Cleveland Play House
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep $1,008 weekly minimum (LORT B) $739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Cleveland Play House 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
Cleveland Play House is seeking actors of all races and ethnicities for our 2022-23 season! More information about our season can found at www.clevelandplayhouse.com. Cleveland Play House is currently mandating all staff and guest artists to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (currently defined as 2 weeks after the final dose) prior to first rehearsal. As of 12/1/21, CPH does not require a booster to be considered fully vaccinated, but all guest artists will be informed if that policy changes.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit all headshots, resumes, and self-tapes via this link: https://tinyurl.com/CPHEPA22 .
Deadline: Mon, Apr 25, 2022
PERSONNEL
Viewing auditions:
E.B. Smith - Director of Artistic Inclusion, Head of Casting
Derek Green - Associate Producer
Somer Harris - Artistic Digital Associate
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
www.clevelandplayhouse.com
All productions will be performed live and in-person at Cleveland Play House, indoors.
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
PRPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Please submit a self-tape (up to 3 minutes long) with 2 monologues, or 1 monologue and a song. Please also include a brief response to the question: What prompted you to become an actor? Accompaniment tracks and sheet music for Oh Holy Night available at: https://tinyurl.com/CPHCasting.
Additional personnel:
Artistic Director: Laura Kepley
Artistic Producer: Maureen Burns
Director of Artistic Inclusion, Casting Team Lead: E.B. Smith
Associate Producer: Derek Green
Artistic Digital Associate: Somer Harris
Playwright, American Mariachi: José Cruz González
Playwright, The Great Leap: Lauren Yee
Book/Music/Lyrics, Light It Up!: Jason Michael Webb
Book/Lyrics, Light It Up!: Lelund Durond Thompson
Playwright, I'm Back Now: Charly Evon Simpson
Playwright, Becoming Dr. Ruth: Mark St. Germain
Playwright, Moriarty: Ken Ludwig
Director, American Mariachi: Henry Godinez
Director, Light It Up!: Christopher Windom
Director, I'm Back Now: Stori Ayers
Some roles will be understudied.
AMERICAN MARIACHI - All roles are cast for this production
THE GREAT LEAP:
MANFORD – (#1) Seventeen, male, Chinese American. Intense, scrappy, runs into trouble, attacks the rim, has a ruthless crossover. Not tall. More Allen Iverson than Jeremy Lin.
CONNIE – (#2) Twenty-five, female, Chinese American, Manford’s cousin, and UC Berkeley grad student. Level-headed, big picture. A Chris Paul/Klay Thompson type.
WEN CHANG – (#3) Forty-three, male, Chinese, coach of Beijing University’s men’s basketball team. Observant, efficient. Favors three pointers over aggressive inside shots. Tim Duncan would appreciate his energy. (His English is formal but relatively unaccented.)
SAUL – (#4) Fifty-two, male, white, Jewish, coach of University of San Francisco’s men’s basketball team. A shit-talking, shot-blocking, washed-up Larry Bird.
LIGHT IT UP:
ENSEMBLE: any vocal part, strong singers and movers
I'M BACK NOW:
Roles Cast: Elle, Robert, Rebekah, Susanna
SARA: Black woman. Is 19 in some scenes, 33 in others. A daughter trying to figure out where she comes from.
LUCY: Black woman. In her 20s to mid 30s. An ancestor trying to keep her freedom. Sara’s (some amount of greats) grandmother. Based on the story of Sara Lucy Bagby.
SHEILA: Woman of any race. Is 40 in some scenes, 22 in others. Nurturing with an edge. Loves Elle fiercely.
BRIAN: Man of any race. Is in his 30s. Understanding and learning. Sara’s husband.
RIDDLE: White man. In his 40s. A man in government with opinions about the law.
DEPUTY: White man. In his 30s. A man who hides behind his job.
BECOMING DR. RUTH: All roles are cast for this production
KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY
SHERLOCK HOLMES: Late 30s – 40, male. Any race/ethnicity. Highly intelligent, confident, quick-witted, obsessive. Lives to solve mysteries and discover the truth.
DOCTOR WATSON: Early to mid 40s, male. Any race/ethnicity. Smart, grounded, full of heart. Full of wonder, lives to have adventures and assist his close friend Holmes. Also plays HERMANN KLEBB, the tough head of security for the Bohemian Embassy.
ACTOR THREE: 30s – 40s, male. Any race/ethnicity. Must show great versatility physically and vocally. Plays multiple roles, including MORIARTY (the devious genius pulling the strings at the center of a web of crime), MYCROFT HOLMES (Sherlock’s bookish and eccentric brother who is always keen to compete with Sherlock’s deduction skills), and LESTRADE (the blustery Inspector from Scotland Yard).
ACTRESS ONE: 20s – 40s, female. Any race/ethnicity. Must show great versatility physically and vocally. Plays multiple roles, including IRENE ADLER (an American actress, confident and unafraid of scandal, whose skills rival Holmes’s), MRS. HUDSON (the older, doting housekeeper to Holmes and Watson), and CARTWRIGHT (a Cockney street urchin eager to help Holmes with a case).
ACTRESS TWO: 20s –30s, female. Any race/ethnicity. Must show great versatility physically and vocally. Plays multiple roles, including ELSA (the strong-willed and romantic Princess of Bohemia), MRS. BARABAS (a tough, pugnacious woman who kidnaps for Professor Moriarty) and TOBY (an animated and vocal bloodhound employed by Holmes to follow the scent of Professor Moriarty).
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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