Nebraska Repertory Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT $657 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in OUR TOWN (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare two contrasting monologues (one serious, one comic) of one to two minutes length, with at least one of them being a piece from a modern American play written between 1920 and 1990. Please begin your video by stating your name and which role(s) you with to be considered for. As per AEA Covid policy, video auditions will be accepted until October 22 @ 11:59 p.m. CT at https://go.unl.edu/emxy
Deadline: Fri, Oct 22, 2021
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Arthur Feinsod (Director)
Andy Park (Artistic Director)
Brad Buffum, PSM
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal 3/8/22
Opening 4/15/22
Closing 4/24/22
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
Dr. Gibbs (Lead): male, 30+ any ethnicity - George’s father and the town doctor, Dr. Gibbs is also a Civil War expert; his delivery of twins just before the play opens establishes the themes of birth, life, and daily activity; he and his family are neighbors to the Webbs.
Mrs. Gibbs (Lead): female, 30+ any ethnicity - George’s mother and Dr. Gibbs’s wife; Mrs. Gibbs’s desire to visit Paris--a wish that is never fulfilled--suggests the importance of seizing the opportunities life presents, rather than waiting for things to happen; at the same time, Mrs. Gibbs’s wish for the luxurious trip ultimately proves unnecessary in her quest to appreciate life.
Mr. Webb (Lead): male, 30+ any ethnicity - Emily’s father and the publisher and editor of the Grover’s Corners Sentinel; Mr. Webb’s report to the audience in Act I is both informative and interactive, as his question-and-answer session draws the audience physically into the action of the play.
Mrs. Webb (Lead): female, 30+ any ethnicity - Emily’s mother and Mr. Webb’s wife; at first a no-nonsense woman who does not cry on the morning of her daughter’s marriage, Mrs. Webb later shows her innocent and caring nature, worrying during the wedding that she has not taught her daughter enough about marriage.
Cast List:
Precast STAGE MANAGER (Any ethnicity) An authoritative figure who resembles a narrator who guides the audience through the play. The Stage Manager is an unconventional character; not simply a character in the play...could be considered a member of the crew simultaneously.
See above: DR. GIBBS
Precast: JOE CROWELL (Any ethnicity) The paperboy.
See above: MRS. GIBBS
See above: MRS. WEBB
Precast: GEORGE GIBBS (Any ethnicity) Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs’s son. A decent, upstanding young man.
Precast: REBECCA GIBBS (Any ethnicity) George’s younger sister.
Precast: WALLY WEBB (Any ethnicity) Emily’s younger brother.
Precast: EMILY WEBB (Any ethnicity) Mr. and Mrs. Webb’s daughter and Wally’s older sister. She is an excellent student and a conscientious daughter.
See above: MR. WEBB
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.
Videos
