POTUS - Fort Worth, TX EPA Allied Theatre Group Inc | Fort Worth, TX
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Saturday, September 9, 2023
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (C)
No break scheduled.
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SPT
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)
Equity actors for roles in POTUS, or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger (see breakdown).
Actors of all ethnicities, and gender identities encouraged to audition.
Auditions will consist of cold readings. Advance perusal of the script is requested, scripts are available at the box office.
Stage West Theatre
821 W Vickery Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1144
The Evie Theatre
Expected to attend:
Director: Kara-Lynn Vaeni
Executive Producer: Dana Schultes Associate Producer: Garret Storms
Callbacks: Tuesday September 12, 2
Rehearsals begin Monday, February 12, 2024. Rehearsal schedule is Monday through Saturday with Sundays off.
Rehearsal times are Monday through Fridays 6:30-11PM, Saturdays 1-5PM and 6:30- 9:30PM. Times are subject to change.
Performances Are Thursday, March 7, 2023 through Sunday, March 24, 2023 at Stage West, 821 W Vickery.
[Note: performances will be Thursdays at 7:30PM, Fridays at 8:00PM, Saturdays at 2:00PM AND 8:00PM, and Sundays at 2:00PM and 7:30PM]
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Scripts for the full season available at the box office.
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.
In reference to the character descriptions below—most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. But how ever limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. Let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide (Language developed by Kevin Kantor and Emily Tarquin from the Actors Theatre of Louisville).
JEAN - she/her. late 40s-60s. Any Ethnicity. Press secretary - a hawk in a turtleneck; a high-strung, quick-witted woman who can handle any pressroom and sterilize any scandal; a single working mother whose pristine life is threatened only by her knee-weakening attraction to disastrous sexual partners - one, in particular; Harriet’s more polished and more tactful counterpart; think CJ from West Wing, but with more bite, cynicism, and learned paranoia.
CHRIS - she/her. 30s-50s. Black. A journalist - overburdened, under-slept, postpartum, newly divorced, on the brink of irrelevancy; a dogged reporter with much to gain and everything to lose.
BERNADETTE - she/her. late 30s-60s. white. President's sister - a total trash fire; strife and mayhem; a coked-up tornado with raw sexual charisma, fiery temper, and fantastic sense of humor; Jean's kryptonite.
MARGARET - she/her. late 40s-70s. Black. The First Lady - an impeccable combination of high fashion, corporate experience, and legal savvy; regal, sophisticated, brimming with bitterness and pent-up rage; goes for the jugular.
DUSTY - she/her. 20s-30s. Any Ethnicity. President's Plaything - a glowing, curious, sex-positive girl with a multitude of skills and a bright future! Loves civic duty! Loves democracy! Determined to make the world better!
HARRIET - ROLE CAST. she/her. Chief of Staff. A political bulldog who has chosen every aspect of her life, appearance, and personality in service of her career; lives and dies by the polls; starts the play at a seven and skyrockets from there; everything is a means to an end.
STEPHANIE - ROLE CAST. she/her. Secretary. Obedient and diminutive, terrified of failure and perpetually on the edge of a nervous breakdown; deeply brilliant, crippled by her own imposter syndrome; so much potential energy and range just waiting to be set free.
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