WAM Theatre 2019 Season - Lenox, MA EPA By Appt
WAM Theatre, Inc.
AUDITION DATES
Fri, Mar 01, 2019
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EST)
break 3pm to 4pm
Sat, Mar 02, 2019
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EST)
break tbd
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members contact Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director - talya@wamtheatre.com. Please indicate any time limitations otherwise you will be assigned the first available slot. Deadline to request an appointment is February 26. All AEA actors who request an appointment will receive an appointment until slots are filled. Additionally, AEA actors may be seen as walk-ins on the day of if time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 3 or 4 for Productions / $12/hr for Staged Readings
SEEKING
Equity actors for various roles in the upcoming season. See breakdown.
WAM Theatre’s 2019 Season includes two full productions (LADY RANDY in April-May, and PIPELINE in October-November) and two rehearsed play readings (NATIVE GARDENS May 3-4, and PARADISE November 1-2).
All these performances will take place at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, MA.
PREPARATION
Bring headshot and resume.
1-2 minute contemporary monologue (memorized)
May be asked to do cold reading of sides.
LOCATION
WAM Theatre Office
56 Church St
2nd Floor
Lenox, MA 01240
free parking available on the street or in lot behind. WAM Theatre office is located above Bistro Zinc. Please use the blue WAM Theatre door on the left side of the building.
PERSONNEL
In attendance:
Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director,
Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director
OTHER
Non-Equity actors will be seen as time permits and should submit a photo and resume
and indicate their non-union status in their request.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
LADY RANDY
by Anne Undeland
first rehearsal March 26, first preview in Lenox April 18, closing in Lenox, May 5th. Performances run Thursday- Saturday at 730pm and Sunday at 2pm
Jennie Jerome- white woman, 40’s Winston’s Churchill’s mother. Role is Cast.
The men in Jennie’s life- any race, 30’s-50’’s. Role is Cast.
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PIPELINE
by Dominique Morisseau
first rehearsal Oct 1st, first preview in Lenox Oct 25th, closing in Lenox Nov 3rd. Performances run
Thursday-Saturday at 730pm and Sunday at 2pm
Nya - black woman, mid-late 30s. single mother. public high school teacher.
Omari - black man, late teens. high school student. Nya’s son.
Jasmine - black or Latina woman, late teens. high school student. Omari’s friend.
Xavier - black man, mid-late 30s. Marketing Exec. Nya’s ex-husband, Omari’s father.
Laurie - white woman, 50s. public high school teacher.
Dun - black man, early-mid 30s. public high school security guard. Role is Cast.
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NATIVE GARDENS
by Karen Zacarias (Reading)
rehearsal May 3rd, performance May 4th, 3pm.
TANIA DEL VALLE - 29 years old, Latina woman. Pablo’s wife. pregnant.
PABLO DEL VALLE - 31 years old, Latino man. Tania’s husband.
VIRGINIA BUTLEY - 55-65 years old. white. Frank’s wife - Role is Cast.
FRANK BUTLEY - 55-65 years old, white. Virgina’s husband.
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PARADISE
by Laura Maria Censabella (Reading)
rehearsal November 1st, performance November 2nd, 3pm.
Dr. GUY ROYSTON - 40s, white, male, high school teacher with a strong rural Virginian accent.
YASMEEN AL-HAMADI - 17, Yemeni-American teenage girl.
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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