PRIME Voices - 2023 Staged Reading Series - Minneapolis, MN EPA
PRIME Productions | St. Louis Park, MN
Monday, September 18, 2023
9:15 AM - 6:15 PM (C)
Lunch 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
To set up an audition appointment please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4FA4AE28A7FA7-prime. If you are unable to attend, actors are welcome to submit a link to your video audition at: info@primeprods.org.
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Equity Staged Reading Contract:
$17 per hour - for a maximum of 20 hours
$92 performance rate - plus pension
Equity actors for PRIME Voices - 2023 Staged Reading Series (See breakdown).
Please note all are Staged Readings, presented for one performance.
PRIME is strongly committed to diversity and encourages actors of all ethnicities, gender identities and ages, as well as persons with disabilities, to attend all auditions.
Actors local to Minneapolis are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare one 2-minute monologue.
Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Grace Trinity Church
1430 28th St W
Minneapolis, MN 55408
There is ample street parking. - THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Expected to attend:
Director - THE OLDEST PROFESSION: Shelli Place
Director - . . . TRIAL OF MIZ MARTHA WASHINGTON: Warren Bowles
Director - FOR PETER PAN . . . : Wendy Knox
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
PRIME requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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.
PRIME Voices - 2023 Staged Reading Series
by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel.
Directed by Shelli Place
Musical direction by Lori Dokken
Rehearsals begin 10/3/23 based on actor availability.
Performance at The Jungle Theatre – October 9th at 7:30 pm
Lillian - CAST (late 60s- 70s) - Lovely southern beauty -sings a solo.
Ursula – CAST (late 60s-70s) -Strong, smart, savvy – sings a solo.
Mae - CAST (70s) the madam of the group – organizes with compassion – sings a solo.
Vera – CAST (mid-60s) – timid, the youngest of the group – still believes her prince will whisk her away.
Edna - CAST (late 60s -70s) A strong, savvy, street-wise woman of color who is protective of Vera – sings a solo.
by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, James Ijames
Directed by Warren C. Bowles
Rehearsals begin 11/7/23 based on actor availability.
Performance at The Capri Theatre – November 13th at 7:30 pm
Martha Washington - 70 years old. George Washington's widow. Mother Of America. Slaveowner
Ann Dandridge - Mulatto Half Sister of Martha. House Slave
Chorus of Negro Slaves - Part backup singers part storytellers, (multiple roles) Including:
Davy - House Slave/Doubles as - George Washington, Mad King George, Jacky Custis-Martha's Son from a previous marriage, a Southern Planter & William's Father. Raped Ann. Loves to dance in the visions.
William - 10–12-year-old boy slave. Ann's Son - can be played by an adult (TBD)
Priscilla – House Slave/Doubles as Abigail Adams, New first Lady in a vision. Not very nice.
Sucky Boy - House Slave/Doubles as Mr. Lawyer Man-Ethnically ambiguous,Martha's legal counsel & Thomas Jefferson & a Southern Belle in the visions.
Doll - House Slave/Doubles as Queen Charlotte-Queen of England. Pithy, Game show spokesmodel type. Think Barkers Beauties on The Price is Right. Betsy Ross-Harlot and Flag Maker, & Sista
Lawyer Girl - Very “Urban” in the visions.
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Wendy Knox
Rehearsals begin 12/5/23 based on actor availability.
Performance at The Gremlin Theatre on December 11th at 7:30 pm
Five siblings from a close-knit family and their father:
Ann – (60-70) Doubles as Peter Pan.
John – (60s) Doubles as John in Peter Pan.
Jim – (60s) Doubles as Captain James Hook in Peter Pan.
Michael – (60s) Doubles as Michael in Peter Pan.
Wendy – (50-60) Doubles as Wendy in Peter Pan.
Father – (80s) plays a dying man, a ghost and himself.
And a Dog.
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