Hit the Wall - Addison EPA **REVISED**
WaterTower Theatre
AUDITION DATE Mar 05, 2017
APPOINTMENTS
TO BOOK AN AUDITION APPOINTMENT: Email Kelsey Leigh Ervi at kervi@watertowertheatre.org OR call 972.450.6277.
CONTRACT SPTSPT 6 Minimum - $443/wk
SEEKING Seeking 10 actors for the regional premiere of Hit the Wall. A group of unlikely revolutionaries are thrust onto the frontline of history during the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 when a routine police raid on a gay bar known as The Stonewall erupts into a full-scale riot that ignited one of the most influential social and political movements of the 20th century. Hit the Wall focuses on the enigmatic first night of the uprising, vibrantly blending history and mythology with theatrical imagination to shine contemporary light on the legacy of Stonewall.
PREPARATION Auditions will consist of sides from the script. Sides will be available online at www.watertowertheatre.org/employment.aspx . Copies will be provided at the audition.
LOCATION
Addison Theatre Centre
PERSONNEL Directed by Joanie Schultz
OTHER DATES
Performance Dates: July 28-August 20, 2017 Rehearsals Begin: July 5, 2017
OTHER
Local hire preferred. Callbacks will be held on 3/6/17 from 7:00PM - 10:00PM. Scripts are available for perusal at WTT Box Office (open Tues-Fri 12-6) and S.T.A.G.E
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.
A-Gay - Male, late 20's-early 30's, White, attractive, smooth-talking Harvard grad who can pass for straight. Uncaring, unemotional.
Newbie - Male, early 20's, White, fresh-off-the-boat queer.
Carson - Male, 30's-40's, Black, the strong and silent type. A drag queen who sticks to her morals until they're pried from her fingertips.
Peg - Female/Pre-op Trans Male/Gender Non-conforming, 20's, White, a "stone butch," spits out words like hand grenades; nearly at the breaking point.
Cliff - Male, 20's, White, bisexual, a drifter, drunk on hope with a half pound of amazing weed in his backpack.
Roberta - Female, 20's-30's, Black, strong, well-spoken, the most well-dressed and educated Freedrom Fighting Hustler you can imagine.
Tano - Male, 20's-30's, Hispanic, fiercely territorial, uses wit like it's a weapon.
Mika - Male, 20's-30's, Black, tells it like it is, calls it like he sees it, not as witty as Tano, but probably smarter.
Cop - Male, 40's, White, intimidating, a good ol' boy who has never questioned the "right" or "wrong" behind what he's ordered to do.
Madeline - Female, 20's-30's, White, Peg's sister, has no business being at a riot, conservative, has no time for civil rights or emotional outbursts.
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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