time this project has grown to include adapted stories from the “Nights,” stories from other traditions that echo or reflect on the “Nights,” and the history of the oral transmission and ceaseless re-invention of the “Nights.” We will experiment with a broad range of material and devise a play created by the company.
We are seeking two actors (any gender) to join our principal ensemble. Actors will shift and share roles often, depending on the sections we choose for adaptation. All actors will share the role of Scheherazade, and other important roles too. As with any devised work, the shape of this will be largely determined by our collaborative process. See below for representative character breakdowns.
REPRESENTATIVE ACTOR TRACKS (note that these will evolve in our development process):
Track 1: Female-identifying or non-binary; Scheherazade, King, Hana Diyab, Sindbad
Track 2: Male-identifying or non-binary; Scheherazade, Caliph, J’afar, Sindbad
REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTERS (note that these will evolve in our development process):
Scheherazade: the mysterious storyteller of the 1001 Nights; she is an astonishingly resourceful and ingenious human.
King: Shahzaman who keeps Scheherazade at his mercy every night. Will he kill her or will he ask for one more story?
Hana Diyab: a Maronite Syrian traveler who visited Paris in 1609 and shared stories with the Frenchman who published The 1001 Nights; a historical figure.
Caliph: Harun al Rashid, the legendary ruler who presided over a golden age; he is wise but he is impatient too.
Sindbad the Sailor: a poor man who after many voyages and wild adventures has become a rich man; he likes to talk about it.
J’afar: the Caliph’s Vizier; J’afar tries to keep his boss calm which is a struggle.
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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