Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
AUDITION DATES
Sat, Oct 12, 2019
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm (PDT)
Mon, Oct 21, 2019
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm (PDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Please send headshot and resume to Vanessa Hill vanessahill221@gmail.com for information regarding signing up for an audition. Please specify the role you plan to audition for and you will be sent audition sides accordingly. Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls.
CONTRACT
Modified BAT Minimum - $320/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Sides will be provided. Bring headshot/resume.
LOCATION
African American Art and Culture Complex
762 Fulton St Ste 300
San Francisco, CA 94102-4119
PERSONNEL
Darryl V. Jones - Acting Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals: February 4, 2020 – March 12, 2020
Performances: March 13, 2020 – March 29, 2020, Friday and Saturday @ 8:00 and Saturday and Sunday @ 3:00
Rehearsal Locations: Rehearsals will be held at Shotgun Studios in Berkeley and The Buriel Clay Theatre in San Francisco.
Rehearsal Times: Prior to tech week rehearsals are Tuesday through Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons.
OTHER
Callbacks will be held on October 23, 2019 from 6:00PM - 8:00PM
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
Esther: Female, 30-40
To play 35, plain looking woman, intelligent, but not educated. She is a skilled seamstress and can make her own way, but dreams of marriage. A strong and unshakable spirit; a fighter.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Mrs. Dickson: Female, 45-55
Refined, married well, widowed, has an air of wealth, well-spoken, motherly, lonely, forced by her mother to be more than her mother was.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Mrs. Van Van Buren: Female, 30-38
Wealthy, married, trapped, seeking love and longing for affection, tortured and disillusioned.
Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Mr. Marks: Male, 30-40
Romanian Jewish immigrant, seller of textiles, torn between a strong religious devotion and the changing world.
Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Mayme: Female, 30-38
Plays the piano, singer, sultry/sexy and knows how to use it. She has a good heart but can lose her way. Seeking actor/singer/musician actual piano playing a plus.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
George: Male, 30-40
Barbadian immigrant, a man with stature and commanding presence; rugged, classically attractive.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
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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