LA BROA’ (BROAD STREET) - Equity video submissions Trinity Repertory Company | Providence, RI
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$800 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in LA BROA’ (BROAD STREET) by Orlando Hernández, inspired by the book Latino History of Rhode Island: Nuestra Raíces by Marta Martínez (see breakdown).
Thank you for your interest in auditioning at Trinity Rep! Please note that most of our roles are cast through our Resident Acting Company and the Brown/Trinity MFA program.
Anti-Discrimination Statement: Trinity Rep encourages the participation of performers of all races, ethnicities, (dis)abilities and we strive to present opportunities when able for non-traditional, diverse and inclusive casting.
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Deadline: 08/28/2023
trclabroaauditions@gmail.com
Tatyana-Marie Carlo (director and resident artistic company member)
Orlando Hernández (playwright)
Diego Alejandro González (assistant director) Gia Yarn (artistic producer)
First rehearsal begins: December 12, 2023
Equity holiday off (unpaid hiatus week): December 24, 2023— January 1, 2024
Onstage rehearsal: January 11 and 12, 2024
Tech begins: January 13, 2024
Previews begin: January 18, 2024
Press opening: January 24, 2023
Closing performance: February 18, 2024
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Until we move onstage, rehearsals, tech and previews span six days each week for eight out of ten hours each day. Our production schedule typically entails Wednesday-Friday evening performances at 7:30 pm, and 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm performances on Saturdays and Sundays. We also have occasional matinee performances at 2:00 pm and school group performances at 10:00 am
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.
Please prepare one (1) monologue in English, one (1) monologue in Spanish (if applicable), and one (1) brief cut of a song with piano accompaniment, or self-accompanied, for a total length of seven minutes or less. Your song choice can be as simple as singing “Happy Birthday!”
ADDITIONAL VIDEO
Video audition submissions are for casting purposes only and will not be utilized or distributed for any other purpose. Once submissions have been viewed and actors are selected for callbacks, video audition submissions will be destroyed
Resume and headshot files provided via PDF are preferred
Video files provided via YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Dropbox, and/or WeTransfer are preferred. Please ensure you grant access to anyone with a link
Please contact Gia Yarn, artistic producer, at trclabroaauditions@gmail.com if you have any questions and/or concerns
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Becky Nurse of Salemby Sarah Ruhl, directed by Curt Columbus, running in rotating repertory with The Good John Proctor
A Christmas Carol, adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens, original music by Richard Cumming, directed and adapted by Stephen Thorne
La Broa’ (Broad Street) by Orlando Hernández, inspired by the book Nuestra Raíces by Marta Martínez, directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Christopher Windom
La Cage aux Folles, music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, book by Harvey Fierstein, adapted from La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret, directed by Taavon Gamble
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About: Ana, a Latina student at Providence College, struggles to find a sense of belonging. After a chance encounter with Doña Rosa on La Broa' (Providence's Broad Street), a world opens up to her of the Dominican, Colombian, and other Latin-American people who came to Rhode Island and established communities here, and whose joys and struggles mirror her own. La Broa’ (Broad Street) draws from the heartbreaking, heartwarming, and hilarious true stories of Latine Rhode Islanders who have made this place their home, as documented by Marta V. Martínez in the oral history project Nuestras Raíces (Our Roots). This powerful world premiere is presented in Spanish and English; it speaks to how places and people evolve, and how our memories and stories become the fabric that holds us together.
Character Descriptions:
[CAST] Ana/Ensemble, Mexican/Guatemalan/Central American woman. 20s or 30s [NOT CAST] Doña Rosa/Ensemble, Afro-Dominican woman, 50s or older
[NOT CAST] Don Pacheco/Ensemble, Colombian/South American man. Plays guitar well. 50s or older
[NOT CAST] Young Rosa/Ensemble, Afro-Dominican/Puerto Rican/Caribbean woman. 20s or 30s [NOT CAST] Carlos/Ensemble, Puerto Rican/Caribbean/Colombian/mixed man. 30 [NOT CAST] Pedro/Ensemble, Afro-Dominican/Caribbean man. 40s
[NOT CAST] Matías, Dominican/Colombian/Caribbean/mixed man. 20s or 30s
[NOT CAST] Susan, White woman. 20s or early 30s
[CAST] Susan’s Boyfriend, White man. 20s or 30s
[NOT CAST] u/s Ana/Susan. Latine. 20s and 30s
[NOT CAST] u/s Young Rosa/Doña Rosa. Afro-Latina. 30s-40s
[NOT CAST] u/s Carlos/Matías. Latine. 20-30s
[NOT CAST] u/s Pedro/Don Pacheco. Afro-Latino. 40s-50s
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