Windy City Playhouse
**CANCELLED**
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Mar 23, 2020
10:00 am - 2:00 pm (CST)
APPOINTMENTS
Members may sign up through the Member Portal on 3/16/2020
CONTRACT
CAT CAT 3 $426 Per week minimum.
SEEKING
Seeking actors for the Untitled Rick Bayless/Windy City Playhouse Project
PREPARATION
Please prepare one side of your choosing. Sides will be available
March, 7, 2020 email Samantha@windycityplayhouse.com for hard copies.
LOCATION
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
Chicago, IL 60618
Auditions will take place in the theatre
PERSONNEL
Amy Rubenstein- Artistic Director, Windy City Playhouse
Samantha Mitchell- Casting Director and Company Manager, Windy City Playhouse
OTHER
Please prepare one side of your choosing. Sides will be available
March, 7, 2020 email Samantha@windycityplayhouse.com for hard copies.
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
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
Any ethnicity for all roles. Roles are physically demanding. Clowning and stage combat a plus.
Clyde Oberhoffer - Health Inspector – Identifies as male, 30’s – 50’s – Buttoned up, conservative, makes trouble for the restaurant staff. Power hungry, insecure, wants women to like him. Awkward with women.
Shelly Falstaff - General Manager – Identifies as female. 30’s to 40’s. In a relationship with Sous Chef. Professional, type A, jealous and insecure about her relationship, harried, overwhelmed. Keeps the ship from sinking.
Loreen - restaurant patron– Identifies as female – 30’s to 40’s - Kleptomaniac. Starstruck, Frustrated with not being married. Unlucky in love. Envious of her friend’s success as an Instagram influencer. Always ready to have a drink. Loud and at times obnoxious. Loves to be the center of attention.
Kiki - VeganChic Instagram Influencer Patron – Identifies as female – mid 20’s to mid 30’s - Vegan Instagram influencer. She is a closet carnivore. Always taking selfies and posting on her page. Self important, vain, opportunist. Has trouble recognizing boundaries.
Jude Sous Chef – identifies as male 30’s to 40’s. Nervous, anxious. Drinks to control his anxiety. He gets drunk and high as a way to cope with his nerves – to the point of sleeping on the floor of the kitchen. In a relationship with the GM. Oblivious to someone making the moves on him.
Felix - busboy; identifies as male. Any age. Speaks with an accent. Seldom uses English words – only has a few phrases. Takes all orders seriously and literally. Is constantly being ordered around. Devoted to the restaurant. Totally selfless. Will risk all to save the day. Think Manuel from Faulty Towers.
Boris (John Paul Windsor the Third) - Waiter – Identifies as male. 30’s to 60’s. Owner of another restaurant who is in disguise. Came to steal recipes. Think Sasha Baron Cohen. He doesn’t care about he patrons, the restaurant or the food. He is only out for himself.
Ignatious (Iggy) Cook – Identifies as male 20’s to 40’s. Effeminate, in love with the Sous Chef. Would be happy to steal him away from the GM. Has a solution to every problem. Quick to anger or go into a jealous rage.
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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