Purple Rose Theatre
CONTRACT
SPT $657 weekly minimum (SPT 8)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Purple Rose's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues that are 60 seconds each. Include a full body slate (with full legal and Equity name), any representation, and titles of monologues. Email your headshot/resume and video submission link (YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox are preferred).
Deadline: Fri, Jun 17, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Jeff Daniels
Artistic Associate/ Casting Director: Rhiannon Ragland (viewing auditions)
Artistic Associates: Lucas Daniels; Rachel Keown (viewing auditions)
Managing Director: Katie Hubbard
Company Manager: Amy Klain
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.purplerosetheatre.org
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
Please note that each production includes an overview regarding materials, themes, and topics that some individuals may be sensitive to. The theatre has provided the overviews below for the actors to have in consideration prior to auditioning.
PICKLEBALL, by Jeff Daniels
Dates: (August 29, 2022 - December 17, 2022)
First Rehearsal: August 29, 2022
First Preview: September 29, 2022
Closing Night: December 17, 2022
TIME: The present.
PLACE: Various places in and around a public park in Royal Oak, Michigan.
SEEKING:
BILL, thin, sixties.
LARRY, not athletic, forties.
SHELDON, heavy set, sixties.
SPIKE, fit, forties.
PERFECT, forties, an instructor.
OVERVIEW: Anxiety/fear of athletic failure; fear of failure, Sport-related injuries, Death of a spouse (wife); mourning the death of a spouse, Addiction to perfectionism and overachievement; pursuit of perfectionism via humiliation, Implied prescription drug addiction, Taunting, Anger and aggression related to and/or caused by perceived athletic inadequacy, Anger and aggression related to athletic performance of others’ perceived capabilities, Ageism, Instances of sexism, Discussion regarding divorce/marital issues, Humiliation of others/taking pleasure in humiliation.
HUMAN ERROR, by Eric Pfeffinger
Dates: (January 3, 2023 - March 18, 2023)
First Rehearsal: January 3, 2023
First Preview: February 2, 2023
Closing Night: March 18, 2023
TIME: Now, or thereabouts.
PLACE: The doctor's office and elsewhere. Sylvania, Ohio.
SEEKING:
MADELYN, female, thirties, Keenan's wife.
KEENAN, male, thirties, Madelyn's husband, African American.
JIM, male, thirties, Heather's husband, white.
HEATHER, female, thirties, Jim's wife.
DR. HOSKINS, male, fifties.
OVERVIEW: Surrogacy; surrogacy attachment issues, Socio-political debate, Childbirth and labor, Pregnancy, Implied consumption of alcohol while pregnant, Fertility issues/infertility, Medical malpractice, Physical violence (to the character or toward another character), Discussion regarding termination of pregnancies (abortion); pro-life v. pro-choice, References to handling guns and gun-ownership; pro-gun v. anti-gun, Pro-Christianity v. Pro-Atheism, Reference to/joke about child drowning/inability to swim and/or perceived parental neglect (paternal), Derogatory language, derogatory epithet (mental disability), Buddhist appropriation/stereotyping Buddhism, References to hunting and/or the practice of slaughtering animals, Anti-American sentiment, Sympathy pains (Couvade syndrome).
IN COMMON, by Quinn D. Eli
Dates: (March 20, 2023 - June 3, 2023)
First Rehearsal: March 20, 2023
First Preview: April 20, 2023
Closing Night: June 3, 2023
Setting: American, urban, Brooklyn-esque
Time: Post-Obama
SEEKING:
Cyrus, African American, 30, omniscient.
Melanie, White, 30, dark-haired, a journalist.
Vivian, Asian-American, 30, working through stuff.
Hal, White, older, benevolent, relaxed.
Blair, white, 30, soft candy inside a hard shell.
OVERVIEW: Alcoholism/alcohol recovery/Alcoholics Anonymous, Drug use and/or references to drug use; drug paraphernalia hand prop, Power dynamics within emotionally abusive relationships, Power dynamics between gender/race/class/social status, Misogyny and sexism, Strong sexual content; kissing, references to sex and masturbation, sex toy hand prop, Intimacy issues, Struggling with mental health, Mental health-related challenges, Discussion regarding discontinuation of prescription medication to retain mental health fitness, Racial discrimination/racial tension (against and/or discussion of), Gender bias, Race-related violence, Brutality and death motivated by race-relations with police (against character and/or discussion of), Implied parental disapproval of LGBTQIA+ life, Hospitalization due to automobile accident (and/or discussion of).
A JUKEBOX FOR THE ALGONQUIN, by Paul Stroili
Dates: (June 5, 2023 - September 2, 2023)
First Rehearsal: June 5, 2023
First Preview: July 6, 2023
Closing Night: September 2, 2023
TIME: Summer, 2003.
PLACE: The Algonquin Room, a community recreation room at the Placid Pines Senior Care Center in the Adirondack region of upstate New York.
SEEKING:
Mrs. (Angela) McDarren/Peg: Female, late 50’s, any ethnicity.
Annie: Female, 65+, White, of Irish descent.
Josefina (ho-seh-fee-na): Female, late 40’s to 50’s, Hispanic.
Dennis: Male, 65+, any ethnicity.
Johnny: Male, 65+, African American.
Chuck: Male, late 40’s-50’s, any ethnicity.
Tyler: Male, 20’s, any ethnicity.
OVERVIEW: Single instance of anti-Semitic epithet, Single instance of anti-Asian epithet, Single instance of anti-Hispanic epithet, Aging (and/or discussion of), Ageism, Life inside an independent care facility, Life inside an assisted living facility, Life inside a long-term care facility, Discussion of life inside a prison facility, Loneliness/living alone after the death of a spouse, Visual impairment, Death and dying; death of a loved one: death of a son, death of spouse (cause of death, old age), death of a spouse (cause of death, cancer or long-term illness), death of a spouse (cause of death, car accident); death of “others” and spouse (second-degree manslaughter), Drug use; consumption of edibles (unknowing and/or knowing participant), Discussion of drug use and/or cultivation and distribution-of, Bereavement/grieving, Familial abandonment, Financial difficulties, Discussion of death of loved ones within care facilities and removal of deceased from care facility, Immobility (paraplegic), Simulated or “faked” diabetic hypoglycemia (sudden drop in blood sugar) as a joke, Divorce, Spousal abuse.
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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