THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS and HOPE & GRAVITY - Philadelphia PA EPA
1812 Productions
AUDITION DATE
May 01, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
May 09, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
lunch 1:30 to 2:30
APPOINTMENTS
Auditions will be by appointment in five-minute time slots – please e-mail Emily Kleimo Assistant to the Artistic Director, at Emily@1812productions.org, or call 215-592-9560, regarding an audition time. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT-9, 17-18 Salary pending
SEEKING
Local Philadelphia area Equity actors for various roles in the following two productions:
THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS
and
HOPE & GRAVITY
PREPARATION
Please prepare a 2-minute contemporary comedic monologue. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
1812 Rehearsal Studio
2329 S 3rd St
Philadelphia, PA 19148
St (on 3rd between Wolf and Ritner) Our offices and studio are located in an old Catholic School – Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The attached parking lot is for clergy and church administration only. On-street parking is free however and is plentiful during the day.)
PERSONNEL
1812 Productions Personnel in Attendance: Jennifer Childs, Artistic Director; Emily Kleimo, Assistant to the Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production dates.
OTHER
* 1812’s mission is to entertain and educate through comedy. Comedy is all we do. For more info check out 1812’s web address - www.1812productions.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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
THIS IS THE WEEK THAT IS
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Performance Dates: Friday, November 24, 2017-Sunday, December 31, 2017
Written and performed by the This Is The Week That Is ensemble
Directed by Jennifer Childs
Plays and Players Theater
Show Synopsis: A political satire revue that features original sketches, songs and news parodies.
Seeking:
Ensemble 2 (male/female, plays piano)
Ensemble 3 (male/female, sings)
The following roles have been CAST:
Ensemble 1 (male, 40s, plays guitar) THIS ROLE IS CAST
Ensemble 4 (male, 20s, plays guitar) THIS ROLE IS CAST
Ensemble 5 (female, 40s, plays drums) THIS ROLE IS CAST
Ensemble 6 (female, 20s, sings non-union) THIS ROLE IS CAST
Each actor plays a variety of characters – from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin - depending on who is in the news at the time. In addition, each plays an instrument as a part of the musical component of the show.
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HOPE & GRAVITY
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Performance Dates: April 26, 2018-May 20, 2018
Written by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Jennifer Childs
Plays and Players Theater
Show Synopsis:
When an elevator crashes in a major city, nine lives intersect in surprising ways—through love and sex, poetry and dentistry, in offices, homes, and hotel rooms. By turns comic and profound, Hope And Gravity traces the barely perceivable threads that connect us all.
ACTOR 1 (man, 40s-50s) Marty, Douglas: Marty is a good-natured, chatty elevator repairman who enjoys his job and takes it seriously. Married to Nan. Douglas is a professor and blocked poet with a sense of humor. After an elevator accident he walks with a cane and struggles with memory loss.
ACTOR 2 (man, late 30s-early 40s) Peter, Hal: Peter is a dentist and a pathological liar. Lustful and manipulative. Having an affair with Nan but ends up with Barb. Hal is a neurotic assistant principal who believes in signs. Married to Tanya, who is struggling to get pregnant.
ACTOR 3 (woman, late 30s-early 40s) Tanya, Nan: Tanya is an actuary. Paranoid and a bit of a control-freak. Struggling to get pregnant. Nan is the nurse at a middle school. Patient, straight-forward, caring. She is married to Marty but having an affair with Peter. She wants to “be good” and end her affair.
ACTOR 5 (woman, 20s) Jill, Barb: Jill is a graduate student studying creative writing. Honest, sometimes blunt but caring. Marries Steve. Barb is the secretary for the assistant principal at a middle school (Hal). Knows what she wants. Longs for financial security so she can quit her job. Has an irrational fear of dentists.
The following role has been CAST:
ACTOR 4 (man, 20s) Steve: Steve is a graduate student studying creative writing who is struggling creatively, personally and financially. Engaged to Barb but later married to Jill. THIS ROLE IS CAST
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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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