Portland Stage Company
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $739 weekly minimum (Portland Stage Run) Includes health, pension, travel, and lodging. $677 weekly minimum (Hangar Theatre Run, SPT 8) Includes health, pension, lodging, and travel.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in THE GREAT LEAP (see breakdown).
PLEASE NOTE: This will be a Co-Production between Hangar Theatre (Ithaca, NY) and Portland Stage (Portland, Maine). Hangar Theatre concluded its EPAs earlier in 2022, and this notice satisfies the requirement for Portland Stage.
The Production Stage Manager and ASM positions have been filled.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. Email a link to your submission video and include your headshot/resume.
Deadline: Thu, Jun 23, 2022
SUBMIT TO
submissions@michaelcassara.net
PERSONNEL
Playwright: Lauren Yee
Director: Natsu Onoda Power (viewing auditions)
Casting Director: Michael Cassara, CSA (viewing auditions)
Executive & Artistic Director: Anita Stewart
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 7/22 (at Hangar Theatre – Ithaca, NY)
First Performance: 8/10 (at Hangar Theatre – Ithaca, NY)
Closing: 8/20 (at Hangar Theatre – Ithaca, NY)
Following the closing at Hangar Theatre, the production will resume on the following schedule at Portland Stage:
First Rehearsal: 9/9 (at Portland Stage – Portland, ME)
First Performance: 9/14 (at Portland Stage – Portland, ME)
Closing: 10/2 (at Portland Stage – Portland, ME)
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
No roles will be understudied.
THE GREAT LEAP, by Lauren Yee
Director: Natsu Onoda Power
SEEKING:
MANFORD – Male, Chinese-American, 18+ to play 17. Intense, scrappy, resourceful, runs into trouble, attacks the rim, with a ruthless crossover. We’re rooting for him. Not tall. more Allen Iverson than Jeremy Lin.
CONNIE – Female, Chinese-American, 25. Manford's cousin and UC Berkeley grad student. Level-headed, big picture. Deeply invested in Manford’s well-being. A Chris Paul/Klay Thompson type.
WEN CHANG – Male, Chinese, 43. Coach of Beijing University's men's basketball team. Observant, efficient, follows the rules. Sees an elegant beauty in the sport. Favors three pointers over aggressive inside shots. Tim Duncan would appreciate his energy. (His English is formal, but relatively unaccented.)
SAUL – Male, Jewish, 52. Coach of the University of San Francisco's men's basketball team. A shit-talking, shot-blocking, washed up Larry Bird. Three things in the world matter to him: his daughter, his players, and the sport of basketball
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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