Plays in Place 2019 - Nature Plays - Cambridge MA EPA
Plays in Place, LLC
AUDITION DATE
Sun, Nov 18, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch tbd
APPOINTMENTS
E-mail Patrick Gabridge, playsinplace@gmail.com, with the half-hour in which you're available.
CONTRACT
SPT Tier 6; $479/week
SEEKING
Four actors for a series of site-specific plays to be produced at the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA in June, 2019.
The cast will all play multiple roles in five new short plays about the natural environment of Mt. Auburn Cemetery that will be staged on the grounds of the cemetery. Actors will be playing across race and gender. Three of the plays are already written and have been developed with previous readings. Two more plays are still being created.
Local area actors strongly encouraged to audition.
PREPARATION
Bring a two-minute monologue. We will also have you read from sides. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Mount Auburn Cemetery
580 Mt. Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
We'll be in the admin offices, attached to Story Chapel/Visitor Center
PERSONNEL
In attendance at the EPA:
Playwright/Producer: Patrick Gabridge; Director: Courtney O'Connor
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal Tuesday May 14. Performances: 2 per day, May 30, June 1, June 2, June 6, June 8, June 9, during the day.
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
Woman 1:
20s-30s, woman of color. Will play multiple roles, including: Samantha--a spotted salamander not sure she's ready for the spring mating season; Jane Gray--wife of botanist Asa Gray, guardian of his legacy, and buried at Mount Auburn); and Ellie--a lonely young woman who finds wonder and companionship on her first day of birdwatching; plus roles in two other plays still being developed.
Woman 2:
30s-50s, preferably cast as a woman of color. Will play multiple roles, including: Botanist Asa Gray--the most prominent American botanist of the 19th century, an important supporter of Darwin, with an interest in his legacy; Kate--a blind birdwatcher (who happens to be married to a deaf birder; plus roles in two others plays still being developed.
Man 1:
20s-30s, man of color. Will play multiple roles, including Elizabeth Agassiz, a writer and scientist, co-founder of Radcliffe, who was married to Louis Agassiz, the most popular scientist of the mid-19th century. She has worked hard to promote and preserve the family name; Fred--a single-dad and birdwatcher, who finds a little bit of sanity in the time he spends birding; Jeremy--a young male salamander hoping his first mating season is a success; plus roles in two other plays still being developed.
Man 2:
30s-50s, man of color. Will play multiple roles, including Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-born naturalist who was the most popular scientist in the mid-19th century and who strongly opposed Darwin. Charismatic and in love with the sound of his own voice and ideas; Dan--an expert birdwatcher who is starting to lose his hearing (and he is married to a birder who is blind); Mac--a male salamander with more than a few successful mating seasons under his belt. Perhaps the Lando Calrissian of spotted salamanders; plus roles in two other plays being developed.
For all of these roles, flexibility is a must. The actors will be playing multiple roles in an outdoor, natural setting at a Cemetery, with performers moving from site to site for each play. Previous experience/involvement with new play development is a big plus, as is previous outdoor performance work. Many rehearsals will be outdoors, on a variety of terrain.
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 audition.
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