Bristol Riverside Theatre
CONTRACT
LOA $564 weekly minimum (LOA ref LORT)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Bristol Riverside Theatre 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
BIPOC performers are encouraged to submit.
Bristol Riverside Theatre is a mid-sized regional theatre whose mission is to engage audiences and artists alike with exceptional performances, inspired writing, and superior productions that motivate us to think harder, to feel more deeply, to laugh more joyfully, and to reflect on ourselves and the world in which we live.
We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. To further our commitment to serving a diverse community, we are currently in the process of reviewing and rethinking our policies and procedures. For more information on these efforts, please go to: https://www.brtstage.org/about/diversity.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit your headshot/resume along with your video submission link (YouTube or Vimeo). Please include “2022-23 Season” in your subject line, and the roles that you’d like to be considered for if you are interested in a specific role.
Deadline: Wed, Aug 31, 2022
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Amy Kaissar and Ken Kaissar, Co-Producing Directors
David Abers, General Manager
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
Located in the historic district of Bristol Borough, the theatre has a full-time staff of 14 employees, with most senior staff having been with the organization for a minimum of 10 years.
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please prepare two contrasting monologues. If you are submitting for Cabaret, please also submit a video of yourself singing a brief cut of a song of your choice. You may also use the accompaniment at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b5r48uz5843eqi7/AABdYzKV6FMi1L84e3qGXyr9a?dl=0 .
A LEG UP, by Ken Kaissar
Director: Amy Kaissar
Dates:
First Rehearsal: Aug. 22, 2022
Opening: Sept. 22, 2022
Closing: Oct. 9, 2022
Seeking:
Charles Griffin, III: ROLE CAST. 40-55 years old, male, any ethnicity. An upper-class British man who is living off of his wife money. He's desperate (really desperate) for his investment to pay off and he'll do just about anything to succeed. A broad comedian with impeccable timing.
Barbara: ROLE CAST. 35-50 years old, female, any ethnicity. An extraordinarily wealthy heiress with no use for anything beneath her station. She has long been questioning her marriage to Charles and for the first time is starting to question her sexuality. A broad comedian with impeccable timing.
Laurie: ROLE CAST. 20-30 years old, female, any ethnicity. Don't underestimate this woman. She's a bombshell who may play coy, but she'll do anything to get what she needs.
Svyatoslava Ilyinichna Kyrychenko: 20-35 years old, Female, Ukranian. She is proud, deeply religious, somewhat self-righteous, and speaks with a thick accent. A former professional ballerina, Slavik (as she is known) is now an overworked live-in maid who tries to be pleasant despite always feeling a bit put out. Is able to do a series of fouettés and has great comedic timing.
Stephanie Wolcott: ROLE CAST. 30-45 years old, any ethnicity, trans-woman. Stephanie, the CEO of the Ottobock Prosthetic Company is a tough as nails businesswoman who needs (really needs) Charles' money. She's very lonely and, unfortunately, falling in love with Barbara, Charles' wife.
Rufus: ROLE CAST. 30-45 years old, male, African American. Rufus is the chief designer and robotic engineer at Ottobock. Rufus can be catty but deep down he really does care about his colleagues, unbeknownst to whom, he is secretly having an affair with Senator Sam Wannamead.
Edward: ROLE CAST. 30-45 years old, male, any ethnicity. Edward was a priest who, although he has left the clergy, is still a deeply devoted Catholic. He is a single below the knee amputee and is part of a team developing a breakthrough intelligent prosthetic leg. Strong physical comedian. Significant movement training a plus.
Senator Sam Wannamead: ROLE CAST. 50-75 years old. Male. Any ethnicity. The presumptive GOP candidate for US President. He is a single below the knee amputee and the first customer of Ottobock. He is secretly having an affair with Rufus.
CLUE
Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Additional Material by Hunter Foster, Eric Price, & Sandy Rustin
Based on the Paramount Pictures motion picture
Based on the Hasbro board game Clue
Director: Ken Kaissar
Dates:
First Rehearsal: Oct. 10, 2022
Opening: Nov. 3, 2022
Closing: Nov. 20, 2022
SEEKING:
All are comic characters who are comfortable with parody. Style is very similar to the films Airplane and Naked Gun.
WADSWORTH, a traditional British butler in every sense: uptight, formal and contemptuous of anything that doesn’t live up to his standard. The driving force in the play. Ultimately, he is exposed as a perpetrator of murder. 30s – 50s. Male.
YVETTE, a sexy French maid. (Also the REPORTER in the final scene.) Think the human form of Babette from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. 20s – 30s. Female.
MISS SCARLET, a dry, sardonic D.C. madam who is more interested in secrets than sex. She is blunt and no-nonsense. Calls it as she sees it. 30s – 50s. Female.
MRS. PEACOCK, the churchgoing wife of a senator. A bit batty, neurotic, and quick to hysteria. 40s – 70s. Female.
MRS. WHITE, a pale, morbid, and tragic woman. Creepy and probably a murderer. 30s – 50s. Female.
COLONEL MUSTARD, a puffy, pompous, dense blowhard of a military man. 40s – 60s. Male.
PROFESSOR PLUM, an academic Casanova who expects women to swoon over him. An egomaniac and very vain. 30s – 50s. Male.
MR. GREEN, a timid, yet officious, rule follower. He's a bit of a klutz and awfully anxious. He has a sneezing problem, but all of these qualities are a front. He is really a secret agent with kick-ass capabilities. Note: This role requires gymnastics and tumbling skills.
ENSEMBLE WOMAN, 20s – 30s. Female. THE COOK, a threatening presence. THE MOTORIST, a benign person who rings the wrong doorbell. AUXILIARY SCARLET, the back of Miss Scarlet during a scene of theatrical trickery. SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL, a cute, perky tap dancer. AN AGENT, an FBI agent who helps to save the day.
ENSEMBLE MAN, 30s – 40s. Male. MR. BODDY, a slick, James Bond-type fella. THE COP, a Regular Joe. AUXILIARY MUSTARD, the back of Colonel Mustard during a scene of theatrical trickery. AUXILIARY WADSWORTH, Wadsworth during two scenes of theatrical trickery. AN AGENT, an FBI agent who helps to save the day.
CABARET, by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Director: Keith Baker
Musical Director: Douglass Lutz
Choreographer: Stephen Casey
Dates:
First Rehearsal: Feb. 20, 2023
Opening: March 23, 2023
Closing: April 16, 2023
Seeking:
Sally Bowles – the headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub. Meets Cliff Bradshaw and is in the stages of building a relationship (Mezzo-Soprano). Female. Any ethnicity. BIPOC performers encouraged to submit. 25-35 years old.
The Emcee – The genderbending Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub (Tenor). Significant dance role. Any gender. Any ethnicity. BIPOC performers encouraged to submit.
Clifford “Cliff” Bradshaw – A naive American writer traveling through Berlin. Male. White. Non singing role. Late 20s.
Fraulein Schneider – A Jewish German woman who runs the boarding house that Cliff and Sally live in (Alto). Female. White. 50-70 years old.
Herr Schultz – A Jewish German fruit shop owner who falls in love with Fraulein Schneider (Baritone). Male. White. 60-75 years old.
Ernst Ludwig – A German man who befriends Cliff when he arrives in Berlin, later revealed to be a Nazi. Male. White. 25-35 years old.
Fraulein Kost – A German prostitute who rents in Fraulein Schneider’s boarding house (Mezzo-Soprano). Female. Any ethnicity. BIPOC performers encouraged to submit. Late 20s.
Ensemble - Performers at the Kit Kat Klub. Any gender. Any ethnicity. BIPOC performers encouraged to submit. Significant dance roles. All voice parts. 20-40 years old
CHICKEN AND BISCUITS, by Douglas Lyons
Director: Tyrone L. Robinson
Dates:
First Rehearsal: April 24, 2023
Opening: May 18, 2023
Closing: June 4, 2023
SEEKING:
BANEATTA MABRY- Late 40’s-mid 50’s, African American. An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She’s overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways. Her jam: “Souled Out” by Hezekiah Walker and LFC.
REGINALD MABRY- 50’s, African American. Baneatta’s faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He’s the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love, with a side of corny Dad jokes. His jam: “Jesus Is Love” by The Commodores.
KENNY MABRY - Mid-Late 20’s, African American. Baneatta and Reginald’s youngest child. He’s proudly queer but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day he just wants to be loved. His jam: The entire A Strange Loop Broadway cast recording by Michael R. Jackson.
LOGAN LEIBOWITZ- Mid- Late 20’s, White. Kenny’s neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of 4 years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. His jam: “Freedom” by George Michael.
BEVERLY JENKINS- Early 40’s- 50’s, African American. Baneatta’s younger sister. The “fun Aunt” who’s always in a push up bra catering to what the kids want, but never what they need. A single mother and the life of the party. She's a savage, classy, not so bougie, but definitely ratchet when necessary. Her jam: “I’m Doin’ Me” by Fantasia.
LA’TRICE FRANKLIN- 15, African American. Beverly’s daughter. She's nosy, loud and in everyone else's business but her own. She shows love, but in her own Gen Z manner. She's sarcastic to the bone. Her jam: All the tracks on her new album.
SIMONE MABRY- 30’s, African American. Kenny’s older sister and Baneatta’s favorite. She followed the “right path. She’s pulled, slightly shady, and fierce on the exterior, but internally wounded from a recent failed engagement. Her jam: “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo.
BRIANNA JENKINS- Early 40’s- 50’s, African American. Baneatta and Beverly’s half-sister through an affair. She didn’t know her father but has come to his funeral to learn more about him. Sweet, open, and collected. Her jam: “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge.
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 submit.
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