GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
CONTRACT
SPT
$608 weekly minimum (SPT 7)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please present a monologue in the style of the show. Please state your name first, scene second. Email your headshot/resume and video submission link. Please upload your video audition to Youtube (Unlisted).
Deadline: Mon, Oct 10, 2022
SUBMIT TO
casting@artshhi.com
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
Richard Feldman, Vice President & General Manager
marcus d. harvey, Director
Seeking:
Christina Drayton: Female-Identifying, 64. Runs the Drayton Gallery, having taught Joey to treat everyone as equals, her belief in those teachings is challenged when she meets John, fiercely loving and determined to keep her daughter in her life. Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Matt Drayton: Male-Identifying, 67. Publisher of San Francisco newspaper, The Guardian, a workaholic, Matt does not heed his doctor’s warnings to only work three days a week, while a journalist and a liberal he finds reason to disapprove of Joey and John’s marriage. Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Ed Joanna Drayton: Female-Identifying, 23. “Joey” recently interned for a medical research hospital in Hawaii, she is bold and stubborn in her love for John and unwavering in her plans to marry him. Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Doctor John Prentice: Male-Identifying, 37. A medical research doctor cautiously enters the home and his interactions with Joanna’s parents, intelligent and respectful he will not marry Joey without her parents’ approval. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Matilda Binks: Female-Identifying, 55. “Tillie” has worked twenty-seven years as a domestic for the Draytons, suspicious of John, she is loyal and protective of the Drayton family. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Hilary St. George: Female-Identifying, 43. Associate director of the Drayton Gallery, an employee of Christina’s and happens to be working at the house when Joanna arrives with John, her casually racist remarks push Christina to fire her. Ethnicity: White / European Descent
Monsignor Ryan: Male-Identifying, 75. Longtime family friend of the Draytons, blunt and sees no issue with Joey and John’s marriage, calmly gives Christina and Matt reasons to approve of the relationship. Ethnicity: White / European Descent
John Prentice Sr.: Male-Identifying, 63. A schoolteacher, protective and proud of his son, John, he at first strongly disapproves of the marriage as he sees it a threat to all John has worked and built for himself. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Mary Prentice: Female-Identifying, 59. Department store clerk, having seen the hurt her son, John, has felt, she can neither approve nor disapprove of the marriage but is highly concerned about her son’s heart. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
OTHER DATES
1st Rehearsal - January 10
1st Preview - February 1
Opening - February 3
Closing - February 19, 2023.
Performances Tuesday - Saturday 7:30PM & Sunday 2:00PM
OTHER
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Equity approved the the Fully Vaccinated Company for this production.
All Actors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Rehearsals and performances held indoors at The Arts Center. Pursuant to current Equity guidelines, proof of full vaccination no later than two weeks prior to in-person work is a required condition of employment.
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 submit.
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