BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY - Headshot/Resume submissions
Goodman Theatre | Chicago, IL
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$1151 weekly minimum (LORT B+)
Equity actors for roles in BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY (see breakdown).
Please submit by emailing your picture/resume. Please include BUST and your Equity status (AEA, EMC, NON) in the subject line of the email submission.
Deadline: 05/23/2024
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BUST: AN AFROCURRENTIST PLAY By Zora Howard
Directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz
Artistic Director: Susan V Booth
Managing Producer: Adam Belcuore BOLD Artistic Producer: Malkia Stampley
VIEWING SUBMISSIONS
Casting Director: Lauren Port, CSA
Casting Coordinator: Grace Dolezal-Ng Casting Assistant: Sierra Reynolds
This is a co-production with Alliance Theatre. Actors must be available for both sets of dates.
Alliance Theatre Commitment Dates: First Rehearsal: 1/14/25
First Tech: 2/6/25
First Preview: 2/14/25
Opening: 2/22/25
Closing: 3/16/25
Goodman Theatre Commitment Dates: *Dates are subject to change*
First Rehearsal: 4/8/25
First Tech: 4/15/25
First Preview: 4/19/25
Opening 4/28/25
Closing: 5/18/25
Possible Extension: 5/25/25
OTHER
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.
(DATES: 4/8/2025-5/25/2025)
A Co-Production with Alliance Theatre (DATES: 1/14/2025-3/16/2025)
By Zora Howard
Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
RETTA-Female, late 50s, Black. A decades long resident of the Oakwood Hills Apartments & Townhomes.
REGGIE- Male, late 50s, Black. RETTA’s husband.
TRENT- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. RETTA and REGGIE’s grandson
TOMLIN/JACK- Male, mid to late 40s, white. TOMLIN- A recently demoted police officer in the Huntsville Police Department. JACK- School security. Menacing.
RAMIREZ- Male, mid to late 30s, Latino. A recent transfer to the Huntsville Police Department. BOOBIE- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. TRENT’s best friend. Hotep in development. KRYSTAL- Female, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. Major crush. Very smart.
ZEKE- Male, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. Tries to be a bully, but really is a sweetie pie.
PAIGE- Female, 18+ to play teens, Black. Classmate of TRENT’s. KRYSTAL’s best friend. Life of the party.
MRS.PINTO/ NEWSCASTER- Female, 30s-40s, white. MRS.PINTO- Teaches American History at Lee High School.
MR.WOODS- Male, 60s, Black. Regal in stature. Looks like Louis Gossett Jr. and sounds like James Earl Jones.
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