TORCH SONG - Equity video submissions Marin Theatre Company | Mill Valley, CA
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$800 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in Harvey Fierstein’s TORCH SONG (See breakdown).
Actors of all ages, ethnicities, gender identities, abilities, types and LGBTQ+ are encouraged to audition.
Local San Francisco/Bay Area actors are encouraged to audition.
MTC is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in casting and uses a color and culturally conscious approach to casting. Actors of every race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, and ability are encouraged to submit their materials and/or audition.
No roles will be understudied.
See video instructions in the breakdown. Please submit your headshot, resume and link to your video audition for consideration. No phone calls or follow-up emails will be returned.
Deadline: 11/06/2023
casting@marintheatre.org
Written by: Harvey Fierstein
Viewing Auditions:
Richard A. Mosqueda (he/she/they), Artistic Producer & Director
Any Callbacks will be held after November 6, 2023
1st REHEARSAL: Mon, Apr 15, 2024 SPACING: Thu, May 2, 2024
TECH BEGINS: Fri, May 3, 2024
FINAL DRESS (Called “Producer’s Preview”): Wed, May 8, 2024
PREVIEWS: Thu, May 9, 2024-Sun, May 12, 2024
OPENING: Tues, May 14, 2024
STUDENT MATINEES (SMATS, 11am): Wed, May 22 & Wed, May 29, 2024
PERSPECTIVES MATINEE (1pm): Thu, May 30, 2024
CLOSING (2pm): Sun, June 2, 2024 Dates subject to change.
OTHER
Venue: Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, CA.
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.
TORCH SONG
Directed by Richard A. Mosqueda
Video instructions:
Please submit your headshot, resume, and link to a video of the sides provided in the link below. For two-character scenes, if you do not have someone to read with you, read both sides as a monologue. Preferred method for submitting videos is to share as Google Drive files, or links to YouTube or Vimeo. Videos sent via WeTransfer will not be reviewed.
LINK TO SIDES: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xc3ADhKDKRB87Gb80CmqhiJpDhMKBkN2? usp=drive_link
Start each video recording saying your name, the city where you currently reside, then announce the script sides you’re performing.
Please name your videos: “Last name, First Name - Script Side - Torch Song Local EPA”
SYNOPSIS: Harvey Fierstein’s newly revised two-act version of Torch Song Trilogy, a seminal work celebrating gay culture and its evolution over the span of the late 1970s and ‘80s that follows the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City. Told with a likable, human voice, Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey through his cynical disillusionment with love to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more than perhaps anything else: respect.
ARNOLD– 27-35, Male-Presenting, Jewish. Unconventionally attractive; Larger than life, funny, charming, and intelligent; A NYC drag queen who is desperately seeking love. He uses his enormous wit and humor as a shield and has a huge heart. Multiracial Jewish Actors are encouraged to submit for this role.
ED– Mid 30s-Early 40s, Male-Presenting, Any Ethnicity. Bisexual; Handsome, with a disarming boyish charm and innocence; A schoolteacher, traditional, masculine, square; Arnold’s on-again, off-again love and also Laurel’s boyfriend and later ex-husband.
LAUREL– Early-Mid 30s, Female-Presenting, Any Ethnicity. Curious, intelligent yet naive, and open minded; Ed’s girlfriend and later ex-wife. Hopelessly optimistic.
ALAN– 18, Male-Presenting, Any Ethnicity. Arnold’s younger boyfriend; a model, very pretty; youthful and free; a frightened child in hustler’s clothing.
MA– 60s, Female-Presenting, Jewish. A real Jewish mother; feisty and stubborn; Arnold’s ultimate sparring partner. She is traditional to a fault. Multiracial Jewish actors are encouraged to submit for this role.
DAVID– 18+ to play 15, Male-Presenting, Any Ethnicity. Arnold’s foster son; precocious only by way of growing up quickly; sarcastic, wonderfully bright and has an edge to him. He is a survivor.
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