VICTORY GARDENS 2021-22 SEASON Submission - Victory Gardens Auditions

VICTORY GARDENS 2021-22 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Victory Gardens Theater

CONTRACT

CAT $510 weekly minimum + health / pension

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Victory Gardens 2021-22 Season (see breakdown).

Actors of all ethnicities, physical abilities, sizes, ages and gender identities are encouraged to submit for upcoming mainstage productions (https://victorygardens.org/2021-22-season/), the Ignition New Play program (https://victorygardens.org/ignition/) and other upcoming readings TBA.

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please email video with an updated headshot and resume. Optional: existing footage (reels, b-roll, etc) no more than 3 years old, not to exceed 1 min total. This is purely optional.

Deadline: Mon, Nov 8, 2021

SUBMIT TO

chicagoinclusioncasting@gmail.com

PERSONNEL

Victory Gardens Theatre Artistic Director, Ken-Matt Martin
The Chicago Inclusion Project Casting Associates, Stephanie Diaz and Emjoy Gavino

OTHER DATES

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by Travis Tate
1st Rehearsal: Jan 4
1st Preview: Jan 29
Opening: Feb 4

IN EVERY GENERATION by Ali Viterbi
1st Rehearsal: March 8
1st Preview: April 2
Opening: April 8

CULLUD WATTAH by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
1st Rehearsal: May 17
1st Preview: June 11
Opening: June 17

IGNITE Chicago Reading Series
November 8 2021-April 30 2022

OTHER

https://victorygardens.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

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS :

The newly appointed Artistic Director Ken-Matt Martin is excited to truly get to know the Chicago actor community. In a perfect world, we would set up in-person conversations, but since that is not possible at the moment we offer a new way of looking at the Equity Principal Auditions.

Understanding that there will be callbacks and other opportunities to work with text, this is our chance to virtually meet you where you’re at in this specific moment. Please tell us a personal story you’re excited to share. We’re not asking for a perfectly crafted written piece. Just a glimpse into your life.

Some prompts you can use as a jumping off point (choose one):

When did you know you found your chosen family? What was a moment where someone you really knew surprised you? What is a moment in your childhood that defines who you are now?

But really, any story you want to share about yourself. Please do not feel bound to these prompts!

Story up to 2 minutes in length (link to unlisted/private youtube or vimeo video).

Please include your name, city you're residing in currently, and anything else you'd like the artistic team to know about you.

All roles will be understudied

BREAKDOWN:

Mainstage Productions
(The breakdown language is lifted from scripts. Please note that there are several roles in readings that we are casting for so please submit even if you don't identify with roles for mainstage productions)

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT by travis tate

Directed by Ken-Matt Martin Regional Premiere

TY, 30, Queer, black, anxious.

STEPHEN, 61, black, from the Midwest.

IN EVERY GENERATION by Ali Viterbi

Directed by Devon de Mayo World Premiere

VALERIA LEVI, female, white, first generation American, daughter of Davide and Paola, mother of Devorah and Yael, 57 years old

DEVORAH (DEV) KATZ, female, Chinese American, adopted, daughter of Valeria, older sister to Yael, 23 years old in Part 1

YAEL KATZ, female, white, daughter of Valeria, younger sister to Devorah, 19 years old

DAVIDE LEVI, male, white, Italian, married to Paola, Valeria's father, 87 years old

PAOLA LEVI, female, white, Yugoslavian/Italian, married to Davide, Valeria's mother, 85 years old

CULLUD WATTAH by Erika Dickerson-Despenza

Directed by Lili-Anne Brown Regional Premiere

PLUM, 9. physically frail, arithmetically sharp African American girl.

MARION, 34. a robust cinnamon-colored African American woman worn from care-taking. a third-generation engine assembly line worker at general motors. a widow. plum & reesee’s mama.

REESEE, 17. a queer, brass, honey-colored African American young woman. a dancer & aspiring doula.

BIG MA, 60s. slight build with an elegant presence. a stern but deeply loving, high-yellow African American woman. the widowed matriarch of the cooper family—but only in title. rooted in a Blk southern baptist aesthetic that she finds herself queering.

AINEE, 37. a 34 weeks pregnant African American woman the color of pulled taffy. the family historian & rebel interested in building political power. marion’s older sister.

IGNITE Chicago Reading Series

Titles/Playwrights/Directors TBA

MULTIPLE ROLES TBA

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.