GULF VIEW - Washington DC EPA
Washington Stage Guild
AUDITION DATE
Wed, Dec 26, 2018
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm (EST)
Break 3:30 to 4:30
APPOINTMENTS
For an appointment email WSGAuditions@gmail.com (strongly preferred) or call 240-582-0050 M-F 11-6.. Please do not call the church
CONTRACT
SPT $425/week
SEEKING
All roles have been CAST. Seeking Understudies and possible replacements for GULF VIEW DRIVE. The play is the third of A trilogy and the cast from previous years is returning.
PREPARATION
Please bring a picture and resume stapled together. Do not email resumes. Please prepare an American monologue that shows verbal facility.
LOCATION
The Undercroft Theatre
900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20052
The lobby doors are under the steps facing 9th Street
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Bill Largess (present at auditions)
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal starts 12/28
First preview 1/17
Opens 1/20
Close 2/10,, possible extension to 2/24.
Performances Thursday 7:30, Friday-Saturday 8:00, Saturday-Sunday 2:30
OTHER
The Washington Stage Guild produces eloquent plays of idea and argument, passion and wit, highly verbal plays from around the world and from all periods. The Stage Guild is an equal opportunity employer with a strong record of non-traditional casting; all actors should audition for any role for which they feel suited.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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.
BREAKDOWN
All roles have been CAST. Seeking for possible replacements and/or understudies:
Raleigh
Male, 30s. An engaging aspiring writer from a small town whose epilepsy has led to many disappointments. After a rocky courtship he’s married May, but the frustration over being kept out of the war eats at him. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
May
Female, 30s. A young woman from an extremely religious background who struggles to persist in the face of Raleigh's unconventionality and health problems. She supports them as a schoolteacher but wants Raleigh to pursue his dream of writing. CAST. Actors will be considered as possible replacements, should any become necessary.
Mrs Gill
Female, 50s May’s mother, a good-hearted woman from a prosperous family who tries to keep peace among her family during the war. Both her husband and son are causes of worry, and her positivity will be sorely tested by tragedy.
Mrs Brummet
Female, 50s Raleigh’s mother, a sour, negative farm woman whose husband is disabled and who is ashamed of Raleigh.
Treva
Female, 30s. Raleigh's sister. A disappointed woman who has left her alcoholic husband and come, uninvited, to live with Raleigh and May. Unemployed and unwilling to help the mothers with the house, she eventually begins to find her way back to a new life, but then becomes pregnant.
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 audition.
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