Alliance Theatre (LORT and TYA) 2024-25 Season - Atlanta, GA EPA
Alliance Theatre a division of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. | Atlanta, GA Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, May 13, 2024
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (E)
To schedule an audition appointment, please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945ACA72CA6F58-49249527-alliance .
LORT Non-Rep / TYA
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$807 weekly minimum (LORT D)
$700 weekly minimum (TYA)
Equity actors for roles in Alliance Theatre's (LORT and TYA) 2024-25 Season (See breakdown).
All roles will be understudied.
Please prepare EITHER a brief song OR and brief monologue OR 32-bars of a song and a one-minute monologue. Total audition package should not be more than two minutes. Bring your sheet music in the correct key. An accompanist will be provided. Also bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3502
Memorial Arts Building 3rd Floor - Rehearsal Hall A
Expected to attend:
Jody Feldman, Producer and Casting Director
Brant Adams, Casting Assistant
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
First Rehearsal: July 25, 2024
Season Opening: September 7, 2024 Season
Closing: June 15, 2025
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
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.
Contract: LORT B
Written by: Katori Hall
Directed by: Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
First Rehearsal: July 25, 2024
Opening: September 7, 2024
Closing: September 22, 2024
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: (Black, Male, 35-45) Nobel peace prize-winning civil rights movement leader; awe-inspiring, charming, and powerful with a brooding intelligence and almost hidden vulnerability; he can sometimes present as older than his true age; while being a brilliant orator, impassioned preacher, and a fearless leader, he is more than the hero in our history books; brewing underneath is a human carrying all the vulnerability, fear, and weariness of an unquenchable lust for life.
CAMAE: (Black, Female, 20s-30s) A young maid at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee; she is charming, confident, and MLK's equal; and although deeply human and vulnerable, there is much more to her than is first revealed; she owns the power of her convictions and sensuality, with an otherworldly strength; carries a secret.
Contract: LORT B
Written by: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Caitlin Hargraves
First Rehearsal: October 15, 2024
Opening: November 16, 2024
Closing: December 24, 2024
FULLY CAST
Co-Production with the Goodman Theatre
Contract: LORT B
Written by: Zora Howard
Directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz
First Rehearsal: January 9, 2025
Opening: February 19, 2025
Closing: March 16, 2025
RETTA: (Black, Female, Late 50s) A decades-long resident of the Oakwood Hills Apartments & Townhomes.
REGGIE: (Black, Male, Late 50s) RETTA's husband.
TRENT: (Black, Male, Teens) RETTA and REGGIE's grandson.
TOMLIN/ JACK: (White, Male, Mid to late 40s)
TOMLIN - A recently demoted police officer in the Huntsville Police Department. JACK - School Security. Menacing.
RAMIREZ: (Latino, Male, Mid to late 30s) A recent transfer to the Huntsville Police Department. TOMLIN's partner.
BOOBIE: (Black, Male, Teens) TRENT’s best friend. Hotep in development.
KRYSTAL: (Black, Female, Teens) Classmate of TRENT’s. Major crush. Very smart.
ZEKE: (Black, Male, Teens) Classmate of TRENT’s. Tries to be a bully, but really is a sweetie pie.
PAIGE: (Black, Female, Teens) Classmate of TRENT's. KRYTAL's best friend. Life of the party.
NEWSCASTER/ MS. PINTO: (White, Female, 30s-40s) MS. PINTO - Teaches American History at Lee High School.
MR. WOODS: (Black, Male, 60s) Regal in stature. Looks like Louis Gossett Jr. and sounds like James Earl Jones.
*MUSICAL*
Contract: LORT B
Written by: Bob Martin
Music & Lyrics by: Adam Guettel
Directed by: Bartlett Sher
First Rehearsal: March 24, 2025
Opening: May 22, 2025
Closing: June 15, 2025
DAMIAN: (Any Race, Male) An 8-year-old boy down on his luck. His world changes when a bag of money miraculously (or maybe not so miraculously) falls into his lap. Able to sing and move.
ANTHONY: (Any Race, Male, 10-12 years old) Older brother to Damian. Very supportive of his father’s decisions. Has mischievous tendencies and likes to play with his younger brother. Able to sing and move.
RON: (Any Race, Male, 30s-40s) Father of Damian & Anthony. His wife has passed, and he just wants to provide for his sons. Able to sing and move.
DOROTHY: (Any Race, Female, 30s-40s) A representative from Change for Change. Kind, considerate, and always looking for ways to help others. Able to sing and move.
ANDREW: (Any Race, Male, 8-10 Years old) Classmate of Damian’s. Able to sing and move. PHILLIP: (Any Race, Male, 8-10 years old) Classmate of Damian’s. Able to sing and move. MADISON: (Any Race, Female, 8-10 years old) Classmate of Damian’s. Able to sing and move. MR. ROTH: (Any Race, Male, 30s-40s) Damian’s teacher. Able to sing and move.
CLARE OF ASSISI: (Any Race, Female, 20s-30s) A Catholic Saint and a figment of Damian’s imagination. Tall and austere. Able to sing and move.
ST. PETER: (Any Race, Male, 50s-70s) A Catholic Saint and a figment of Damian’s imagination. Wise and old. Able to sing and move.
CARL OSBOURNE: (Any Race, Male, 50s) Security Officer. Absolutely loves his job. Able to sing and move.
THIEF: (Any Race, Male, 20s-40s) A hardened criminal who lost some money and will get it back at whatever the cost. Able to sing and move.
Contract: LORT D
Written by: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: To Be Announced
First Rehearsal: August 20, 2024
Opening: September 25, 2024
Closing: October 13, 2024
AFONG MUH: (Asian or Asian American, Female, 20-50) Based on AFONG MUH, the first documented Chinese woman in America. She is sharp-witted, perceptive, with an optimistic but rebellious heart. AFONG MUH ages nearly fifty years over the course of the play, becoming increasingly critical of America’s capitalist nature and objectification of Eastern culture.
ATUNG: (Asian or Asian American, Male, 25-70) ATUNG serves as AFONG MUH’s translator and companion. He feels timeless, protective of AFONG MUH, and is far more accustomed to American culture. ATUNG hides his true, complex feelings beneath stoicism.
Contract: LORT D
Written by: Milo Cramer
Directed by: Matt Torney
First Rehearsal: October 18, 2024
Opening: November 23, 2024
Closing: December 15, 2024
LISA: (Any Race, Female or Non-Binary, Teenager) Questioning, skeptical, doesn’t understand her mom or the world, wrestling with an unspoken self-hatred, sees no way out.
GEORGINA: (Any Race, Female, 40s) LISA’s mom. Determined, aspirational, in denial about the precariousness of their financial situation; somehow all of this is an expression of love for Lisa!
PATTY: (Any Race, Female or Non-Binary, 20s) LISA’s and GEORGINA’s server. Weaponizes self pity, barely surpassing rage, verge of defeat, “job hunting.” Trying to un-learn internalized classism for herself and everyone else, too.
CUSTOMERS: (Any Race, Female, 30s) All played by one actress in a (hopefully) virtuosic whir, each with eerily specific neurosis. Eventually this figure coalesces into RUTH - who has seen some shit and is grateful.
Co-Production with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts & the Geffen Playhouse Contract: LORT D
Written by: Jake Brasch
Directed by: Shelley Butler
First Rehearsal: March 26, 2025
Opening: April 2, 2025
Closing: May 4, 2025
BEV: (Any Race, Female, 70s-80s) A loving but no-bullshit Jewish grandma. Endlessly curious, sharp as a tack, and relentless. Calls it like it is.
SHRIMPY: (Any Race, Male, 70s-80s) A lovable schmuck of a Jewish grandpa. A jokester. A total piece of shit, but impossible not to love.
HANK: (White, Male, 70s-80s) A judgmental conservative Nebraskan Christian grandfather. Ultimately decent, but prickly.
IRENE: (White, Female, 70s-80s) A kind Nebraskan grandma. The sweetest person in the whole wide world. In the late stages of Alzheimer’s.
PATRICIA: (Any Race, Female, Late 40s-50s) Josh's Mom. Hilarious, fun, and silly, but very hurt and angered by Josh’s recent behavior. Wants so desperately to relax. Doubles as Jeanette Mcfolly, Lenni, AA lady, and Rabbi Silver.
HUGO: (Latinx, Male, 30s-40s) A long-time bookstore manager. Desperately believes in books and the store. Spectacular at his job. Serious and reserved...until he isn’t. Doubles as Taylor, Yaakov Stern, Counselor Rick, Sponsor, Waiter, Nurse.
Contract: TYA
Written by: Idris Goodwin
Directed by: To Be Announced
First Rehearsal: December 9, 2024
Opening: January 25, 2025
Closing: March 2, 2025
PLAY STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
Six (6) actors of various ethnicities, genders, and ages to portray various characters.
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