GREENER PASTURES - Lawrenceville, GA EPA Aurora Theatre, Inc. | Lawrenceville, GA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, October 30, 2023
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (E)
To set up an audition appointment please fill out the following form:
https://airtable.com/appOyaVeXUJLVatcp/shrd8TnHO5GBb3ldE .
Upon receipt of your form, the theater will respond within 48 hours confirming your audition date and time. If you are unable to attend the audition and would like to submit a video audition, please see instruction in breakdown.
LOA
$711 weekly minimum (Ref. to LORT)
Equity actors for roles in GREENER PASTURES (See breakdown).
Aurora Theatre employs understudies.
Local Lawrenceville, GA actors are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare the sides in the folder for the characters for which you’d like to be considered. Side may be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/lhzninn1bb2s5o98np3xv/h?rlkey=97pxij4ar2u169rmpa1smycrn&dl=0 . Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Aurora Theatre
128 E Pike St
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Parking Deck: 25 N Clayton Street, Lawrenceville GA.
Script by Lori Fischer
Expected to Attend:
Tiffany Porter – Director
Ann-Carol Pence – Aurora Theatre Producing Artistic Director
Katie Chambers – Director of Production Amy Duffy – Casting Associate
EPAs also on 10/29
Callbacks: Wednesday, Nov 1st: 5:30-10pm
First Rehearsal: February 19, 2024
Opening: March 21, 2024
Closing: April 7, 2024
Possible Extension: April 14, 2024
Performance Schedule: Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2:30pm.
There will be a 10am performance on Wednesday March 27, 2024.
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.
GREENER PASTURES
Video audition submission instructions:
If you are unavailable to attend the in-person auditions, you may submit a video audition.
Please submit your headshot, resume and audition video via the following form: https://airtable.com/appOyaVeXUJLVatcp/shrf3Sfwb9PhbcD7p .
Please create a YouTube or Google Drive link. If submitting multiple sides or takes, please create one video with all sides included and upload to YouTube or Google Drive as a single file.
Please see the main audition page for instructions on what to prepare for the audition. If you don't have access to a reader, you may submit a comedic monologue instead.
Submission deadline for video submissions is Monday, October 30th, at 11:59pm ET.
SYNOPSIS:
Forty-eight-year-old Dorothy, a two-bit actor with performance anxiety, has reached her breaking point portraying a singing sandwich on the local children’s show Lunchtime with Munchkins. When she finds a technicality in the contract, she chucks it all to live the good life at the Greener Pastures Retirement Center. Her new roommate, the wisecracking curmudgeon Maxine, wants the attention-grabbing whippersnapper gone. This battle of wills and wits is a Golden Girls meets The Odd Couple crowd pleaser that makes a perfect date with grandma.
MAXINE MORGAN 68, funny, animal rights activist, Greener Pastures resident, a no-nonsense leader type, in love with fellow GP resident Wally, misses her daughter. Female Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
DOROTHY BENTON 48, funny, has portrayed a singing sandwich on Lunchtime with Munchkins, a kid's cable access show for the last 30 years, has debilitating performance anxiety, has anxiety about her anxiety, wants to live off-the-grid. Female Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
BEA BENTON 69, Dorothy’s mother, going through a divorce, funny, actress at Lunchtime with Munchkins, lives life like she's in a constant play/acting role. Female Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
MR. RAYMOND 40, funny, Administrator of the Greener Pastures Retirement Facility, also, teaches T'Ai Chi, jazzercise and water aerobics without the water. Doubles as JASPER sincere, in love with Dorothy, funny, portrays a loaded baked potato and a bottle of barbecue sauce on the kids show Lunchtime with Munchkins. Male Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
WALLY RYAN 68, Greener Pastures resident, funny, infatuated with Dorothy, Lunchtime with Munchkins super fan. Male Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
ALBERTA DAWSON 68, Greener Pastures resident, southern, Sara's mom, lovable and loving, does bad Tai Chi likes to gamble, but never wins, funny, superstitious. Female Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
SARA DAWSON 35-50, Alberta’s daughter, a southern, funny, self-involved make-up selling alcoholic. Female Presenting Character. Any Ethnicity.
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