ANTI/SOCIAL - A COMEDY - Watercourse Theatre Non Equity Auditions

TORONTO CASTING CALL:
ANTI/SOCIAL – A COMEDY
InspiraTO Festival

WATERCOURSE THEATRE is pleased to announce auditions for the premiere production of ANTI/SOCIAL to be performed at the InspiraTO Festival, Toronto:

Produced by WATERCOURSE THEATRE
Producer: Catherine Frid Director: ML Dodick
Written by Catherine Frid & ML Dodick
Our website:
https://www.watercoursetheatre.com/auditions.html

THE STORY:
Welcome to Aleesha’s world, her Social Work paper is due – and Aleesha desperately needs to find the perfect “Human Subject” to write about. Enter a woman who’s a panhandler in the City Park. Perfect! If only Aleesha could convince her to co-operate.

Things get messy – and then there’s the Police Officer…

PRODUCTION INFO:
PLAY REHEARSALS

• There are 10 Play rehearsals (rehearsals are approx. 1.5 - 2 hours)
• Play rehearsals begin in March 2020 and continue until the end of May 2020.

TECH & CUE-TO-CUE REHEARSALS

• 2 Tech rehearsals at Alumnae Theatre (Thurs. May 21 at 1:00pm, Sun. May 24 at 11:00am).
• And 1 Cue-to-Cue dress rehearsal at Alumnae Theatre (Wed. May 27 at 1:30pm).

• Tech Rehearsals & Cue-to-Cue “Dress Rehearsals” are at Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley St.

PERFORMANCES

• There will be 7 performances
• Performances will be at Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto
• Performances will run May 28 - June 6, 2020
• The play is 10 minutes long and is a part of a 1-hour show, comprised of 6x10-minute plays.

AUDITION DATES/TIMES:
Auditions are by appointment.

AUDITIONS
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
4:30pm - 8:30pm

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
4:30pm - 8:30pm

CALL BACKS
Thursday, March 5, 2020
6:30pm - 8:30pm

COMPENSATION:
This year, the InspiraTO Festival works on a profit-sharing model.
Our show's 3 Actors will share equally with the Director and Producer in the play’s profits from InspiraTO.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
ALEESHA: Stage age is early-20s. Any ethnicity. Any gender.
Seeking an excellent comedic actor.
?She’s like Alexis from the TV series Schitt’s Creek.
And Aleesha livestreams her life on Social Media – she’s a Social Media star.

WATERCOURSE THEATRE encourages submissions from all ethnicities & genders.

WHO CAN BE CAST:

• Non- Union Actors can be cast
• “Apprentice Members” of ACTRA/Equity can be cast.

Please Note:
“Full Union Members” of ACTRA/Equity are not able to be cast in this production.

TIME COMMITMENT:
Please assess whether you are able to make this time commitment before you audition.
The success of our production requires actors who are able to give this their full attention. Thank you -
WATERCOURSE THEATRE

HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit your Resume and Headshot to:

WatercourseTheatreCasting@gmail.com

Our Team will contact you to schedule an Audition:

• Audition Sides will be emailed to you ahead of the Audition.
• Auditions will be held in Downtown Toronto, audition location will be confirmed in our response email.
• Please bring your headshot and resume to the Audition?.