Crowded Fire Theater Company
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Oct 14, 2019
9:30 am - 6:30 pm (PDT)
Lunch: 1:30PM - 2:30PM
APPOINTMENTS
Please complete the 2020 Generals Application at the following link: https://form.jotform.com/calshakesjotform/2020-generals. You will be emailed a link to schedule your audition once you have submitted your materials. Please note that AEA members have priority. Non-Equity actors will be seen as time/space permit.
CONTRACT
Modified BAT Minimum - $300/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown. Please note that casting personnel from California Shakepeare Theater will be seeing actors for their 2020 Season at this EPA. See their separate notice for season breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare 2 contrasting pieces, one classic and one contemporary, totaling no more than 3 min (auditions will be timed).
LOCATION
Cal Shakes Rehearsal Hall
701 Heinz AvenueBerkeley, CA 94710
Accessible Hall. Parking available in designated lot & street parking
PERSONNEL
CAL SHAKES
Artistic Assoc./Casting Manager: LeeAnn Dowd
CROWDED FIRE
Artistic Director: Mina Morita
Resident Artist Casting Lead: Nailah Harper-Malveaux
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
Casting personnel from other local Bay Area companies, Playwrights Foundation, C and Z Space, will tentatively be in attendance. These theatres have held their seasonal auditions and are not seeing actors for specific projects. A confirmed schedule of who is in the room will be posted.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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.
BREAKDOWN
All encouraged to audition. We are eager to see a diversity of actors in terms of race, gender, sexuality, (dis)ability, and experience. POC, Queer, Trans, Non-binary, (Dis)abled actors encouraged to attend.
MARISA
Late 20's. Latina. From the heart of Mexico but you couldn't tell. Freelance actress in the city. Virgo. Practical. Rational. Resourceful. Emotional as hell but she'll never admit to it. Doesn't like to fuck with shit outside of this world. Great relationship with her father.
LEV
Late 20's. Black. Marisa's boyfriend. Has a day job working for Restaurant Beatrix but is a painter by profession. Libra - you know the type. Strong willed. Mood swings. Sticks to deepest convictions. Charming & alluring. Wants to learn more about the world and the people in it. Questionable relationship with his father.
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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