Kansas City Actors Theatre
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Jan 13, 2020
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (CST)
Sat, Jan 18, 2020
10:00 am - 2:00 pm (CST)
APPOINTMENTS
To obtain an appointment, email Darren Sextro at darrendseb@gmail.com
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 8 $619 per week minimum
SEEKING
Equity and non Equity actors General auditions will precede invited callbacks for the shows in our Season 16
*LOCAL ACTORS ENCORAGED TO AUDITION*
PREPARATION
Two contrasting contemporary monologues no longer than 3 minutes total.
LOCATION
Union Station
30 W Pershing Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108-2410
CITY STAGE
PERSONNEL
Darren Sextro, Artistic Committee member and director of The Dresser;
Hillary Clemens, Artistic Committee Member;
Brian Paulette, Artistic Committee member and director of Jesus Hopped the A Train;
Christina Schafer, Board member;
John Rensenhouse, Artistic Committee Chair and director of The Christians;
Jan Rogge, Artistic Committee member
OTHER
Season 16 consists of The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter (May/June 2020, directed by Missy Koonce), Jesus Hopped the A Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis (July/Aug 2020 directed by Brian Paulette), The Dresser by Ronald Harwood (Aug/Sept 2020 directed by Darren Sextro), Betrayal by Harold Pinter (Dec 2020/Jan 2021 directed by Cinnamon Schultz), The Christians by Lucas Hnath (Feb/Mar 2021 directed by John Rensenhouse and Gary Heisserer)
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
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
The Cake
Jen - 20’s or 30’s female Born and raised in North Carolina, she has brought her southern manners with her to Brooklyn, where she has made a home with her fiancée, Macy. An experienced event planner with a compulsive attention to detail. Considerate, kind, and enthusiastic, she wants to see the best in people, though she doesn’t always see it in herself. Her traditional upbringing is often at odds with her newfound liberal lifestyle, and planning her lesbian wedding in her hometown brings that tension to a crisis point.
Macy - 20’s or 30’s female (African American) Born and raised in New York. Progressive, sharp, outspoken. Very confident in her belief system, and she doesn’t hesitate to challenge those who think differently. Innately curious and inquisitive. She has a deep love for Jen, although she is impatient with Jen’s willingness to make allowances for her conservative southern friends and family. She is who she is, and she won’t make compromises to coddle people’s feelings.
The Dresser
Her Ladyship - 40’s or 50’s female
Irene - 20’s or 30’s female
Madge - 40’s and above female
Geoffrey - 40’s and above male
Oxenby - 20’s to 40’s male
Jesus Hopped the A Train
Mary Jane - 30’s or 40’s female public defender assigned to Angel’s case; half Irish, half Italian; grew up middle class in Queens; smart, passionate, tough, but with a soft spot for the righteous.
D’Amico - 30’s and above Rikers Island prison guard, Italian-American; affable, good-hearted; has befriended Lucius; also plays Guard and voices Inmate #3 in the first scene of the play
Angel - 30’s male Rikers Island inmate, on trial for shooting the leader of a religious cult; Puerto Rican, raised in West Harlem; stubborn, hot-headed, emotional, straining under the weight of responsibility
Valdez - 30’s or 40’s male Rikers Island prison guard; vicious wit, zero sympathy for the guilty; also voices Inmate #2 in first scene of the play.
Lucius - 40’s and above male African American Rikers Island inmate; notorious for committing eight gruesome murders; facing possible extradition to Florida where he’d face the death penalty; charismatic with a near-manic upbeat energy; found God in prison and relentlessly speaks in the language of Christianity and positivity; also voices Inmate #1 in first scene of the play.
Betrayal
All roles available
The Christians
Paul - 40’s and above male Pastor of the church
Elizabeth - 40’s and above female Paul’s patient and strong willed wife
Joshua - 30’s male fiery, passionate, associate pastor of the church.
Jay - 40’s and above male a practical, but nervous, elder of the church.
Jenny - 20’s to 30’s female devoted congregant of the church, otherwise barely making ends meet
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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