Wilbury Theatre Group 2023-24 Season - Providence, RI EPA The Wilbury Theatre Group | Providence, RI
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, July 24, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Break: 12:00-12:30pm
For an appointment, please email
auditions@thewilburygroup.org with an available time block of 2 hours on either Sunday July 23 or Monday July 24. We will reply with a specific time slot. Equity members without appointments will be seen throughout each audition day, as time permits.
SPT
$293 weekly minimum (SPT 1)
Equity actors for roles in Wilbury Theatre Group 2023-24 Season (see breakdown).
Each performer will be allotted a maximum of 5 minutes for their audition. All performers should prepare a 1-2 minute monologue of their choice. Only Equity performers may choose to read from a script. The Wilbury Theatre Group will provide sides and a reader. Equity members who wish to read a side are encouraged to prepare their own and either bring a copy for the reader or let us know the scene/page numbers upon check–in so we may be prepared to assist you. See video submission instructions in
Video submissions:
WaterFire Arts Center
475 Valley Street
Providence, RI 02909
Artistic Director/Producer: Josh Short (expected to attend)
Director: Susie Schutt
Rehearsals: March 13, 2023
Performances: April 13 – May 7, 2023.
OTHER
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.
All performers should submit a 1-2 minute monologue of their choice, along with a headshot/resume through email by 11:59PM on July 24, 2023 to auditions@thewilburygroup.org
All performers: Please indicate in the email subject heading your status as either an Equity member, Equity Membership Candidate or non-member.
For example:
SUBJECT: AEA audition - 2023/24 Season
Or…
SUBJECT: Non-union audition – 2023/24 Season
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend. Character descriptions by the playwrights have been listed below. Unless otherwise noted, characters may be cast by actors of any ethnicity.
Rehearsals begin September 5
Performances September 28 - October 15, 2023
PLEASE NOTE: This project entails the duality of performers playing themselves and the politicians represented in the play. Actors who audition for 22|16 will be asked to fuse aspects of their own life’s experience, personal points of view and creative ideas in the show, if they’re cast.
All roles are intended as non-gender conforming parts. The exceptions are the black female identified folx that play the roles of Fri and Norica. If you are part of the global majority and don’t see your region represented, we still welcome you to attend.
Each character represents an area affected by the African Diaspora. If you have monologues that have regionally specific dialects, we welcome you to bring them in. If not, that’s totally fine.
ELEX (El-x, Ah-lex) Latin American-Spanish dialect
CARI (Carrie) Caribbean-West Indian dialect
AMIR (Ah-mere) Native American/Black Indigenous-American dialect
FRI (Free) Africa-African dialect
NORICA (Nor-ree-ka) North America—American dialect
Rehearsals begin October 28
Performances November 16 - December 10, 2023
PLEASE NOTE: This production of INDECENT is a remount of our 2022/23 production and many of the roles have already been cast.
LEMML- the Stage Manager (Male, 35-45 years old) A naïve country tailor whose life is changed upon reading Asch's The God of Vengeance”. This role has already been cast.
CHANA - the Ingénue (Female, 22-33 years old) Passionate and adventurous and smart. This role has already been cast.
AVRAM – the Ingénue (Male, 23-35 years old) Rebellious, ambitious, and passionate. This role has already been cast.
MENDEL – the Middle (Male, 40’s) Traditional and conservative. This role has already been cast. HALINA – the Middle (Female, 30-40 years old) Sophisticated, unconcerned with politics, and frank.
OTTO – the Elder (Male, 50-65 years old) Cultured, educated, traditional, and cynical. This role has already been cast.
Rehearsals begin December 26
Performances January 18 - February 11, 2024
PAIGE CONNOR (She/Her): (50s, Cisgender) Mother to Max and Isacc. Wife to Arnold. Main actions are to entertain, excite (with new information she’s discovered), and tear apart the old regimes.
ARNOLD CONNOR (He/Him): (50s, Cisgender) Father to Isaac and Max. Husband to Paige. Main actions are those of an old dog: eat, sleep, and get comfortable. Arnold was an angry man but has had a stroke, which turned him into more of a clown--rather like a slower and older Harpo Marx. When he feels something, he expresses it, uncensored. In a heartbeat, he can switch from complete joy to complete sorrow and back again.
ISAAC CONNOR (He/Him): (early 20s, Cisgender) Son of Paige and Arnold. Brother to Max. Main actions are to assess the situation, assert himself, convert, and keep things under control. The action is, for Isaac, one long attempt at squashing down a major PTSD explosion. At times he is more successful than others and he uses different, lighter tactics, but ultimately fails. There should be peaks and valleys, but a slow burn is what’s been crafted into the play.
MAX CONNOR* (Ze/Hir): (late teens, Trans/Gender-Queer) Child of Paige and Arnold. Sibling to Isaac. Main actions are to excite (with new information ze’s discovered) ward off attacks, showboat, raise hir status on the family totem pole, and stake hir intellectual territory. *Actors who identify as transgender (FTM), non-binary, or gender-queer encouraged to submit.
Rehearsals begin February 11
Performances February 21 – March 7 2024
WOLF: of East Asian descent; a mix of the familiar with the terribly unexpected.
ASH: non-binary, late 20s. Southpaw boxer
RYAN: male, early to mid 30s. Robin’s brother
ROBIN: female, 30s. Ash’s wife
PETER: male, late 30s. A father
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