Various Producers
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $990 weekly minimum (LORT D)
URTA
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in SALT/CITY/BLUES (see breakdown).
Bass/Valle Casting encourages people of all races, ages, ethnicities, abilities and gender identities to apply.
Syracuse Stage is in residence on the campus of Syracuse University. University policy requires on site employees to be vaccinated. All actors and staff members accepting work from Syracuse Stage must be fully vaccinated or provide written medical or religious exemption documentation prior to arrival in Syracuse. All performers must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by the CDC (i.e., more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved vaccine) by 05/01/2022.
INSTRUCTIONS
Submit an electronic copy of your headshot and resume for the opportunity to send in a video audition.
Deadline: Wed, Feb 9, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Playwright: Kyle E. Bass
Director: Gilbert McCauley
NYC Casting: Bass/Valle Casting
Casting Directors: Harriet Bass & Gama Valle
OTHER DATES
Callbacks: 03/11/2022 & 03/12/2022
Workshop: 04/01/2022 to 04/04/2022
1st Rehearsal: 05/17/2022
Opening: 06/10/2022
Closing: 06/26/2022
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
SYNOPSIS:
How does a fractured family heal when unresolved emotions of the past color the present? Can a city reshape itself if it means tearing open old, still-tender wounds? And where in a diverse but segregated city can communities find common ground, mutual dignity and a true sense of home? These questions collide into Yolonda Mourning, an independent consultant on a vast project to take down a span of highway that has long divided Salt City. When she leaves her husband and teenage son and moves to the heart of trendy downtown, a diverse cast of characters forces Yolonda to confront the Salt City’s complicated history around race, class and urban renewal, and to reckon with her role as architect of the broken bridges in her own family. Moving, funny, poignant, and current, salt/city/blues is a fresh, contemporary new play set in a fictionalized Syracuse and to the music of the blues. A Cold Read world premiere production.
SEEKING:
NOTE: Actors MUST be available for a workshop in NYC, April 1-4.
PROF D: he/him/his, African American, actually 81 years old (so he says). Imagines himself a younger man until his age gives him an advantage. A kind of folk historian. A kind of narrator. He can go from folksy common sense to erudite within in a single utterance. He always has a book. Then he’s off his meds maybe he hears voices, sees things others do not see. An aficionado of the Blues, particularly the music of the women of the Blues. Likes to dance to the Blues.
CARRIE SIMMONS: she/her/hers, White American, late 30s to late 40’s. Angry. Tough but deeply feeling. A military (Army) vet. Served in Iraq. Has a dragon tattoo on her neck. Comes out of the poor white community of Salt City. The bartender at Tipsy’s bar. Dances with convincing soul.
YOLONDA MOURNING: she/her/hers, African American, early to late 40s. Smart (with blind spots). Put together, or so it would seem. Exudes power and confidence. She’s got her own. Bourbon is her drink. She has a commanding physical presence and looks great with a rocks glass in her hand. She can be demanding and insensitive. Spells her name with two o’s. She can dance (R&B).
FISH: he/him/his, White American, early 40’s to early 50’s (it’s hard to tell). Addicted to alcohol. A mess, but an interesting mess. His sharp wit is dulled some by his addiction. Knows how to offer a toast. A good storyteller. Half Irish (mother), half Jewish (father). Raised Catholic in the Dublin Heights (Irish) neighborhood of Salt City. He is an ace mimic of Irish and Jewish dialects.
MALCOLM (a.k.a. “MALIK”): he/him/his, African American, 18+ to play 17. Has a way with words. Can cut to the quick. He is charming. He plays the trumpet. A bit of an “old head” – wise beyond his years but still young. He wants to be a blues musician. He has renamed himself “Malik.” He’s a good, sensitive kid who is angry at finding himself in the middle of his parents’ broken relationship. He’s developed a bit of a quick temper. Yolonda’s son. NOTE: Ideally a competent trumpet/horn player.
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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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