Ashland New Plays Festival 2024 Fall Festival - Ashland, OR EPA Ashland New Plays Festival | Ashland, OR
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, July 29, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
To schedule an appointment please email casting@ashlandnewplays.org
SPT
$308 weekly minimum (SPT 1) + Travel stipend and housing provided for out-of-town actors.
Equity actors for roles in the Ashland New Plays Festival 2024 Fall Festival (see breakdown).
Please prepare a contemporary monologue and a side of your choosing from the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1olbX5Dk12ZI5x5V7hcLMsjBaQboXJ-4V
Please bring your headshot and resume, stapled together.
Oregon Shakespeare - Carpenter Hall 44 S. Pioneer St
Ashland, OR 97520
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Director: Jackie Apodaca
Casting Coordinator: Alysia Beltran
Rehearsals: October 14-17, schedule varies per play
Performances: October 16-20, schedule varies per play
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.
by Novid Parsi
SYNOPSIS: A son tries to save his mother. She has other ideas. So do two mysterious strangers who Ashland New Plays Festival 2024 Fall Festival - Ashland, OR EPA Page 1 of 4
watch the play—and ask the son to tell the story again and again until he gets it right, whatever right might be.
Mother, American immigrant from Iran. Former nurse, SAHM to Son.
Son, American of Iranian descent. Ages 18-40+ in the play. A writer, urgently wanting to give his mother an opportunity at the life she deserves.
Woman, American of Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; younger
Man, white American; older.
by Minita Gandhi
SYNOPSIS: Jyoti, a recent widow with ailing health, finds the future of her well-being in her daughters’ hands. A multigenerational and multicultural journey that explores the love language of food, Nerve asks what our legacy is and that we truly leave behind. What is our value in the world when we are no longer of service to people? This dark comedy is meant to be an aromatic and visceral experience. In a fully staged production, recipes would be shared and cooked on stage, as well as served to the audience.
Jyoti: Indian. 74-years old. Loving. Loyal. Silent and profound strength. Witty and funny in the best ways. Jyoti can really hold a grudge.
Meera: Indian American. 42 years old. Middle child. Well-intentioned. Has long played the role of a starving artist in designer jeans. Confident and open-hearted in the world but often playing defense at home.
Shakti: Indian American. 50 years old. The oldest sibling. Mother of three kids. Sharp. Powerful. Extremely confident. Very good at selective listening. Perfection is a way of life.
Payal: Indian American. Late 30s. Youngest sibling. Lives in Chicago with her husband and two kids. Runs at a steady five. Conflict-averse. Often overseen and sees it.
Anya: Any ethnicity. Late 30s. Meera’s childhood best friend. A healer who lives with her husband in Pleasanton, CA. Kind. Insightful. Patient. Authentic. The best kind of funny.
by Shana Allman
SYNOPSIS: After her divorce, Allison employs the latest technology from the Institute for Enhanced Connections in an effort to help her cope. As the technology proves extremely effective, her best friend, Sadie, grows more and more concerned about its impact and repercussions.
Allison - late 30s/40s, F. Dutiful.
Sadie - Allison's best friend. late 30s/40s, F or FAB/NB*. Dogmatic.
Jessica - Sadie's girlfriend. late 30s/40s, F. Measured.
Josh - An extremely life-like robot. late 30s/40s, M. Affable. His speech and movements only very rarely betray that he is anything other than human.
Carol - Client Relations Manager at the IEC. 40s-60s, F. Clinical
By Keiko Green
SYNOPSIS: M has always had a complicated relationship with their parents. But when Greg gets a terminal diagnosis, their small family feels the pressure of time running out. Greg wants to expand his world, as he commits the rest of his life to fighting climate change, while his wife Viv wants nothing more than to keep Greg confined to their home. In this theatrical spectacle, M uses meta-theatricality and the joy of dance and theatre to explore themes of grief, dying, and our connection to the Earth.
M - they/them, AMAB, 20. The star. Our MC. Swinging wildly between pissed and mystical, maybe mythical. Sometimes in control of the narrative, sometimes being swept away by the story.
Greg he/him, 40s-50s. M's father. The earth. Clumsily making his way through this world. A terminal diagnosis brings out a complicated core of wants and desire and regrets.
Viv - she/her, 40s-50s. M's mother. The space between. Slightly neurotic and easy to get riled up, she wants with all her might to spend her last days with Greg, alone in a bed with M by their side.
Greta & others - she/her, 20s-30s. Part-Greta Thunberg, part-mash-up of Greta, Peter Pan, and a screaming teenage girl at a Taylor Swift concert. Doubles as: Grocery Clerk, Shelly, Lila, Kathy, Ensemble A
Will & others - he/him, 20s-30s. Good-natured and well-meaning, but uncomfortable in social situations and too smart for his own good. M's boyfriend. Doubles as: TV Narrator, Frank, Kev, Army Guy, Neighbor 1, Melomys, Ensemble B
Janet & others - she/her, 60s. Dealing with her wife's cancer diagnosis by at times lashing out, at times being the best older sister you could ever hope for. Blue collar. Doubles as: Dr. Thomas, Doordash Gal, Suzie, Toad, God Mic, Ensemble C
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