PETE THE GIRL Submission - Showcase Auditions

PETE THE GIRL

- Submit Photo / Resume for NYC Appointments

Equity Basic Showcase Code, approval pending

Producers: Rising Circle / Women Center Stage Festival (Culture Project)

Associate Producer: Jesse Alick

Writer: Charity Henson-Ballard

Director: Donya K. Washington

Casting Directors: Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian and Robin Carus, J&R creative

1^st Rehearsal: 2/29 (Mon & Wed 7pm-10pm, Sat 5pm-9pm). For week of 3/18 (Mon & Wed from 6pm-10pm, Sat 5pm-9pm). Tech: 3/26 and 3/27 (Daytime schedule TBD). Performances: 3/27 and 3/28 @ 7:30pm, 3/31 @ 3pm & 7:30pm, April 1 @ 7pm (5 performances), at the Living Theatre

NYC auditions will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2012, by appointment only.

For consideration, email picture and resume to:
jandrworld@gmail.com

Indicate in subject line: “PETE AND THE GIRL submission”

Synopsis:

Petrice Kincaide, an inner-city, troubled and androgynous teen, finds a promising future in world domination through male-dominated competitive sports when she teams up with Vera, a brilliant-yet-disillusioned, agoraphobic physicist living in her housing project. Vera offers her scientific genius, while Pete sacrifices her body to fulfill “the prophesized shaming of the machine” by secretly creating softball techniques such as the base stealing “sonic leap”, and “the perfect swing” for grand slam home runs. The only obstacles standing in the way of Pete and Vera’s guaranteed financial success and political power: Vera and Pete.

SEEKING:

Pete:

African-American female. 20s and able to look like she is in her late teens. At beginning of play, she is 17 and awkward. By the end of the play she is a 23 year old who has a stylized grace. Must be at least 5’9” and physically fit, as she destroys her opponents on the field. The taller, the better. She is wondrously androgynous. Must be able to play a range of ages and emotions in short spurts and with that, we see her become a superwoman.

Vera:

African-American female. 60s. Brilliant. Definitely a tough cookie. She is a faded beauty that is dis-interesting to us now. Frumpy and prone to sudden bursts of aggression, as she is emotionally unpredictable and perhaps borderline bi-polar. Looking for an actress who can turn on a dime and can dominate Vera even though her physique is smaller than Pete’s.