POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN . . . - Submit for LA Appointments
Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles, CA
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$1058 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE (See breakdown).
All roles listed will be understudied.
Please submit your headshot and resume for possible LA audition.
Deadline: 09/20/2023
aea.epa.geffen@gmail.com
Playwright: Selina Fillinger
Director: Jennifer Chambers
Possible audition 9/26-9/29
First Rehearsal: December 5, 2023 First Preview: January 17, 2024
Opening: January 25, 2024
Closing: February 18, 2024, but could extend until March 3, 2024
OTHER
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.
POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
General notes: The play is a true farce. It is unapologetic, irreverent and truthful. Looking for actors who feel comfortable with physical comedy and taking risks. The cast is a true ensemble.
HARRIET – Chief of Staff. 60+, A political bulldog who has chosen every aspect of her life, appearance, and personality in service of her career. A sexless and humorless middle-aged woman who lives and dies by the polls. Starts the play at a 7 and skyrockets from there. Everything is a means to the end.
JEAN – Press Secretary. 30+, 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 particularly. Harriet’s more polished and more tactful counterpart. Think CJ from West Wing, but with more bite, cynicism, and learned paranoia.
STEPHANIE – Presidential secretary. 30+, An obedient and diminutive creature, terrified of failure and perpetually on the edge of nervous breakdown. Deeply brilliant, just crippled by her own imposter syndrome. So much potential energy and rage just waiting to be set free.
DUSTY - President’s plaything. 18 - 27, A glowing, curious, sex-positive (albeit, barely legal) girl with a multitude of skills and a bright future! Loves civic duty! Loves democracy! Determined to make the world better!
BERNADETTE – President’s sister. White. 40+, 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.
CHRIS – A journalist. 35+, Black. Overburdened, under-slept, postpartum, newly-divorced, on the brink of irrelevancy. A dogged reporter with much to gain and everything to lose.
MARGARET – THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST - the First Lady. 60+, Black. An impeccable combination of high fashion, corporate experience, and legal savvy. Regal, sophisticated, brimming with bitterness and pent- up rage. Goes for the jugular.
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