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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Thursday, May 9, 2013
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sign Up begins at 9:00 AM
Lunch is from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
LORT D- minimum $583/wk
Location
Madilyn Clark Studios
10852 Burbank Blvd
N. Hollywood, CA 91607
Studio E
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Seeking
Performers for four shows in our season. Venus In Fur, In The Time of The Butterflies, Detroit, and Red.
Preparation
Two contrasting contemporary theatre monologues no more that 3 minutes total. Please no tv/film monologues. You may prepare material from any of the shows in the season if you wish. Materials will not be provided at the audition
Other Dates
See breakdown
Other
Will consider non-AEA actors in addition to Union Actors.
www.sdrep.org
Personnel
See breakdown
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules in effect. Sign Up begins at 9:00 AM.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
PERSONNEL:
VENUS IN FUR
Written by David Ives
Director: Sam Woodhouse
IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
Written by Caridad Svich
Based on the novel by Julia Alvarez
Director: Todd Salovey and Herbert Siguenza
DETROIT
Written by Lisa D’Amour
Director: Sam Woodhouse
RED
Written by John Logan
Director: TBD
DATES:
VENUS IN FUR
Rehearse: October 15, 2013
Previews: November 9, 2013
Open: November 15, 2013
Close: December 8, 2013
IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
Rehearse: December 9, 2013
Previews: January 4, 2014
Open: January 11, 2014
Close: January 26, 2014
DETROIT
Rehearse: January 28, 2014
Previews: February 22, 2014
Open: February 28, 2014
Close: March 16, 2014
RED
Rehearse: March 3, 2014
Previews: March 29, 2014
Open: April 5, 2014
Close: April 28, 2014
BREAKDOWN:
VENUS IN FUR
THOMAS
Male. mid 30’s – early 50’s. Any ethnicity. Writer/Director of Venus In Fur, a new play based on the book by the same name, that introduced the concepts of sadism and masochism to the world. Thomas is a veteran playwright and a first time director who is struggling to find the just the right actress to play Vanda, his leading lady. Frustrated by the process and a bit jaded by the industry, meeting Vanda awakens something inside of him. Thomas quickly finds himself tightly woven into her web of seduction – an experience that is terrifying, thrilling and very erotic.
VANDA
Female. 20’s – early 30’s. Any ethnicity. Extremely attractive, sexy and captivating. Immediately commands any room she enters. A seemingly desperate out of work actress. Vanda is well read and exceptionally savvy, and knows when to play dumb. She does what it takes to get the role while never revealing her true intention. An extraordinary seductress.
IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES
DEDE (Older) – Latina. 50’s. The guardian of memory in the (suspended) present. The storyteller. Dede is telling the story of her sister, Las Mariposas, to an American writer so that their story can live on for all time.
DEDE (Younger) – Latina. Plays Dede from ages 23 – 35. Older Dede’s younger self. The most “sensible” of the Maribal sisters, las mariposas. Falls in love and starts a family and avoids getting involved in the Communist movment. May be played by the same actor playing the American Woman.
MINERVA – Latina. Plays from ages 12 – 34. The most spirited of the sisters. Minerva is the most heavily involved in the movement. She is young and beautiful and the object of El Jefe’s affection which is the start of many of the problems for the Mirabal family. She is the one that is called La Mariposa.
PATRIA – Latina. The oldest of the Mirabal Sisters. Plays ages 22 – 36. Has a good head on her shoulders and always wants to do the right thing. Often conflicted on just what the right thing is. She is the last to join her sisters in the movement.
MARIA TERESA “MATE” (pronounced mah-tay) - Latina. The youngest of the Mirabal sisters. Mate is in a hurry to grow up and be able to do all of the things the older girls can do, especially when it comes to fighting for the freedom of her people. She becomes Minerva’s strongest comrade on the flight of La Mariposa.
AMERICAN WOMAN – Latina. 20’s. A fiction writer of Dominican descent living in New York City, present day. Dede is telling the American Woman her sisters’ story. May be played by the same actor playing Young Dede.
DETROIT
BEN - Male. 30’s. Worked at one bank for 5 years and another bank for 6 years. Recently laid off from his job and is working on starting his own online consulting company. A stand up guy, just tying to make his mark. Married to Mary.
MARY – Female. 30’s.. Met Ben after college, when they were both working, at a happy hour. She works as a paralegal at a small to mid-sized law firm. Optimistic, yet practical. She believes in Ben and his ambitions to have his own company but is skeptical about the online nature of it. A little tightly wound. Married to Ben.
KENNY - Male. 20’s – 30’s. Raised in several cities in California until he was 12 or 13 and his parents finally split up and he moved to Omaha with his mom. Now he works as a warehouse manager. Fresh out of major substance abuse rehab. In a relationship with Sharon, whom he met while in rehab. Kenny is doing his best to get himself together to make a life for he and Sharon. A good guy who just seems to make bad choices.
SHARON – Female. 20’s – 30’s. Raised in Tucson, AZ until she was 9, then she and her mother moved to Columbus, Ohio for 2 years and then to Indianapolis,. Fresh out of major substance abuse rehab. In a relationship with Kenny whom she met while in rehab. A free spirit. Sharon too has made her fair share of bad choices, but really just wants to be a good wife, neighbor and friend.
FRANK - Male. Any ethnicity. Late 70?s early 80?s. Spry, the kind of man whose been fixing his roof and rewiring the electricity on his house and taking care of his impeccable lawn for many years. He’s happy. Kenny’s uncle.
RED
ROTHKO - Famed American artist, Mark Rothko. Caucasian. 50’s. An eccentric painter who is set in his ways and no commissioned amount of money will change that – until, that is, Ken walks into (and out of) his life and forces Rothko to rethink his circumstances.
KEN - Male. 20’s. Any ethnicity. Rothko’s new assistant. Young, smart and ambitious. Wants to learn all that he can from Rothko and feels that this assistantship will be an invaluable experience for his own artistry. He does what he’s told and takes Rothko’s idiosyncrasies for what they are until the day comes that he can no longer be silent.
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