San Jose Stage Company
CONTRACT
Bay Area Theatre $562 weekly minimum (BAT Tier 3)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in THE TOOTH OF CRIME by Sam Shepard (see breakdown).
Local Bay Area actors encouraged to submit.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please fill out the audition form where you will upload your audition video submissions at this link: https://zfrmz.com/srFdBGgJiaYlgf9KAoHK .
Deadline: Tue, Feb 1, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Artistic Director: Randall King
Executive Director: Cathleen King
Director: Tony Kelly
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: May 3, 2022
First Preview: June 1, 2022
Opening: June 4, 2022
Closing: June 26, 2022 (*possible extension through July 10, 2022)
OTHER
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A copy of THE TOOTH OF CRIME script can be found at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10NPavOwjy-cGIzuVJeU2pFpmRbsdbjhT
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
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
San Jose Stage Company is requesting you prepare one of the sides located at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X8HIgQmPcUaA8in09TjuC81MY1ZELN67 for the preferred character of your choice, as well as a brief upbeat rock 'n' roll song of your choice.
If you cannot secure a reader for the given sides, please prepare a contemporary monologue totaling no more than 2 minutes.
If you cannot secure accompaniment for your song, please record yourself singing Hit Me With Your Best Shot with the sheet music and accompaniment provided at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bLqNQpUWvoCKmQ2rmNF-HRv_-2z6KZLP
THE TOOTH OF CRIME by Sam Shepard : A battle for psychic territory rages amid a post-apocalyptic world driven by rock music. In a future dominated by “The Game”, Hoss, an aging rockstar living by his own code is pitted against his young rival Crow, a rising gypsy maverick driven by image and vying for the new status quo. Through celebrity, mortality, and good ole’ rock ‘n’ roll, Sam Shepard unmasks the cyclical nature of fame and succession.
Cast Breakdown:
HOSS - 50’s, Any Gender, Any Race - The Boss, Old School Rocker, THE Killer on the Throne. The world’s top Marker worried that the younger Gypsies are gunning to usurp. Often takes on the dialects of past myths, such as a Western gunfighter, a 1920s gangster, and a Delta blues singer. *Must be proficient on guitar, particularly rock/electric guitar.
CROW - 20’s/30’s, Any Gender, Any Race - An upstart Gypsie Marker seeking to dethrone Hoss. Constantly Slings a stylish, newfangled slang ... think ‘Clockwork Orange me droogies’. *Must play an instrument; guitar is preferred.
BECKY - 30’s/40’s, Female-identifying, Any Race - Smart, tough, rock groupie who has survived a vicious scene .
MEERA Late 30’s-mid 50’s, Any Gender, Any Race – The Gazer. An astrologer who advises Hoss. Old school and losing relevance in high velocity age.
RUIDO RAN – Mid to late 30’s, Male-identifying, African American - The Dee Jay. Hip now disc jockey. The New Gazer who advises Hoss by looking in the charts.
CHASER - 40’s, Male-identifying, Any Race - Hoss’s friend and hot rod driver, mechanic, and caregiver of the Merc.
DOC - 40’s/mid50’s- Male-identifying, Any Race - Hoss’s drug supplier/physician. “Doctor Feelgood”.
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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