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Theatre Lab (at Florida Atlantic Univ)
AUDITION DATE
Tue, May 29, 2018
10:30 am - 6:30 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1:30 to 2:30
APPOINTMENTS
Email appointment requests to jorrego2014@fau.edu. No phone calls please.
CONTRACT
Guest ArtistGuest Artist Tier 2 (Mainstage) or Special Appearance Level 2 (Educational Outreach Production) GA T2: $459 ; SP AP L2 $372
Special Appearance
SEEKING
Equity performers to fill roles for three Mainstage productions, one Educational Outreach Production, and various readings throughout 2018-19
PREPARATION
Please prepare 1-2 contemporary monologues totaling no more than 3 minutes. Please provide one headshot & resume.
LOCATION
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, FL 33431-6424
Theatre Lab, Parliament Hall
PERSONNEL
Matt Stabile, Artistic Director
Louis Tyrrell, Founding Director
Joanna Oreggo, Administrative Assistant
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
Educational Outreach Production - Special Appearance (2) $372 per week, no health
RONIA, THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER
by Allison Gregory, directed by Matt Stabile - Educational Outreach Production
First Rehearsal: 8/21, Open 9/6, Run 9/6-9/22
A U.S. Premiere
In a mythic countryside in a mountain fort surrounded by wild forest and creatures, young Ronia is raised and loved by her family, who happen to be a band of robbers. Everything changes when she encounters the impetuous son of a rival band of robbers.
All actors play multiple roles - primary role is listed.
ACTOR 1 Female, plays LOVIS, Ronia’s mother, Matt’s wife), loving & strong, singer
ACTOR 2 Male, plays NOODLE PETE, silly old man & BORKA, leader of rival robber-gang
ACTOR 3 Male, plays MATT, Ronia’s father, boisterous, leader of robber gang
ACTOR 4 Male, plays BIRK, Borka’s son, Ronia’s closest friend, kind-hearted and adventurous
ACTOR 5 Female, plays RONIA, adventurous, full of mischief, true of heart
ACTOR 6 Female, plays UNDIS, Birk’s mother
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MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS - GUEST ARTIST TIER 2, $459 per week
TAR BEACH
by Tammy Ryan, directed by Matt Stabile - A Regional Premiere
First Rehearsal: 11/6/18, Preview 11/29, Show runs 11/30-12/16
Tar Beach takes place in 1970s New York City as teenagers navigate adolescence, a failing marriage and a power outage while the Son of Sam roams free.
REENIE
Female, 14 years old, the dreamweaver of the play, painfully shy – seeking actor 18+ who can play 14
MARY CLAIRE
Female, 16, Reenie’s sister, trouble, boy-crazy – seeking actor 18+ who can play 16
MARY FRANCES
Female, 16 going on 30, Mary Claire’s best friend & cohort – seeking actor 18+ who can play 16
ROGER:
Male, 38, Reenie’s father, Teamster truckdriver, a dreamer, a drinker
BRIGIT
Female, 35, Reenie’s mother, a cook in a deli, unhappy, smoker & drinker
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WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
by David Meyers, directed by Louis Tyrrell - A Regional Premeire
First Rehearsal: 1/15/19, Preview 2/7/19 Run 2/8-2/24
We Will Not Be Silent tells the true story of Sophie Scholl, a German college student who led the only major act of civil disobedience to the Nazis during the Second World War.
SOPHIE SCHOLL
Female, 21, a college student caught up in a revolution
KURT GRUNWALD
Male, late 40’s, A Nazi police officer, a seasoned veteran, forceful but conflicted
HANS SCHOLL
Male, 24, Sophie’s brother, committed to the cause
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HARLOWE by Jennifer Lane, directed by Matt Stabile - A World Premiere
First Rehearsal: 3/5/18, Preview 3/28, Run 3/29-4/14
After suffering a potent physical trauma, Harlowe loses her sense of touch. When her sister brings her home to convalesce, she retreats to the bathroom and spends hour after hour languishing in the tub. HARLOWE is a story of sisters and bodies; it is a story of how we heal.
HARLOWE
Female, mid-20’s, poetic, suffered physical trauma – role calls for nudity
REESE
Female, Harlowe’s sister, late 20’s, organized, the caretaker of the family
DAVIS
Male, 13, growing into his new body, funny, smart – seeking actor 16+ who can play 13
EDWIN
Male, their father, quick-wit, a drinker, but not mean, relatively absent from the day-to-day activities of the family
SCOTT
Male, late 20’s, ex-boyfriend of Harlowe, recently divorced, re-evaluating his life
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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