THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME Equity Actors - People's Light Auditions

THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME - Submit for NYC Appointments

People's Light | Malvern, PA

Notice: Submission

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$776 weekly minimum (LORT D)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME (See breakdown).

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration at:

https://forms.gle/6dPcztGWibs6QQBW9 .

Deadline: 09/27/2023

SUBMIT TO

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PERSONNEL

Artistic Director: Zak Berkman

Director: Donya K. Washington

Writer: Christina Anderson

Casting Director: JZ Casting, Geoff Josselson, CSA, Katja Zarolinski, CSA

OTHER DATES

Auditions/Callbacks: TBD

Rehearsal Date(s): Jan 23, 2024

Preview Date(s): Feb 21, 2024

Opening Date(s): Feb 25, 2024

Closing Date(s): March 24, 2024

OTHER

Location of production: Malvern, PA

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

THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME

NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR & PLAYWRIGHT: Actors will play their characters at different ages, the playwright notes “it is more important to capture the energy of the age, rather than “play” the age. No one should “play” a child in this world. Consider how the 8-year-old version of the adult character exists in the space.”

SEEKING:

[HELEN] 30s/40s. Black American woman. Always wanted to be a swimming coach, her dream was thwarted when the pools were closed. Janice’s mother. Compassionate, smart, engaging, quietly determined, reserved. She was born and raised in Beacon, Kansas to a pillar of the community middle-class family. She feels a strong responsibility to her community and becomes the backroom activist while her husband becomes the face of their work, helping with strategy and connections.

[GAYLE] 30s/40s. Black American woman. Helen’s younger sister. The fun one. Loving and direct. While her sister stayed in Beacon, Gayle traveled the world working archeological digs. She and her husband owned and worked on a farm. She and her sister have always been close. Doubles as: Young Chipper Ambitious Black Woman – Black American woman. Chair of the Beacon African American Recognition Committee. She’s class president material. She’s that one who is involved in everything. Probably a Black sorority sister. Deeply kind.

[EDWIN] 30s/40s. Black American man. Helen’s husband and Janice’s father. Enthusiastic – sometimes to the point of single mindedness. Charismatic, determined. Born and raised in Beacon, Kansas to a working-class family. Natural storyteller. Protective of his family and loves them deeply. Spent his life as an activist, giving speeches and organizing events, later in life pursuing the legal route.