Upstream Theater 2024-25 Season - St. Louis, MO EPA Upstream Theater | Saint Louis, MO
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, April 15, 2024
3:00 PM - 10:00 PM (C)
To schedule an audition appointment, please email Managing Director Lizi Watt at: lizi@upstreamtheater.org . (We will schedule your time and furnish sample dialogues upon request.) If you are unable to attend this EPA, please write Managing Director Lizi Watt at lizi@upstreamtheater.org for details about submitting a video submission audition.
SPT
$361 weekly minimum (SPT 2)
Equity actors for roles in Upstream Theater's 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
Upstream Theater is proud of its commitment to a casting practice that is “local, professional, and inclusive.” We encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend this audition.
Local St. Louis, area actors are encouraged to audition.
PLEASE NOTE: We value your time! If you have performed in an Upstream Theater production in the past 5 years, you do not need to appear at the general audition: we will call you back as needed!
Please prepare one classical monologue in verse (Shakespeare, Molière, Calderón or similar), as well as one modern/contemporary dramatic piece. Total time should not exceed 6 minutes.
Kranzberg Arts Center
501 N Grand Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 63103-1006
501 Grand Blvd (At Olive). THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Expected to attend:
Philip Boehm, Artistic Director
Lizi Watt, Managing Director
Patrick Siler, Production Stage Manager
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
Callbacks are planned for April 20, 10am-3pm. See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
Venue: The Marcelle Theater - 3310 Samuel Shepard Dr, St. Louis, MO 63103
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.
Rehearsals begin week of September 23, 2024 (generally 6:30 - 10:30 on weekdays, afternoons on weekends)
Show Opens: October 18, 2024
Closes: November 3, 2024
SYNOPSIS: Professional premiere of a new translation by Gary Racz of this classic Spanish play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Directed by Philip Boehm. This classic Spanish Golden Age drama follows the journey of Prince Segismundo, who is imprisoned at birth due to a prophecy. As he grapples with his newfound freedom, Segismundo questions the nature of his existence and the power of his own choices.
BASIL, King of Poland (Role has been cast)
SEGISMUND, the prince, son of Basil (M, late 20s/early 30s)
ROSAURA, a Russian noblewoman (F, late 20s/early 30s)
CLOTALDO, an old nobleman, father of Rosaura (M, 60+)
ASTOLF, Duke of Moscow (M, late 20s/early 30s)
STELLA, niece of King Basil (F, late 20s/early 30s)
CLARION, Rosaura’s servant (M or F, age variable)
Rehearsals begin week of Dec. 30, 2024
Show Opens: Jan. 24, 2025
Closes: Feb. 9, 2025
SYNOPSIS: By Tino Caspanello, English translation by Haun Saussy, US premiere, Director TBA. Three last resistance fighters of an unidentified revolution are living inside the walls of a stadium, while enemies lurk outside, watching and waiting. One of the men goes looking for food and winds up bringing a woman into their closed circle. Are they right to trust her? The ensuing scenes echo a series of famous paintings by Rembrandt, Matisse, Degas, and others, and highlight themes touched on in the dialogues of this deep and darkly comic piece.
892, the chief (M, 30s-40s)
584, the oldest of the group (M, 40s-50s)
137, the youngest of the group (M, 20s-early 30s)
THE WOMAN (F, late 20s to early 40s)
Rehearsals begin week of March 17, 2025
Show Opens: April 11, 2025
Closes: April 27, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Regional premiere of a play by Zinnie Harris, Directed by Larissa Lury. Two women wash up on a distant shore following a boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems – and that, though they may be together, they have never been further apart.
ROBIN, a woman (a woman in her 40s)
HELEN, a woman (a woman at least in her 40s)
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