Studio Theatre 2019-20 Season - Washington, DC EPA
Studio Theatre
AUDITION DATES
Thu, Apr 18, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 10, $747 minimum weekly and SPT 8, $601 minimum weekly
SEEKING
Equity actors and singers for various roles in the upcoming 1019-20 season. See breakdown.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend
PREPARATION
Prepare either
1) two contrasting monologues; or
2) one monologue and 16 bars of a song; accompanist provided.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Studio Theatre
1501 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20005-3706
PERSONNEL
In the room:
Matt Torney, Associate Artistic Director
Rebecca Wahls, Artistic Coordinator
John King, Artistic Apprentice
Mari Andrea Travis, Artistic Apprentice
OTHER
www.studiotheatre.org
Pursuant to the terms of a concession made to this employer's agreement,
the employer has agreed that any Equity member who attends this call will
have an opportunity to be seen.
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
MAIN SERIES
AEA Contract: SPT 10, $747 minimum weekly.
Performances Tuesday through Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, Sunday at 2 and 7 PM
EVERY BRILLIANT THING
by Duncan Macmillan
Directed by Jason Loewith
Scheduled Show Dates: June 12, 2019 – July 7, 2019, Tuesday through Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, Sunday at 2
Setting:
Setting:
America, present day
Narrator – any age, ethnicity, and gender - Role Cast
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BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERS
by Drew Droege
Directed by Michael Urie
Scheduled Show Dates: July 2, 2019 – July 28, 2019, Tuesday through Friday at 8 PM, Saturday at 2 and 8 PM, Sunday at 2
Setting:
Palm Springs, Florida
Gerry - 40s, male - Role Cast
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DOUBT
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Matt Torney
Scheduled Show Dates: September 8, 2019 – October 6, 2016
Possible Ext. Close: November 3, 2019
Setting:
St. Nicholas Catholic church and school in the Bronx, NY; 1964
Seeking:
FATHER BRENDAN FLYNN – late thirties. A priest. Articulate and personable.
SISTER ALOYSIUS BEAUVIER - fifties/ sixties. The head nun and principal of St. Nicholas School. Driven by a high sense of duty.
SISTER JAMES – twenties. A young impressionable nun. Enthusiastic but inexperienced teacher.
MRS. MILLER – around thirty-eight. The mother of Donald Muller, the school’s first black student.
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WHITE PEARL
by Felicia King
Director to be announced
Scheduled Show Dates: November 10, 2019 – December 8, 2020
Possible Ex. Close: January 5, 2020
Setting:
In and around the Clearday ™ office
Seeking:
PRIYA SINGH - 26. Female. Indian-Singaporean. British/Mumbai accent with Singaporean inflections.
SUNNY LEE - 24. Female. Chinese-Singaporean. American dudebro-speak, becomes more Singlish/Hokkien depending on her audience.
RUKI MINAMI - 22. Female. Japanese. Noticeable Japanese accent. Crisp. American English.
BUILT SUTTIKUL - 23. Female. Thai-American. Californian. Verging on valley-girl.
SOO-JIN PARK - 33. Female. South Korean. Strong Korean accent but excellent American English.
XIAO CHEN - 29. Female. Chinese. The weakest English speaker.
MARCEL BENOIT - 31. Male. Strong French accent, British
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PIPELINE
By Dominique Morriseau
Director to be announced
Scheduled Show Dates: January 19, 2020 – February 16, 2020
Possible Ext Close: March 15, 2020
Setting:
New York City and Upstate New York
Seeking:
NYA – 30’s-40’s, female, Black. Single mother trying to raise her teenage son on her own with much difficulty, but doing her damndest. A good teacher at a not-great public school inspiring her students in a stressed environment. Strong but burning out. She may be holding it together by only a thread, but she is still holding it together nevertheless.
OMARI – teens, male, Black. Nya’s son. Smart, astute, passionate, charming, sensitive and tough. Tender and honest at his core, but fueled with a rage he can’t seem to release. Wrestling with his identity between private boarding school education and being from a so-called urban community.
JASMINE – teens, female, Black or Latina. Omari’s girlfriend who attends a private boarding school, but is from a so-called urban environment.. Sensitive and tough; a sharp bite and a soft smile. Profoundly aware of herself and her environment, and in touch with the poetry of her own language and power of her opinions.
XAVIER – 30’s-40’s, male, Black. Nya's ex-husband; Omari's father. A marketing executive who is financially stable, but emotionally impoverished. Struggling to connect to his son, but not giving up. Sensitive and tough.
LAURIE – 40’s-50’s, female, White. A pistol of a woman. Teaches in a predominately Black, so-called urban community, and can hold her own against the toughest of students and in the toughest of circumstances. Stressed, but smiling. Doesn't bite her tongue. You don’t mess with her.
DUN – early-mid 30’s, male, Black. Security guard at a public high school in a so-called urban environment. Genuine, thoughtful, optimistic. Charismatic with women and trying to be a gentleman in a stressed environment. It's not easy.
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PASS OVER
by Antoinette Nwandu
Director to be announced
Scheduled Show Dates: March 8, 2020 – April 5, 2020
Possible Ext. Close: May 3, 2020
Setting:
now. right now
but also 1855
but also 13th century BCE
a ghetto street. a lamppost. night
but also a plantation
but also Egypt, a city built by slaves
Seeking:
MOSES – black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto. brokenhearted. courageous. angry. sad
but also a slave driver
but also the prophesied leader of God’s chosen
KITCH – black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto and moses’ best friend. jovial. loyal. kind. naïve. a lovely friend to have
but also a slave
but also one of God’s chosen
MISTER – white, male, late 20s/early 30s. a man in a light-colored suit. out of his element. earnest. wholesome. terrified
but also a plantation owner
but also pharoah’s son
OSSIFER – white, male, late 20s/early 30s. an enforcer of the law. not from around here, but always aroud. pragmatic. intimidating. also terrified
but also a patroller
but also a soldier in pharoah’s army
The roles of MISTER and OSSIFER are doubled
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FUN HOME
By Music by Jeanine Tesori. Book & lyrics by Lisa Kron based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by David Muse
Scheduled Show Dates: May 17, 2020 – June 14, 2020
Possible Ext. Close: July 12, 2020
Setting:
Beech Creek, Pa, 1970s; Oberlin College, 1980s; New York, Present Day
Seeking:
ALISON – 43 years old, a cartoonist
MEDIUM ALISON – 19 years old, a college freshman
SMALL ALISON – around 9 years old
BRUCE BECHDEL – Alison’s father
HELEN BECHDEL – Alison’s mother
CHRISTIAN BECHDEL – Alison’s brother, around 10 years old
JOHN BECHDEL – Alison’s brother, around 6 years old
ROY – a young man Bruce hires to do yard work
JOAN – a college student
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STUDIO X
AEA Contract: SPT 8, $601 minimum weekly,
7 performances per week. Tuesday through Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 PM, Sunday at 2:30 PM
ASPEN IDEAS
by Abe Koogler
Scheduled Show Dates: June 25, 2019 – July 21, 2019
Scheduled Ext. Close: August 11, 2019
Setting:
A party, an airplane, and Colorado
Seeking:
ANNE - 40s-50s, female
ROB - 40s – 50s, male
JAY - 30s, female
CHRIS - 30s, male
SOPHIE - 16, female
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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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