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APPOINTMENTS
Appointment Only Audition Date(s): 10/12/2018, 10/13/2018, 10/15/2018
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B: $941/week
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA members for various roles. see breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
Email picture and resume ASAP for consideration. Deadline for receipt: 10/10
Deadline: Wed, Oct 10, 2018
SUBMIT TO
SUBMISSION.MCCORKLECASTING@GMAIL.COM
PERSONNEL
Director: Hana S Sharif
Musical Director: Evan Rees
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle, Katja Zarolinski
Music By: Jeanine Tesori
Book and Lyrics By: Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by: Alison Bechdel
OTHER DATES
Callback Date(s): 10/16/2018
Rehearsal Date(s): 12/14/2018
Preview Date(s): 01/17/2019
Opening Date(s): 01/24/2019
Closing Date(s): 02/24/2019
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
BRUCE: 40 – 50’S
Alison’s Father. Closeted gay man, high-school English teacher, funeral home director, charming, charismatic with flashes of rage, complex man whose passion is historic home restoration – creating a surface image of perfection; Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
HELEN: LATE 30’S – LATE 40’S
Alison’s mother; smart, talented pianist and actor, exhausted by the weight of tip toeing around her husband’s temper and erratic behavior, she maintains the façade Bruce works so hard to preserve – until she doesn’t. A loving mother clinging to the illusion for fear of everything fracturing. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
ALISON 30 – EARLY 40’s
Narrator; a cartoonist, funny, wry, searching for understanding. Grown woman in search of the truth, comfortable in her skin, but trying to connect the fragments of her father’s life and choices in connection with her own. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged submit.
MEDIUM ALISON: Late Teens – early 20’s
A freshman in College, awkward – just beginning to define herself outside of the context of who others want her to be. She is discovering her voice, her style, her sexuality and her truth. Bright, nerdy, but unfiltered and brimming with possibility. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
SMALL ALISON: 8 – 10
Alison Bechdel as a child; a tomboy, smart, confident, precocious, opinionated, full of energy and has a special connection with her dad. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
JOAN: Late Teens – early 20’s
A college student, cool, edgy, smart, confident, an activist in the exuberant early 20’s change the world kind of way. An out and proud lesbian, she helps Medium Alison on her path of self-discovery. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
ROY/PETE/MARK/BOBBY/JEREMY: Late Teens – early 20’s
Roy, a handsome, buff young man Bruce hires to do yard work and part time babysitter for the children, shares some level of attraction with Bruce; Mark, an all American high school junior that Bruce tries to pick up; Pete, a client for the funeral home; Bobby Jeremy, singer in small Alison’s imaginary band. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
CHRISTIAN 10 - 13
Alison’s older brother, close knit family, funny, full of energy. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
JOHN 6 - 10
Alison’s younger brother, close knit family, funny, full of energy. Strong vocalist.
Actors of all ethnicities strongly encouraged to submit.
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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