Portland Playhouse 2018-2019 Season - Portland EPA Days
Portland Playhouse
AUDITION DATES
Tue, Jun 26, 2018
2:00 pm - 10:00 pm (PDT)
Wed, Jun 27, 2018
9:00 am - 5:00 pm (PDT)
APPOINTMENTS
Equity appointments can be made by sending an email to Tina Mascaro at tina@portlandplayhouse.org.
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $510/wk
SEEKING
See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues and an optional 16 bars of a song. Accompanist will be provided.
Equity auditions: No longer than 4 minutes total.
Non-Equity auditions: No longer than 2 minutes total — may only have time
to see one monologue.
Please bring one headshot with stapled resume.
LOCATION
Portland Playhouse
602 NE Prescott St
Portland, OR 97211-3966
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director Brian Weaver will be present at auditions.
OTHER DATES
See breakdown.
OTHER
For Non-Equity : Please sign up on the day of auditions beginning at 2pm on June 26.
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
WAKEY, WAKEY by Will Eno
directed by Gretchen Corbett
Rehearses Aug 28 - Sept 25; Performs Sept 26 - Oct 21
What are we here for? Is time a friend or an enemy? Do we all eventually end up in the same place, but take different routes to get there? This funny, moving, and thought-provoking new play [...] challenges the notion of what really matters and recognizes the importance of life’s simple pleasures. (All of which might sound dreary, but there’s a chance this will be a really good experience.)
GUY - male, 40s-60s, youthful looking but might suddenly look gaunt or unwell, in the wrong (right) lighting. He's in a wheelchair. *CAST*
LISA - female 30s-50s. A warm and caring person, but not inclined toward any kind of sentimentality. Loving, and, matter-of-fact, in equal amounts. *CAST*
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens
directed by Brian Weaver
Rehearses Nov 5 - Nov 30; Performs Dec 1 - Dec 30
Join Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghostly spirits who visit on Christmas Eve and guide the grumpy miser through a redemptive and transformative journey towards friendship and love. Hopeful, musical, and above all fun; our production has won three awards, including: BEST PLAY, BEST ENSEMBLE, and BEST DIRECTOR.
SCROOGE
7 STORYTELLERS - Storytellers will take on all the other roles, sing, and play various instruments. All races, gender identities, and ages are encouraged to audition.
NO CANDY by Emma Stanton
directed by Tea Alegic
Rehearses Dec 31 - Jan 15; Performs Jan 16 - Feb 10
At the center of No Candy is a multi-generational community of Bosnian Muslim women who survived the Srebrenica genocide and, years later, open a gift shop for tourists who visit the Srebrenica memorial. While No Candy is very much about how trauma inhabits the body and shapes a community, it is also about the persistence of humor, art, and absurdity in an unimaginable time.
ZLATA - F, late 30s
UMA - F, late 60s/early 70s
OLENA -F, early 30s
FAZILA - F, early 40s
ASJA - F, 13, daughter of ORIC and FAZILA
MAJA - F, late teens
ORIC - M, early 40s, dead
All are Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslim).
CROWNS by Regina Taylor
directed by Patdro Harris
Rehearses Feb 11 - March 12; Performs March 13 - April 7
Portland Playhouse garnered much acclaim for its musicals with successes such as A Light in the Piazza , Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson , and most recently, Scarlet . Crowns brings the musical experience back to the Playhouse stage in a big way. A female driven cast tells the story of Yvonne, a young woman transplanted from Brooklyn to South Carolina following a family tragedy. There she meets a circle of women who share with her the history, the importance, the power of the hat. Crowns is a not-to-be-missed celebration of song, dance, cultural history—and glamorous headwear. All characters should be able to sing and dance / move.
YOLANDA - Young black woman, 17. Mix of Hip Hop ,gospel, jazz, blues, R&B.
MOTHER SHAW - Black woman, 60-70. Salt of the earth. Matriarch.
VELMA - Black woman, 40-50. Outstanding vocalist and has over-the-top personality. Mortician who has buried too many classmates.
JEANNETTE - Black woman, 25-35. Dancer or great mover. Accused of being too flirtatious with other women’s husbands.
WANDA - Black woman, 40-50. Very proper. By the book school teacher.
MABEL - Black woman, 40-50. Preacher’s wife and very proud to be a first lady. Bigger than life. Bodacious.
MAN - strong preacher type, 40-50. Charismatic.
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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