A STRANGE LOOP - Boston EPA SpeakEasy Stage Company | Boston, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
REVISED
See updated character descriptions in
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 12:30-1:30pm
To request an Equity audition appointment, please email your full name, Equity status, contact information, and the shows for which you would like to be considered, along with your headshot and resume attached as one PDF document titled LAST NAME, FIRST NAME (2023).” Please also include your availability during the audition window. Please email this to auditions@speakeasystage.com.
NEAT
$579 weekly minimum (NEAT Category 6)
Calderwood Pavilion - Boston Center for the Arts
527 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02116-6306
Deane Hall
Expected to attend:
SpeakEasy Producing Artistic Director: Paul Daigneault
Front Porch Artistic Director: Dawn M. Simmons
Huntington Casting & Producing Associate: Rosalind Bevan
SpeakEasy Community & Artistic Programs Manager: Alex Lonati
SpeakEasy Artistic Fellows: Paulina Martz and Alex Leondedis
Rehearsals begin April 1st, 2024
Performances run April 26th, 2024 – May 18th, 2024
TBD Extension to May 25th, 2024
OTHER
The accompanist will only be present MAY 10th and MAY 19th.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity actors for roles in SpeakEasy Stage Co's 2023-24 Season musical A STRANGE LOOP (see breakdown).
For these auditions, no nudity or any form of sexual contact will be required as part of an actor’s audition. We will not ask prospective
participants to perform violence or sexual contact as part of an audition without disclosing this expectation in the audition notice or invitation. SpeakEasy Stage Company seeks to foster an environment of communication, safety, respect,
accountability, and the health, safety, and well-being of institutions and its participants.
Actors of color are encouraged to audition, and all roles are open to inclusive casting. SpeakEasy Stage Company shall conduct all auditions/interviews in a manner that promotes fair consideration to persons of all races, ethnicities, national origins, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and ability statuses. SpeakEasy Stage Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Auditions should be no longer than 5 minutes. Performers may prepare a brief song of their choice. SpeakEasy suggests two brief selections, one up-tempo and one ballad. An accompanist, readers, and material from the scripts will be available at the auditions. Production scripts can be accessed by contacting SpeakEasy at
auditions@speakeasystage.com.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
For pre-cast roles, auditioning performers will be considered as possible (emergency) replacements, should any become necessary.
A STRANGE LOOP
Book, Music, and Lyrics By Michael R. Jackson
Directed by Maurice Parent
A STRANGE LOOP is a co-production with Front Porch Arts Collective and will be under the NEAT Category 6 contract type and Salary.
USHER, Black, 20’s, Range: Eb3 – D6. Overweight to obese cisgender queer, male who carries a self-conscious but femme energy. Extremely self-aware and extremely insecure with a warm but deeply ironic sense of humor. He wears his intelligence on his sleeve and his darkness shows in his writing, not in his personal expression. An usher by night, musical theater writer by day.
THOUGHT #1, Black, Any age, Range: B2 – C7. Several characters including but not limited to an elderly woman tourist and Usher’s niece’s ratchet mother.
THOUGHT #2, Black, Any age, Range: B2 – C6. Several characters including but not limited to Usher’s Doctor and the first incarnation of Usher’s mother.
THOUGHT #3, Black, Any age, Range: B2 – C#6. Several characters including but not limited to Usher’s agent and Todrick.
THOUGHT #4, Black, Any age, Range: G2 – A5. Several characters including but not limited to the final incarnation of Usher’s mother.
THOUGHT #5, Black, Any age. Range: G2 – G5. Several characters including but not limited to Joshlet and Usher’s Dad.
THOUGHT #6, Black, Any age, Range: E2 – G5. Several characters including but not limited to Inwood Daddy.
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