Aurora Theatre Company 2023-24 Season - Berkeley, CA EPA Aurora Theatre Company | Berkeley, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, May 26, 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 12:00 PM -1:00 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944AAA722A4F4C34-aurora .
Once you have scheduled your appointment, please fill out the audition form at: https://bit.ly/3LZdQ3W .
Bay Area Theatre
$689 weekly minimum (Tier 4)
Equity actors for Aurora Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season general audition (See breakdown).
Please prepare 1 or 2 contrasting monologues for a total time of up to 3 minutes. Please also bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Shotgun Studios
1201 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94703
There will be signage on the door and a waiting room with a sign-up sheet when you arrive.
Expected to attend:
Casting Director, Kieran Beccia
Artistic Director, Josh Costello
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
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.
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.
by Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by Josh Costello
First rehearsal: August 8, 2023
Previews begin: September 1, 2023
Opening night: September 7, 2023
Closes: October 1, 2023
Will Shakespeare: male, 20s/30s
Kit Marlowe: male, 20s/30s
an adaptation by Michael Gene Sullivan adapted from the book by George Orwell Directed by Barbara Damashek
First rehearsal: October 17, 2023
Previews begin: November 10, 2023
Opening night: November 16, 2023
Closes: December 10, 2023
Winston: male, 30s-40s
O'Brien: probably male, 40s-60s
Party Member 1: any age/sex/race
Party Member 2: any age/sex/race
Party Member 3: any age/sex/race
Party Member 4: any age/sex/race
by Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Shannon R. Davis
First rehearsal: January 16, 2024
Previews begin: February 9, 2024
Opening night: February 15, 2024
Closes: March 10, 2024
Jane/Lelewayou: woman, Indigenous
Joe/Jakob: male
Bobbie/Mother: woman, Indigenous
Debra/Tooshkipakwisi: woman, Indigenous
Luke/Sekettumayqua: male, Indigenous
Michael/Jonas: male
Dick/Peter: male
by Tanya Barfield
Directed by Darryl V. Jones
First rehearsal: March 26, 2024
Previews begin: April 19, 2024
Opening night: April 25, 2024
Closes: May 19, 2024
Lewis: Black, male, 50s
Simon/Jesse/Rex: Black, male, 20s/30s
by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell & Gordon Farrell adapted from the book by John D’Agata & Jim Fingal
Directed by Jessica Holt
First rehearsal: May 28, 2024
Previews begin: June 21, 2024
Opening night: June 27, 2024
Closes: July 21, 2024
John: male, 50s, any race/ethnicity
Emily: woman, 40s/50s, any race/ethnicity
Jim: male, 20s, any race/ethnicity
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