WAM Theatre, Inc.
AUDITION DATES
Sun, Feb 09, 2020
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EST)
Lunch tbd
Mon, Feb 10, 2020
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm (EST)
lunch break tbd
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members may request an appointment by emailing request to talya@wamtheatre.com with 2020 Season Auditions in the subject line. Please indicate any time limitations otherwise you will be assigned the first available slot. Deadline to submit is February 4. 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; $400/week current min.
SEEKING
Equity actors. WAM Theatre’s 2020 Season includes a full production of ROE and rehearsed staged readings of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY. All performances will take place at Shakespeare & Company’s in Lenox, MA, ROE in Tina Packer Playhouse and THE THANKSGIVING PLAY in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement, the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will have an opportunity to be seen.
PREPARATION
Bring headshot and resume.
1-2 minute contemporary monologue (memorized)
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
Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director,
Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director
Both will be present at EPA’s
OTHER
www.wamtheatre.com
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
ROE (production)
by Lisa Loomer
directed by Kristen van Ginhoven
first rehearsal September 1, first preview September 25th, closing October 11th. Performances run Thursday- Saturday at 730pm and Sunday at 2pm.
SARAH WEDDINGTON - Caucasian-looking, feminist Texan lawyer, ages 20s (in first act) and 40’s (in second act) and a few scenes in 60s
NORMA MCCORVEY - Caucasian-looking, funny lesbian Texan, angry and ‘desperate at heart’, ages 20s (in first act) and 40’s (in second act) and a few scenes in 60s
CONNIE GONZALEZ - Latina, an even handed Tex Mex dyke with enormous patience and few words, ages 40s (in first act) and 60s (in second act), and other roles.
FLIP BENHEM - Race open, passionate fiery folksy male preacher, age 40s, and other roles.
LINDA COFFEE - Race open, a bright, shy, socially awkward and dedicated lawyer, late 20s also plays PEGGY, a Christian reporter in her 30s and other roles.
AILEEN - African-American, down to earth, working class, nurse, aged 30s, also plays BARBARA, a no nonsense feminist in her 30s and other roles
MARY - Race open, Norma’s mother, poor a bit tawdry and a mean drunk, aged 50s, also plays MOLLY, middle-class flirting with feminism in her 50s and other roles
RON WEDDINGTON - Race open, 30s male, bright, ambitious lawyer, also plays ROBERT FLOWERS 40s passionate lawyer and other roles.
JUSTICE BLACKMUN - Caucasian-looking, 60s thoughtful and deliberate to a fault, also plays NORMA’s DOCTOR 50s/60s, brusque and superior, and other roles
EMILY - Race open, Rhonda’s feisty daughter aged 7 also plays MELISSA
ROXY MILLER-RODRIGUEZ - Afro-Latina female, 20s driven to political activism through personal experience.
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THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (one week staged reading contract with three performances)
by Larissa FastHorse
directed by Talya Kingston
first rehearsal November 16, three performances: November 20, 21 at 7:30pm and
November 22 at 2pm.
LOGAN: Female, Caucasian-looking, high school drama teacher
JAXTON: Male, Caucasian-looking, yoga practitioner/actor. Politically correct to a fault.
ALICIA: young female, brunette - looks that would have been cast as ethnic in 1950s movies.
CADEN: Male, Caucasian-looking, awkward elementary school history teacher.
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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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