HUMAN RITES - Philadelphia EPA
InterAct Theatre Company
AUDITION DATE
Jun 22, 2017
9:30 am - 5:30 pm (EDT)lunch tbd
APPOINTMENTS
Email or call for appointments: srozin@interacttheatre.org (preferred) or 215-568-8077 AEA members without appointments seen as time permits on the day of.
CONTRACT
SPT SPT-7 (Minimum actor’s salary: $505/week).
SEEKING
Equity actors for 2 roles. The other role has been CAST but actors will be considered for possible replacement
PREPARATION
Please prepare one contemporary monologue of no longer than two (2) minutes. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Drake, The
302 S. Hicks St
Philadelphia, PA 19102
The Louis Bluver Theatre
PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director: Seth Rozin
Stage Director: Harriet Power
Author: Seth Rozin
OTHER DATES
1st rehearsal: February 27, 2018. Runs March 23, 2018-April 15, 2018 (Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 7, Thursdays - Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2).
OTHER
Local accommodations and $125 travel stipend provided for out-of-town actors.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
SYNOPSIS:
After receiving a complaint from a group of students, an African American dean at a major American university summons a renowned Jewish professor of cultural psychology into her office to discuss his controversial research. But it is the extra-marital affair these two academic heavyweights engaged in years ago, along with a surprise visitor, that brings their battle over science, privilege and cultural pluralism to a boil.
SEEKING:
ALAN FRIEDMAN
Male, Jewish, late 40’s/early 50’s. A renowned professor of cultural psychology. Highly intellectual, with some personal blind spots.
MICHAELA RICHARDS ALREADY CAST
Female, African American, late 40’s. An impressive and accomplished Dean at a major university. Highly intelligent, proud, ambitious, regal.
LYDIA NAMANDU
Female, African, mid-late-20’s. Graduate student in anthropology. Highly intelligent and articulate, a future leader.
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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