Theatre Espresso
CONTRACT
TYA $85.00 per performance (Tier II)
SEEKING
Equity actors for understudy roles in Theatre Espresso's 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
Local actors encouraged to submit.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a one-minute monologue of your choice. Email your headshot/resume and video submission to Artistic Director, Shelley Bolman.
Deadline: Fri, Jul 8, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Shelley Bolman, Artistic Director
Danny Bolton, Company Manager
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Dates: Rehearsals for all shows will be held between Oct 3rd – Nov 4th
Show Run Dates: All FIVE shows will be available to tour from Nov 7, 2022 - Jun 23, 2023. Dates that understudies will perform will always be scheduled in advance.
OTHER
All rehearsals and performances take place in the Greater Boston area.
At Theatre Espresso, we are committed to being an inclusive, accessible company. Please let us know what we can do to eliminate or reduce barriers to your auditioning by emailing auditions@theatreespresso.org.
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
All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout the season, and we are seeking to add four new understudies to our company. Dramas touring this year are listed below. Note that the gender/race of the characters are indicated where important to the story, but we will enthusiastically consider actors of any gender/identity who can believably play the role. Female or non-binary actors who identify as AAPI, black, or caucasian, as well as male actors who identify as black are encouraged to submit to understudy multiple tracks in these shows.
American Tapestry, by Megan Cooper, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Carmella Teoli – Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mrs. Teoli/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mrs. Wannarzyk/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mrs. Wade/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Victoria/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mr. Teoli/Ensemble - Man, any race (ROLE CAST)
Chairman Henry - Man, any race (ROLE CAST)
Samuel Goldberg/Ensemble - Man, any race (ROLE CAST)
Father Milanese/Ensemble - Man, any race (ROLE CAST)
Justice at War - The Japanese Internment Camps, by Mimi Katano, Wendy Lement, and Jordan Winer
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
General John L. DeWitt – Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Solicitor General Fahey - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mitsuye Endo - Woman, Asian (ROLE CAST)
Purcell - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
Chief Justice Stone - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
Bailiff - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
The Trial of Anthony Burns, by Bethany Dunakin and Wendy Lement
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Anthony Burns - any gender, African American (ROLE CAST)
Rev. Grimes/Ensemble - any gender, African American (ROLE CAST)
Colonel Suttle/Wendell Phillips - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Louisa May Alcott/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Richard Henry Dana/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Judge Edward Loring/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
State Senate Chairman/Ensemble - any gender, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Uprising on King Street, by Christopher Robin Cook, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson (Director: Shelley Bolman)
Captain Thomas Preston - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
Judge Trowbridge/Phillis Wheatley & Ensemble - Woman, African American (ROLE CAST)
Abigail Adams/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Mrs. Hartigan/Ensemble - Woman, any race (ROLE CAST)
Sam Adams/Andrew & Ensemble - any gender, African American (ROLE CAST)
John Adams/Ensemble - Man, any race (ROLE CAST)
Robert Paine/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Richard Palmes/Ensemble - any gender, any race (ROLE CAST)
Nine Who Dared, by Wendy Lement, Derek Nelson, and Clifford Odle
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Ernest Green - Man, African American (ROLE CAST)
Melba Patillo - Woman, African American (ROLE CAST)
Mrs. Bates/Minnijean Brown - Woman, African American (ROLE CAST)
Miss Huckaby/Ensemble - Woman, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Nancy/Ensemble - Woman, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Reverend Crenshaw/Ensemble - Man, African American (ROLE CAST)
Governor Faubus/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
Ben Fine/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
President Eisenhower/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian (ROLE CAST)
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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