WAM Theatre, Inc.
REVISED
See updated breakdown and dates.
CONTRACT
SPT $416 weekly minimum (SPT 4)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in WAM Theatre 2022 season (see breakdown).
Local actors encouraged to submit.
Although WAM centers stories of women and considerably more roles are women than men, actors of all genders are encouraged to submit
WAM Theatre’s 2022 Season includes a full production of Tori Sampson’s CADILLAC CREW* (September-October) and readings of four plays over the course of the Spring/Summer including: Amy Berryman’s WALDEN* (May 1), Tanya Barfield’s BRIGHT HALF LIFE (June 5) and Caryl Churchill’s ESCAPED ALONE (July 7).
* Play titles to be confirmed.
All will be performed live in various theatres throughout the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. (* these titles are TBC).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit a resume and headshot (as PDF and JPEG attachments) and video audition (a brief introduction and a contemporary monologue). Please label all these files with your full name and indicate your union status and whether you have local housing in the Berkshires in your email. Your email subject line should be: EPA audition. Please let us know in your email if you have prior commitments during any of the dates.
Deadline: Tue, Feb 1, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director
Cate Alston, Artistic Assistant
OTHER DATES
THE NEW GALILEOS - rehearsal Saturday April 30, reading Sunday May 1 (matinee)
BRIGHT HALF LIFE - rehearsal Saturday June 4, reading Sunday June 5 (matinee)
ESCAPED ALONE - rehearsal Wednesday July 6, reading Thursday July 7 (evening)
CADILLAC CREW - first rehearsal MONDAY 12th SEPTEMBER, first preview THURSDAY 13th October, closing SATURDAY 29th October.
OTHER
Contact: Cate Alston, WAM Artistic Assistant – casting@wamtheatre.com
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
SPT 2-day play reading contracts for three plays, including:
*Play titles to be confirmed.
The New Galileos by Amy Berryman
NORA TRAVERS - mid-20s, Marine Biologist.
ELAINE TUCK - 40s-50s, renowned Glaciologist.
DR. BETH WHITNEY - 40s-50s, renowned author and Edaphologist (soil scientist).
HELEN MATTEWS - an interrogator (also plays Nora's girlfriend, Elaine's mentor, Beth's daughter).
Bright Half Life by Tanya Barfield, directed by Gina Kaufman
ERICA – age 25-75, “soft butch” Caucasian woman.
VICKY – age 25-75, more traditionally feminine woman – African American, Latina or Asian.
Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Kristen van Ginhoven
SALLY – age 60 or older, woman.
VI – age 60 or older, woman.
LENA – age 60 or older, woman.
MRS. JARRETT – aged 60 or older, woman.
Cadillac Crew * by Tori Sampson, director TBC – full production, Fall 2022, SPT 3 contract
RACHEL – 26 years, powerhouse, polished, poised, witty black woman. (also ALICIA).
ABBY – 22 years, powerhouse, sharp, unapologetic black woman (also OPAL).
DEE – 35 years, powerhouse, mature, hesitant but confident, sophisticated black woman (also PATRISSE).
SARAH – 38 years, powerhouse, down to earth, firm, protective, secure, optimistic woman (also JOURNALIST).
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.
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.
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