School of the Art Institute Residency Culminating Performance - Chicago EPA **Updated**
Erasing the Distance
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm (CST)
APPOINTMENTS
Members can make an appointment through the member portal beginning Thursday, December 7th at noon.
CONTRACT
CAT CAT-N Phase 2;
$11/hr (13 rehearsal hours anticipated)
$95 for performance
SEEKING
Equity male, female, and gender non-conforming actors. See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
We have specific sides to prepare, which will be available starting December 7th. Auditioners can obtain sides by emailing Jana Ross at jana@erasingthedistance.org or hard copies can be picked up from the Erasing the Distance office (same address as audition). General office hours are 10-5pm, M-Th.
LOCATION
Erasing the Distance
4001 N. Ravenswood
Suite 503 C
Chicago, IL 60626
Please leave extra time to find parking.
PERSONNEL
Jana Ross (director)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal February 18, 2018
Performance Date: February 23, 4:30pm.
OTHER
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
Note: All characters in this script are created from interviews with real people.
1 white man, early 20s; thoughtful, poetic, determined. This character has cerebellar speech as a result of a brain tumor, and actors who share this speaking style are especially encouraged to audition. If the actor does not have cerebellar speech, we will provide resources in the rehearsal process.
1 woman of any ethnicity, mid 20s; a graphic designer, activist and art therapist. Needs to be between 5'3-5'6. Intelligent and warm. A leader.
1 woman of Native or Native/white ethnicity, late teens/early 20s; darkly funny. A storyteller. Actors with service animals are especially encouraged to audition.
1 Asian American woman, late teens/early 20s; chatty, goofy, fierce when she needs to be.
1 white woman, early 20s; kind, independent, measured.
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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