Center Theatre Group
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT A - $1207 (Mark Taper Forum) LORT D -$739 (Kirk Douglas Theatre)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in 2021-22 season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please prepare a contemporary monologue and submit as an attachment. Audition videos may not exceed 2 minutes. Please submit one copy of your headshot and resume.
Deadline: Tue, Dec 28, 2021
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Personnel Viewing Audition Submissions: Associate Artistic Directors: Kelley Kirkpatrick, Neel Keller, Lindsay Allbaugh, Luis Alfaro, Tyrone Davis
See production-specific personnel in breakdown.
OTHER
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
MARK TAPER FORUM:
SLAVE PLAY By Jeremy O’Harris
Playwright - Jeremy O'Harris
Director - Robert O'Hara
Casting Directors - Victor Vasquez - X Casting, CSA and Taylor Williams, CSA
1st Rehearsal: February 1, 2022
Tech: February 3, 2022
1st Preview: February 9, 2022
Opening Night : February 16, 2022
Closing: March 13, 2022
Principals 7 out of 8 roles CAST and 1 Under Offer, Currently Casting 5 Understudies:
Gary Understudy: Covers Gary
Phillip Understudy: Covers Phillip
Kaneisha/ Teá Understudy: Covers Kaneisha and Teá.
Alana/ Patricia Understudy: Covers Alana and Patricia.
Jim/ Dustin Understudy: Covers Jim and Dustin.
Character Descriptions:
Kaneisha: (She/her). Late 20s- mid 30s. Black/ African-American. She has dark skin and is from the American South. Kaneisha is unafraid of what she knows she wants. Self-aware and cognizant of human psychology. Contains simulated acts of a sexual nature. (Offer is out for this role)
Jim: (He/him). Mid 30s- early 40s. Caucasian. British. Inheritor of more than he knows how to handle. Most content when in control of a situation and easily flustered when asked to step outside his comfort zone. Nudity is required and there are simulated acts of a sexual nature.
Teá: (She/her). Mid 20s, of mixed Black and white ancestry. Teá is studied in her Black and her white. Supportive and empathetic but still learning.
Alana: (She/her). Mid 30s- early 40s. Caucasian. Alana is a woman who wants more than the world sees fit to give her. Alana is hyper-aware and hungry to talk about her own experience. Contains simulated acts of a sexual nature.
Gary: (He/him). Late 20s- early 30s. Black/ African-American. A dark, Black man whose life has been lived with the full trauma of his color. Nudity is required (Gary will be down to underwear for the majority of the first act) and there are simulated acts of a sexual nature. Actors who identify as LGBTQ+ are strongly encouraged to submit.
Patricia: (She/her). 30s-40s. Any ethnicity, identifies as non-white. A light Brown woman who knows many lives. Passionate about her work but able to keep a distance.
Phillip: (He/him). 30s. Of mixed Black and white ancestry. He considers himself a person who is neither Black nor white and is exploring his place in the world. Will learn a phrase on the violin. Nudity is required and there are simulated acts of a sexual nature.
Dustin: (He/him). Late 20s- early 30s. Any ethnicity, identifies as non-white and non-Black. Hungers for recognition. White passing and thus feels erased by a society that does not recognize his racial identity. Nudity is required (actor will be down to underwear for the majority of the first act) and there are simulated acts of a sexual nature.
Blues for an Alabama Sky By Pearl Cleage
Playwright - Pearl Cleage
Director - Phylicia Rashad
Casting Director - TBD
1st Rehearsal: March 8, 2022
Tech: April 1, 2022
1st Preview: April 6, 2022
Opening Night: April 13, 2022
Closing: May 8, 2022
Seeking 5 Principals and 2 Understudies.
SEEKING:
Angel Alan (she/her) a thirty-four-year-old Black woman who looks five years younger; former backup singer at The Cotton Club; a natural born opportunist always looking for the next come up; Angel will sing, but she is a mediocre singer at best. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Guy Jacobs (he/him) a thirtyish Black man; costume designer at The Cotton Club; an openly gay man who refuses to apologize for who he is to anybody. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Delia Patterson (she/her) a twenty-five-year-old Black woman; social worker on staff at The Margaret Sanger family planning clinics; a dedicated professional who has likely never been in love. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Sam Thomas (he/him) a forty-year-old doctor at Harlem Hospital; a hardworking man who is also the life of the party and will find any reason to celebrate. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Leland Cunningham- (he/him) a twenty-eight-year-old Black man from Alabama; a six-week resident of Harlem; a God-fearing man who is quick to judge anything outside of what he’s been taught or believes. Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Angel/Delia Understudy-Covers Angel and Delia
Guy/Sam/Leland Understudy-Covers Guy, Sam, and Leland
King James By Rajiv Joseph
Playwright: Rajiv Joseph
Director: Kenny Leon
Casting Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: May 24, 2022
Tech: May 27, 2022
1st Preview: June 1, 2022
Opening Night: June 8, 2022
Closing: July 3, 2022
Coproduction with Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Principals CAST. Seeking 2 understudies:
Shawn
Matt
Shawn: (He/Him) Black, ages 21–33 over the course of the play. Cleveland native. Long suffering local sports fan. Excited about what Lebron James will do for the hometown basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Moves to LA and becomes successful writer. Ambitious and motivated.
Matt: (He/Him) White, ages 21-33 over the course of the play. Cleveland native. Long suffering local sports fan. Excited about what Lebron James will do for the hometown basketball team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Works at a small, family-owned business. Decides to stay in Cleveland. Informal and slightly disheveled. A bit disappointed with his life.
THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL by Mike Birbiglia
Playwright: Mike Birbiglia
Director: Seth Barrish
1st Rehearsal: TBD
Tech: July 22, 2022
1st Preview:July 27, 2022
Opening Night: August 3, 2022
Closing: August 28, 2022
All roles have been cast
KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE:
ALMA By Benjamin Benne
Playwright: Benjamin Benne
Director: Juliette Carrillo
Casting Directors: Rosalinda Morales and Pauline O'con, CSA
1st Rehearsal: February 8, 2022
Tech: March 1, 2022
1st Preview: March 6, 2022
Opening Night: March 13, 2022
Closing: April 3, 2022
Seeking 2 principals. No Understudies.
NOTE: LA actors encouraged to submit.
TIME: Early December 2016. Post-election and pre-inauguration of Trump. The world feels different. Scarier. It’s around 11 pm. The action of this piece unfolds in real time.
PLACE: La Puente, California. The living space of ALMA & ANGEL’s one-bedroom apartment. On the 2nd floor of an apartment complex, where you kinda know who your neighbors are but not really…really, you just know what they look like.
SEEKING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:
ALMA – Female, Pronouns: she, her, 34
Mexicana undocumented immigrant living in the United State. She is a paradox, having been a teen mom, she had to grow up quickly but never quite matured into the role of “mother.”
ANGEL - Female, Pronouns: she, her, 17
She is Alma’s daughter and a United States citizen. A high school senior with a really bad case of senioritis. She is an old soul.
TAMBO & BONES by Dave Harris
Playwright: Dave Harris
Director: Taylor Reynolds
Casting Director: TBD
1st Rehearsal: TBC
Tech: April 26, 2022
1st Preview: May 1, 2022
Opening Night: May 8, 2022
Coproduction with Playwrights' Horizons - 2 Principal Roles have been cast, Seeking 2 Robots.
Tambo and Bones are two characters trapped in a minstrel show. It's mad hard to feel like a real person when you're trapped in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get bank, get even. A rags-to-riches hip-hop journey, Tambo & Bones roasts America’s racist past, wrestles America’s racist present, and explodes America’s post-racial future — where what’s at stake, for those deemed less-than-human, is the fate of humanity itself.
AVAILABLE ROLES
X-BOT 1: White, he/him/his. 20s- 30s. A robot trained to look like a white actor. Possesses the traditional gait and physicality of a robot.
X-BOT 2: White, he/him/his. 20s- 30s. A robot trained to look like a white actor. Possesses the traditional gait and physicality of a robot.
TO T OR NOT TO T by D'Lo
Playwright:D'Lo
Director: Adelina Anthony
1st Rehearsal: May 31, 2022
Tech: June 21, 2022
1st preview: June 25, 2022
Opening Night: June 29, 2022
Closing: July 10, 2022
All Roles have been cast.
THE ART COUPLE by Brendan Hunt
Playwright: Brendan Hunt
Director: Lauren Van Kurin
1st Rehearsal: June 28, 2022
Tech: July 19, 2022
Opening Night: July 27, 2022
Closing August 7, 2022
All roles have been cast.
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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