Victory Gardens Theater 2018-19 Season - Chicago EPA Days
Victory Gardens Theater
AUDITION DATES
Thu, Mar 01, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 1-2pm.
Fri, Mar 02, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (CST)
Lunch from 1-2pm.
Non-AEA are welcome to drop headshots off if they are not able to be seen.
APPOINTMENTS
Equity Members may make an appointment through the Member Portal beginning Thursday, February 22nd at noon.
CONTRACT
CAT CAT 3; $393.75/week minimum
SEEKING
Actors for Victory Gardens Theater's 2018-2019 Season.
INDECENT, By Paula Vogel, Directed by Gary Griffin
RIGHTLYND, By Ike Holter, Directed by Lisa Portes
PIPELINE, By Dominique Morisseau, Directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce
CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, By Lauren Yee, Directed by Marti Lyons
MIRIAM FOR PRESIDENT, By Madhuri Shekar, Directed by Chay Yew
See breakdown for details.
PREPARATION
Please prepare two monologues not to exceed 4mins. Contemporary preferred, should be contrasting in style and tone. If you would like to be considered for INDECENT or CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND you are welcomed to prepare 16bars on an instrument of your choice. Instrument will not be provided.
LOCATION
Victory Gardens Biograph
2433 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614-2414
Rehearsal Room on the second floor.
PERSONNEL
Laura Alcalá Baker - Casting Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for rehearsal/performance dates.
OTHER
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.
BREAKDOWN
INDECENT, By Paula Vogel, Directed by Gary Griffin
Rehearsal starts 8/21
Previews 9/20
Opening 9/28
Close 10/28
Possible extension through 11/25
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) tells the deeply moving story of the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Jewish playwright Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance — a play about a forbidden lesbian romance that enchanted and outraged audiences. Inspired by true events, Indecent, is performed by an ensemble of seven actors and three musicians portraying more than 40 roles to chart an explosive moment in theatrical history and the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. Award-winner Gary Griffin (Hand To God, Fun Home) returns to Victory Gardens to direct this 2017 Tony Award-nominated play.
The Ingenue: Rifkele, Madje, Elsa, Ruth/Reine, Virginia, Chana - 20s to 30s, identifies as female; plays multiple roles, some characters identify as Jewish and/or queer
The Ingenue: Asch, Immigrant, Morris Carnovsky, Eugene O'Neill, Avram, John Rosen: 20-39, identifies as male, Jewish; plays mulitiple roles
The Middle: Manke, Clair Waldoff, Immigrant, Freida, Dorothee/Deine, Doctor, Halina: 20s to 39, identifies as female; plays mulitple roles, some characters identify as Jewish and/or queer
The Middle: Nakmen, (Actor as Eli), Immigrant, Harry Weinberger, Office Benjamin Bailie, Abraham Bailie, Abraham Cahan, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, Mendel: 40s, identifies as male; more traditional, Jewish; plays muiltple roles
The Elder: Sarah, Mrs Peretz, Immigrant, Esther Stockton, Vera, Madja: 50s to 60s, identifies as female, Jewish; Plays multiple roles
The Elder: Yekel, Peretz, Schildkraut, Immigrant, Bartender, Otto, Older Asch: 50s to 60s, identifies as male, Jewish; plays mulitple roles.
The Stage Manager (Lemml): 30s, identifies as male, Jewish; A country tailor who becomes leader of the Yiddish Art Theatre of Lodz troupe; optimistic; ages through the play
NOTE: These roles require folk singing and movement/dance. Actors should feel comfortable enough to do both confidently but do not need formal training.
RIGHTLYND, By Ike Holter, Directed by Lisa Portes (in Richard Christiansen Theater)
reh. starts w/out Edgerton 10/16
previews 11/9
opens 11/16 and 11/7
closes 12/23
possible extension 12/30
Rightlynd is Chicago's 51st Ward. The L doesn't run here anymore and it is full of abandoned storefronts, crumbling apartment buildings, and its fair share of crime. A powerful real estate conglomerate is planning a massive redevelopment project that would gentrify the neighborhood and change Rightlynd forever. Only one woman stands in the way: Alderman Nina Esposito. In award-winning local playwright Ike Holter's ambitious new work, one woman tries to use her street smarts and raw determination to save the Chicago neighborhood she loves. But will the political machine turn her into the very person she is trying to destroy? Lisa Portes (BREACH, A Little Bit Not Normal) directs the first play that sets in motion Holter’s ongoing seven play saga set in this fictional Windy City neighborhood; the story cycle that includes previous pieces Exit Strategy, Sender, Prowess, and The Wolf at the End of the Block.
Nina: 40s; latina, fast talking but kind, almost to a fault, guarded, firm but big smile, politician
Robinson/Denizen 5: 50s; identifies as male, black, protective, territorial, warm about the past, cold in the future
Pac: 40s; identifies as male, non white, quiet but incredibly intelligent, a slow burns, loves cars
Platt/Denizen 4: 40s; identifies as male, non white, reporter, inquisitive and impulsive, professional but wants to be loose
Amena/Denizen 2: late teens; identifies as female, black, street smart but not above breaking the law, a gentle opportunist
Manda/Denizen 3: 20s-30s; non white, fiercely loyal, funny
Applewood/Denizen 1: 20s-30s; non white, can wear the fuck out of a suit coat, a douchebag but always right
PIPELINE, By Dominique Morisseau, Directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce
reh starts Jan. 8
previews feb 1
opens feb 8
closes March 3
possible extension March 10
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son, Omari, opportunities her students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and poetry, Dominique Morisseau’s (Skeleton Crew, Detroit 66, and the Broadway-bound Ain’t Too Proud to Beg) Pipeline brings to light a powerful and important conversation about parenthood, the state of our public school system, and the prison pipeline that claims so many of our inner city youth.
Nya: Black woman, mid-late 30s; Single mother. Public H.S. Teacher, Trying to raise her teenage son on her own with much difficulty. A good teach inspiring her student in a stressed environment. A struggling parent doing her damndest. Strong but burning out, smother. sometimes drinker. holding it together by a thread.
Omari: Young black man, later teens; smart and astute. rage without release. Tender and honest at his core. Something Profoundly sensitive amidst the anger. Wrestling with his identity between private school education and being from a so-called urban community. Nya's son.
Jasmine: Black woman or Latina late teens; Sensitive and tough. A sharp bite, a soft smile. Profoundly aware of herself and her environment. Attends upstate private school but from a so-called urban environment. In touch with the poetry of her own language.
Xavier: Black man, mid-late 30s; Single father-- struggling to connect to his own son. Marketing exec. Wounded relationship with his ex-wife. Financially stable. Emotionally impoverished. Nya's ex-husband. Omari's father.
Laurie: White woman, 50; Pistol of a woman. Teaches Public High School and can hold her own against the tough students and the stressed environment. Doesn't bite her own tough.
Dun: Black man, early-mid 30s; Public High School security guard. Fit and optimistic. Charismatic with women. Genuine and thoughtful and trying to be a gentleman in a stressed environment. It's not easy.
CAMBODIAN ROCK By Lauren Yee, Directed by Marti Lyons
Reh start march 12
previews April 5
Opens April 12
Closes May 5
possible extension Thru May 12
Part comedy, part mystery, part rock concert, this thrilling story toggles back and forth in time, as father and daughter face the music of the past. Neary, a young Cambodian American, has found evidence that could finally put away individuals who carried out the Cambodian genocide. But her work is far from done. When Dad shows up unannounced—his first return to Cambodia since fleeing 30 years ago—it’s clear this isn’t just a pleasure trip. A wild rock-and-roll journey through the eyes of father and daughter, Artistic Director Chay Yew brings the world premiere journey of Lauren Yee’s (Samsara) Cambodian Rock Band from South Coast Repertory Theatre to Victory Gardens.
CHUM: identifies as male, 51 and 18 years old, Cambodian, a wild sense of humor, a true musician, a survivor
NEARY/SOTHEA: identifies as female, 26, Cambodian American, a daughter, a human rights lawyer
TED/CADRE/LENG: identifies as male, 25, Thai Canadian, a steady boyfriend and best friend gone dark
DUCH: identifies as male, ageless, Cambodian, a narrator of sorts
ROM/JOURNALIST, any gender, 20s-30s, Cambodian, bandmate, mostly a musician
POU/S21 GUARD,any gender, 20s-30s, Cambodian, bandmate, mostly a musician
NOTE: This is a rock band! Each actor plays one of the following: drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals, or tambourine. Think 70s rock thugh the play spans through time, raucous, familar and foreign
MIRIAM FOR PRESIDENT, By Madhuri Shekar, Directed by Chay Yew
Miriam hates to be known as that girl who got kidnapped then escaped that sex trafficking ring. She wants to be known as Miriam, your top candidate for student council president at Roosevelt High School. But her parents, counselor, and best friend keep insisting that she's not ready. But what do they know? What do they really know about what happened to Miriam? From Madhuri Shekar, the author of Queen, comes a powerful play about survival, rebirth, and the silent crime of human trafficking in Chicago.
1st rehearsal w/ out Edgerton May 14
previews June 7
Opens June 14
Closes July 7
possible extension
Breakdown TBD, Play is still in development.
Victory Gardens provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, VGT complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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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