Houses on the Moon Theater Company
CONTRACT
Mini $600 weekly minimum + pension/health
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in SHARED SENTENCES (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit a self-tape with a 1–2-minute contemporary monologue. Include a slate with your name, height, and location from where you can be hired. Submit a downloadable link with EPA - SHARED SENTENCES in the subject line.
Deadline: Tue, Aug 2, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
By Emily Joy Weiner
Director: Lisa Rothe
Artistic Director: Emily Joy Weiner
Managing Director: Kevin Connor
Casting: Calleri Jensen Davis
Casting Director: Erica Jensen (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
September 27th - October 16th: Rehearsals
October 17th - October 23rd: load-in and tech
October 25th: Performances begin
October 27th: Opening Night
November 13th: Closing
OTHER
Venue: Mabou Mines at 122 Community Center
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: When Olivia, an aspiring artist, is faced with a life altering proposition during dark and uncertain times, she finds herself in a United Prison Families meeting, a support group for those with an incarcerated loved one. SHARED SENTENCES follows the lives of six individuals from various walks of life and explores how we define “family”. Written by Emily Joy Weiner (Co-Founder and Artistic Director of HOTM) and directed by Lisa Rothe, SHARED SENTENCES seeks to bring unique theatrical representation to the experience of millions of Americans who are currently serving time “on the outside
SEEKING:
NOTE: All characters are inspired by real people.
BARBARA: Female-identifying, white, late 70s-80s, former kindergarten teacher, mother of estranged daughter, widow, prison reform activist and founder of United Prison Families (UPF).
SEBASTIAN: Male-identifying, Latino 30s-40s, bartender, music fanatic, wears his heart on his sleeve.
HAROLD: Male-identifying, 50s-60s, Black, doorman in a luxury residential building, also a budding novelist, reserved on the surface, gentle, thoughtful.
CELESTE: Female-identifying, 40s-50s, Latina American, paralegal for a big law firm and studying to be a human rights lawyer, tough, determined, has been through it all.
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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