RADIANT VERMIN - NYC EPA
Ripple Effect Artists, Inc. | New York, NY
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LOA-NYC
$350 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in RADIANT VERMIN (See breakdown).
Ripple Effect Artists is a non-profit theatre organization that is passionate about the convergence of performing arts with activism.
As a social justice theatre, their mission is to spotlight crucial issues and create conversations that forward social change. Performances will be followed by talk-back engagements with The Bowery Mission and other activists.
Modeled from Not In This House and the Chicago Theatre Standards, auditions, rehearsals, and run-of-show will make every effort to create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment. If any accommodations are needed, please communicate with us to let us know.
Please be prepared to read from Sides which will be available on our website the day before (
https://rippleeffectartists.com), and also hardcopies will be available at the audition location. Please bring a hardcopy headshot and resume stapled together. If you cannot attend in-person you may send a self- submission audition. Submit your video audition between April 24th-April 26th and emailed it to: radiantvermin.castingREA@gmail.com .
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Production Designer: Andria Shafer
Expected to attend:
Director: Kimberly Loren Eaton
Executive Producer: Jessie Fahay
Production Manager: Jessica Jennings
First Rehearsal: June 3rd, 2024
Opening: June 19th
Closing: June 30th
12 performances
rippleeffectartists.com
Performances at Sargent Theatre with
American Theatre of Actors (314 W. 54 th
Street, New York, NY 10019).
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
SYNOPSIS: Radiant Vermin is described as a fast-paced, pitch-black comedy. Using magical realism, it deals with the housing crisis, homelessness, and ethics. This play slams you through quiet revelation throughout, sweetly showing that for every step up the ladder of prosperity someone pays with their lives and substance. - TheaterPizzazz.com
OLLIE: M, 25-40. Any race/ ethnicity. Capable of fast-paced, dark comedy. Married to Jill. Blue collar, grew up poor. Clever and cautiously optimistic. Hardworking, a provider. Flexible ethics.
JILL: F, 25-40. Any race/ ethnicity. Capable of fast-paced, dark comedy. Married to Ollie. Presents as pregnant at one point in the play. Blue collar, grew up poor. Shrewd, driven, and highly aspirational. Willing to do anything to get her dream home. Her moral compass may be non-existent.
MISS DEE/ KAY: NB/ TGNC, Late 20s- late 60s- Any race/ ethnicity. Miss Dee is an omniscient fairy godmother figure who seems to work for the government. Kay is a homeless teenager. An innocent, seeking redemption. Capable of fast-paced, dark comedy, is comfortable with playing in the larger- than-life drag/ camp space, who turns gender expectations on their head in their unique individual way, as Jay Alexander/ Billy Porter/ Nathan Lee Graham/ Susie Izzard/ Jinx Monsoon each do. Will double as a woman in a dramatic and heart-wrenching role, played with subtle nuance. Queer/ nonbinary/ genderfluid actors are encouraged to audition.
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