Portland Playhouse 2023-24 Season Equity Principal Actors - Portland Playhouse Auditions

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AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)

Break: 1:00-2:00pm

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule yourself for a slot, please email us the following to

casting@portlandplayhouse.org: In the subject line of your email please list your last name, your first name, and your union status (Example; Smith, Ann AEA) Please email us two (2) time slots that work for you, and we will schedule and confirm you for a slot accordingly. Time slots will be in 5 minute increments. Non-Equity and EMC actors will be seen as time permits.

CONTRACT

SPT

$711 weekly minimum (SPT 8)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Portland Playhouse 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).

We are seeking submissions from actors, singers, and musicians for our 16th Season.

Portland Playhouse does not discriminate against any employee, volunteer or customer on the basis or race, color, cultural heritage, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, size, mental or physical dis/ability or appearance, genetic status, marital status, political affiliation, source of income, veteran status or any other status protected under local, state, or federal law.

LOCATION

Portland Playhouse

602 NE Prescott St

Portland, OR 97211-3966

PERSONNEL

Expected to attend:

Brian Weaver, Artistic Director

Charles Grant, Producing Director

OTHER DATES

Callbacks will take place at various points throughout the summer (May 2023 - September 2023).

See production dates in breakdown.

OTHER

COVID-19 SAFETY INFORMATION: All actors auditioning for Portland Playhouse’s 2023- 2024 season must wear a mask that covers the mouth and nose at all times. You may remove your mask when you are actively acting or singing. For the safety of yourself and others, we encourage you to take a COVID antigen test before you come in, though it is not required.

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.

PREPARATION

For your general audition, please prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues or a monologue and a brief cut of a song, totaling no more than 4 minutes. If you choose to sing, you may do so a cappella, with an instrumental track, or accompany yourself on an instrument. An accompanist will also be provided. Please bring a physical copy of your headshot and resume with you to your audition. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide. Thank you for your time and effort in preparing your audition. We look forward to seeing your work!

BREAKDOWN

Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.

Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.

Holding/Audition room information:

The audition room: 625 square feet and can accommodate no more than 8 individuals at a time. The holding room: 320 square feet and can accommodate no more than 6 individuals at a time.

A note about casting (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin Kantor and Emily Traquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville):

Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following character descriptions. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide.

SEASON & PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Matilda

Book by Dennis Kelly

Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin

Directed by Brian Weaver

SPT 8; Projected minimum: $711/week

First Rehearsal: August 30th, 2023

First Preview: October 4th, 2023

Opening: October 7th, 2023

Closing: November 5th, 2023

SEEKING:

AGATHA TRUNCHBULL (offer pending) - Headmistress of Crunchem Hall Primary School, and former Olympian.

MISS HONEY - Matilda’s kindhearted teacher.

MR WORMWOOOD - Matilda’s father and used car salesman.

MRS. WORMWOOD - Matilda’s mother and salsa dancing aficionado.

MRS. PHELPS - Librarian and friend to Matilda.

DOCTOR/ESCAPOLOGIST/ENSEMBLE - Mrs. Wormwood's Doctor when she goes into labor with Matilda / A character in a story Matilda tells Mrs. Phelps who comes to life in their imagination.

PARTY ENTERTAINER/RUDOLPHO/ENSEMBLE - A party entertainer at the start of the show / Mrs. Wormwood's dance partner.

THE ACROBAT/ENSEMBLE - A character in a story Matilda tells Mrs. Phelps who comes to life in their imagination.

A Christmas Carol

Written by Charles Dickens

Directed by Brian Weaver

SPT 10; Projected minimum: $711/week

First Rehearsal: October 30th, 2023

First Preview: November 21st, 2023

Opening: November 26th, 2023

Closing: December 30th, 2023

SEEKING:

Casting all adult characters for 7 tracks. For this production we cast a company of actors who all play multiple roles across gender, age, and race. Actors also sing and play multiple instruments. Strong musicians are encouraged to audition.

EBENEZER SCROOGE - The miserly owner of a London counting-house.

MARLEY/PAST/PRESENT/FUTURE - The spirits who visit Ebenezer Scrooge.

BOB CRATCHIT/MR. FEZZIWIG/BUSINESSMAN/OLD JOE - Scrooge's clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family / The jovial merchant with whom the young Scrooge apprenticed / A gentleman who visits Scrooge seeking charitable contributions / A shop owner who buys the belonging of Scrooge.

MRS. CRATCHIT/MRS. FEZZIWIG/MRS. DILBER - Bob's wife / Fezziwig’s wife / Scrooge’s laundress who steals his clothing and sells it to Old Joe.

FRED/FAN/BUSINESSMAN - Scrooge's nephew / Scrooge's sister; Fred's mother / A gentleman who visits Scrooge seeking charitable contributions.

ELIZABETH/MOLLY/BELLE - Fred’s wife / A woman who sells some of Scrooge’s belongings to Old Joe / Young Scrooge’s ex-fiancé who loved him deeply.

YOUNG SCROOGE/TOPPER/BUSINESSMAN - The younger version of Scrooge / One of Fred’s party guests / A gentlemen who visits Scrooge seeking charitable contributions.

Notes from the Field

Written by Anna Deavere Smith

Directed by TBA

SPT 8; Projected minimum: $711/week

Portland Playhouse dates

First Rehearsal: January 3rd, 2024

First Preview: February 7th, 2024

Opening: February 10th, 2024

Closing: March 17th, 2024

This work was performed as a one-person show as a part of the author’s ongoing On the Road: A Search for American Character series. It is the author’s intention that actors would portray characters outside of their own race, gender, age, and “type. The actor is asked to take each real person at their word and with their word, to give full attention to their every utterance as recorded in the script.

SEEKING:

TRACK 1 (offer pending) - SHERRILYN IFILL, KEVIN MOORE, ALLEN BULLOCK, JAMAL HARRISON BRYANT, MICHAEL TUBS, TAOS PROCTOR, JUDGE ABBY ABINANTI, ETICIA DE SANTIAGO, TONY EADY, AMANA RIPLEY, NIYA KENNY, SARI MUHONEN, DENISE DODSON, DR. VICTOR CARRION, MD, STEVEN CAMPOS, STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, BRYAN STEVENSON, BREE NEWSOME, CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS.

Passing Strange

Book and Lyrics by Stew

Music by Stew with Heidi Rodewald

Directed by TBD

SPT8; Projected minimum: $711/week

Portland Playhouse

First Rehearsal: March 11th, 2024

First Preview: April 17th, 2024

Opening: April 20th, 2024

Closing: May 26th, 2024

SEEKING:

NARRATOR - The teller of the Youth's story through song and speech.

YOUTH (offer pending) - The young African-American protagonist from South Central Los Angeles.

MOTHER - The Youth's single parent.

TERRY/CHRISTOPHE/HUGO - A bad kid at church / An academic who moonlights / A militant music critic.

SHERRY/RENATA/DESI - Another bad kid at church / An abstract artist and café waitress / A den mother and social engineer.

MR FRANKLIN/JOOP/MR. VENUS - Church pianist, youth choir director / A body liberationist / A performance artist.

EDWINA/MARIANNA/SUDABEY - A teenage goddess / A neo-hippy / An avant-garde filmmaker and writer.

All actors except those playing the Narrator, Youth, and Mother also play miscellaneous, nameless roles such as church-goers, family members, airplane stewardesses, etc.

Please note; because of the ever changing landscape due to COVID-19, our season is subject to possible alteration. This production may be filmed and/or recorded under Actors’ Equity Association guidelines, and Actors’ will be given at least 24 hours notice per AEA requirement.