Theatre Horizon
SPT
$608 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
Equity actors for roles in Theatre Horizon's 2022-23 Season (See breakdown).
Philadelphia locals are encouraged to submit.
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit your headshot, resume and audition video link to the email provided.
Deadline: Thu, Dec 1, 2022
Written by James Magruder, based on the Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney and the music of the Go-Gos
Directed by Rebecca Wright
An original work written by Charly Evon Simpson
Directed by Cheyenne Barboza
Viewing submissions:
Artistic Director - Nell Bang Jenson
Director - Rebecca Wright
Producing Director - Shelby North
Rehearsals: January 11th - 28th
Tech: February 1st - 8th
Previews: February 9th & 10th
Performances: February 11th - March 12th
Rehearsals: April 19th-29th
Tech: April 30th - May 11th
Previews: May 10th - 12th
Performances: May 13th - June 4th
We anticipate that this production will require all personnel to be vaccinated and will comply with all Equity rules regarding medical and religious exemptions.
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:
Please slate your name, pronouns, and the name of your audition pieces before starting your monologue or song. Please also indicate if you are interested/available for both HEAD OVER HEELS and SANDBLASTED, or one or the other. Your total audition should not exceed three (3) minutes.
For SANDBLASTED please prepare one (1) short monologue from a play of your choice.
For HEAD OVER HEELS please prepare one (1) short monologue and one (1) song, in the style of the Go-Gos. You may sing a song of your own choosing OR use the backing track at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12VzXhDdsQnHU4cjytnkLsfS2hLCR0go7/view?usp=share_link and sheet music at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_usci9sFysJ4dDvwvY4D8YP-2cZT6cJ/view?usp=drivesdk .
HEAD OVER HEELS
SEEKING:
BASILIUS - King of Arcadia, Basilius clings to tradition as the golden rule. Used to being in charge, having his authority threatened or questioned is an unfamiliar and uncomfortable feeling for him. The endurance of his rule is severely tested over the show and he must decide if he wants to cling to the comfort of the known or open himself up to the new and exciting possibilities that call to him. Vocal Range: Tenor.
GYNECIA - Queen of Arcadia. Smart, embodied, sensual, knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to go after it. Life with her husband isn't what it used to be, but she still loves him and is skilled in navigating his moods and figuring out how to influence him indirectly. Wise and powerful though she is not always valued for these gifts. Vocal Range: Alto.
PAMELA - Basilius and Gynecia's older daughter. Known to be the most beautiful bachelorette in the Kingdom. She is willful, self dramatizing, and seemingly obsessed with appearances. Caught between who she really is and who the world wants her to be. Vocal Range Mezzo-Soprano with belt.
PHILOCLEA - Basilius and Gynecia's shy younger daughter. Used to being in the shadow of her older, flashier sister, Philoclea Has learned that her value lies in being a “good girl” who behaves according to the expectations of others, particularly her father even when they conflict with her true desires. She is deeply in love with her childhood friend Musidorous and yearns to follow her heart. Vocal Range: Soprano with belt.
DAMETAS - The King's viceroy; father to Mopsa. Wise, gentle, deeply loyal even when he disagrees with or doubts Basilius’s actions. A widower who bears the weight of missing his wife. He adores his daughter but has difficulty expressing his feelings and processing the feelings of others. Vocal Range Tenor, Baritone, Bass.
MOPSA - The loyal handmaiden to Pamela with whom she also happens to be in love. Growing up without a mother has made Mopsa wise beyond her years about everyone and everything. Therefore, she is often able to see the truths of others before they realize it for themselves. Vocal Range: Mezzo-Soprano with belt.
MUSIDORUS - A pure-hearted and guileless shepherd who pines for his childhood friend and beloved, Philoclea. When forced to disguise himself as a woman in order to stay near to his love, Musidorous discovers another side to himself. A very offbeat hero who is great with physical comedy. Male Identifying. Vocal Range: Tenor
ENSEMBLE - Unique, fierce, charismatic multigenerational (18-60 years old) individuals to inhabit the kingdom of Arcadia. Expert Dancers. Vocal Range: All.
SANDBLASTED
SEEKING:
ANGELA - black woman in her 30s. a safety cat which is a scaredy cat, but it is exactly what a scaredy cat would call herself.
ODESSA - black woman in her 30s. a bit of a show off before...and after. like before you might have been a little annoyed with her because she got all the attention, but it doesn’t matter now.
ADAH - older black woman. she is somewhere between 100 and 200 or between 40 and 90. no one knows. she is like oprah when oprah shares pictures of her veggies on Instagram and you wonder if she went out and tended to the garden herself or if she has folks who do it for her. then again, she’s not like oprah at all. (Adah should most importantly, looks and feels older than Angela and Odessa. Also, Adah rhymes with Jada).
JAMAL - black man in his late 20s/early 30s. ANGELA’s younger brother. he’s a bartender. the kind that hits on you and you actually consider saying yes, sure, why not.
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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