THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY - Atlanta GA EPA
Theater Emory
AUDITION DATE
Sun, May 20, 2018
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
Send email to meghan.truhett@emory.edu. If no email access, call Meghan Truhett at 404-727-5323. Email preferred. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 8; $601/week minimum
SEEKING
Seeking Equity actors to play professional male wrestlers. Roles are ethnically specific. This production includes professional wrestling. Any physical training is a plus. There are 3 to 4 AEA contracts to be cast among the available roles.
PREPARATION
Actors will read from sides to be provided at the audition and available at the theater and online in advance.
All actors should prepare an “elaborate entrance” of their own making.
Please bring a picture and a resume, stapled together.
LOCATION
Theater Emory Administrative Offices
Emory University
Rich Memorial Building
1602 Fishburne Dr
Atlanta, GA 30322
Second floor, room 205. Parking in Fishburne Parking Deck.
PERSONNEL
In attendance at the auditions will be:
Lydia Fort, Director
Robert Schultz, Casting Coordinator for Theater Emory
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal- Sept. 18, 2018.
Performances- Oct. 23, 24, and Nov. 3, 4, 8, 9.
This play is part of three productions (with separate casts) performing in rotating repertory in October/November.
OTHER
Note: Theater Emory casts mainly from the Atlanta / North Georgia area.
Local Atlanta-area performers strongly encouraged to audition.
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.
BREAKDOWN
Project Description
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz is a drop-kicking, body-slamming theatrical happening set in the larger-than-life world of pro-wrestling. Macedonio “Mace” Guerra plays the fall-guy for mega-successful “THE” Wrestling League, losing again and again to the impossibly charismatic champ Chad Deity. When Mace discovers a young Indian-American Brooklyn kid whose charisma rivals that of Chad’s, Mace decides to get him a job in the company. Only problem is, the boss has a very specific plan for the duo: put them onscreen as terrorists.
Character Breakdown/Descriptions
Seeking actors to play 5 professional male wrestlers. Roles are ethnically specific. This production includes professional wrestling. Any physical training is a plus.
Macedonio Guerra (also known as the Mace) - A Puerto Rican professional wrestler. Good at what he does, undersized, our hero. 20’s-30’s.
Chad Deity - African American. The champion of THE Wrestling. Confident, handsome, not a very good wrestler. 20’s-30’s.
Vigneshwar Paduar (also known as VP) - A young Indian American Brooklynite. Charismatic, natural, effortless. Must have a feel for hip-hop and rapping. 20’s-30’s.
The Bad Guy - A non-discript professional wrestler. (non-speaking; also plays Billy Heartland and Old Glory). 20’s-30’s. Any ethnicity.
Everett K. Olson (also known as EKO) – Caucasian. The owner of THE Wrestling. Brash, confident, ostensibly our villain. Late 30’s to early 50’s. A Vince McMahon.
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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