SHAKE THE DISEASE - Equity video submissions
Creative Ammo Inc. | New York, NY
Showcase-NY
$100 stipend + travel reimbursement
Equity actors for roles in a workshop production of a new Queer play, SHAKE THE DISEASE (See breakdown).
Please prepare EITHER a contemporary dramatic monologue no longer than two minutes that shows your capacity to play multiple roles OR two dramatic, contemporary one-minute monologues that show your
capacity to play multiple roles. Please submit your headshot, resume and audition video at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfF2eQv44Iwz3R97Hg7X4eUGswS4L9bB5cbYc6K8v3r2c1iHQ/viewform. The deadline to submit your audition materials is Monday, April 22nd, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.
Deadline: 04/22/2024
Leif Larson, Playwright
Matthew Pezzulich, Director
In person callbacks in NYC to be scheduled the week of 4/29.
First Rehearsal: Zoom Read Thru week of June 3rd
In person Rehearsals: Starting June 9th, 30 hour process
Performance: June 22nd at Theatre Row as part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival
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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.
SYNOPSIS: Murder, suicide and AIDS plague a gay resort in Northern California during the fateful summer of 1989. As time slips backwards and forwards spanning several decades, mythology, urban legend and gay bashing come together to weave a narrative of lust, love, Queer history and violence. All actors will play multiple roles as noted below.
Role 1: River/Niklaus/Garrett - Cis man, early 20s in appearance, identifies as part of the Global Majority. Role requires onstage intimacy, violence, and undress to underwear, no nudity. River: Server at Gay Resort. Queer identified. Possesses mischievous innocence despite life's challenges. Niklaus: A memory of Peter’s former lover that River inhabits in a flashback. Sensitive and empathic, perhaps clairvoyant. An activist, steadfast in beliefs but often downplayed by his partner. Anxious and apprehensive around his own intuition. Intuitive yet cautious. Garrett: An auteur filmmaker with a driven and focused demeanor. Inspired by Dennis Cooper, Kenneth Anger, and Todd Haynes. Prioritizes vision over comfort, unafraid to be controversial and provocative to serve his art.
Role 2: Keith/David - Man, early to mid-20s, any ethnicity. Role requires onstage intimacy, violence, and undress to underwear, no nudity. Keith: Head cook at the resort and older brother to Kurt. Deeply closeted, sensitive but guarded. Conceals vulnerability behind a facade of gruff exterior. Reveals his true self in moments of intimacy with River. David: Radical fairy and film actor. Performs in Garrett's movies. Eager and enthusiastic, drawn to radicalism. Easily influenced.
Role 3: Kurt/Ansel - Man, early to mid-20s, any ethnicity. Role requires onstage intimacy, violence, and undress to underwear, no nudity. Kurt: Season cook and younger brother to Keith. Feral quality, nomadic, travels in his trailer. Sensual tease with a hint of cockiness. Homophobic and dangerous, with an unpredictable nature. Ansel: Empathic and sensitive, but aggressive when pushed into a role. Uncomfortable in the space they enter yet becomes dominant within the scene. Disappears into the role of a dominant top during filming, commanding attention and control.
Role 4: Peter/Big Earl - Cis-man, Early 50s, Caucasian. Role requires body make-up of lesions and sores. Peter: Emaciated by late-stage AIDS, Peter exudes flamboyance amid his longing for the past. He embodies a ghostly presence, characterized by a pariah nature and a haunting reminder of bygone eras. We also witness Peter a decade earlier: a driven, vital, and healthy individual deeply in love with Niklaus. He prioritizes career over activism, making a pivotal miscalculation in queer history that he later regrets. This portrayal offers a profound contrast to the character we meet in the 80s. Big Earl: Solitary and misunderstood, Big Earl is a spectral figure, a manifestation of eerie presence. He emanates a sense of creepiness, perceived as simple and uneducated, yet harboring ghoulish qualities reminiscent of an 80s horror villain.
Role 5: Leslie/Bambi - Transwoman, late 30s to early 50s, any ethnicity. Leslie: Resort Manager. Lesbian. Has a no-nonsense, practical approach to her duties. With an extended history with Peter, Leslie holds a soft spot for River, emanating maternal energy amid her responsibilities. Bambi: A radical freedom fighter, Bambi is unapologetically militant and revolutionary in her beliefs. She engages in activism, throwing bricks
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