People's Light 2023-24 Season - Malvern, PA EPA
People's Light | Malvern, PA
Monday, May 22, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
To request an audition appointment, please visit
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelAbMkgEZP6MVCMsgPYANtvfQzLQr-s4YdMeFbuMJapPGckA/viewform. The form will close on Friday, May 19th. If you would like to be seen and did not sign up for an audition, we will accept walk-up appointments on the day of auditions from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
LORT Non-Rep
$739 weekly minimum (LORT D)
Equity actors for roles in People's Light's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
We welcome Actors of all races and all gender identities, abilities/exceptionalities, and body types. Please take this into consideration when auditioning. In addition to genders listed in character breakdowns, we are ACTIVELY
Choose a brief monologue of your choice. Please slate before your audition. Please note slots do not exceed 3 minutes in length, per equity rules. Please note there will be no singing in these auditions.
People's Light
39 Conestoga Rd
Malvern, PA 19355-1706
Holding room will open at 9:00am.
Producing Artistic Director: Zak Berkman
Managing Director: Erica Ezold
General Manager: Erin Sheffield
Expected to attend:
Molly Rosa Houlahan, Associate Producing Director
Lisi Levy, Company Manager
There will be auditions at a later date for the TBD productions.
See breakdown for production dates.
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You will receive an audition time confirmation via email. If you haven’t received your audition time slot confirmation by the Friday before the audition date, check all spam and junk folders.
Then you may reach out to casting@peopleslight.org with inquiries.
We are not accepting video submissions at this time. If you cannot attend our in person auditions, you may send your headshot, resume, and where you are based to the Casting inbox at casting@peopleslight.org.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 200
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 65
By Madeleine George
Directed by Molly Rosa Houlahan
First Rehearsal: April 2nd, 2024
Opens: May 5th, 2024
Closes: May 26th, 2024
Available Parts:
Diane - character’s pronouns: she/her/they/them, ageless, any ethnicity. The incarnation of Dionysus,
a Greek god. A butch charm factory with that combination of swagger and stillness particular to
masculine of center femmes. Powerful, wry, charming and very very immortal. A big lover of humans,
one of the last Gods to care about us at all.
Carol Fleischer - character’s pronouns: she/her, 39, any ethnicity. A neat and tidy woman who likes
things crisp, clean, organized, and exactly as they should be. Lover of shiny gardening magazines and
the status quo. Stubborn and persistent. She’s the most skeptical of and resistant to Diane’s
persuasions.
Pam Annunziata - character’s pronouns: she/her, 40s, white. A “full blood Italian, both sides”
Protective and loyal to her family and neighbors. Blunt and forthright. She’s bold and an open book,
but she has an intuitive side that makes her cautious of Diane.
Renee Shapiro-Epps - character’s pronouns: she/her, 40s, any ethnicity. Confident, self-assured, and
very knowledgeable about plants and gardening. Used to live on a permaculture commune where she
grew her own food, but now finds herself unfulfilled by her successful career and suburban life. Tends
to casually name-drop her one and only college lesbian relationship.
Beth Wann - character’s pronouns: she/her, 30s, any ethnicity. A gentle, kind, and sincere woman who
has an untapped wildness tucked deep inside her. Unfulfilled, vulnerable, and a little lost after her
husband has recently left her. Beth is looking for connection with her neighbors. She gives over
willingly to Diane.
By: TBD
Director: Abigail Adams
First Rehearsal: May 10th, 2024
Opens: June 16th, 2024
Closes: July 7th, 2024
ROLES ON OFFER ONLY.
Book, Lyrics, and Music by Brian Quijada
Director by Laura Alcalá Baker
First Rehearsal: June 25th
Opens: August 18th, 2024
Closes: September 1st, 2024
Available Parts:
THE NARRATOR- character’s pronouns: he/him. A man of any age. Our charming guide. He plays
guitar and joins the band in addition to leading us through Reina’s journey, doubling as a few
characters along the way.
REINA- 18, character’s pronouns: she/her. A Salvadorean girl. Determined. Full of hope and dreams. She wants a better life for herself and her son in America. Willing to risk everything to make her
dreams a reality.
JULIA- 40s, character’s pronouns: she/her. Reina’s mother. Salvadorean. A hard worker who provides
for her family. Disapproves of her daughter fleeing to America.
ADÁN- 20s, character’s pronouns: he/him. Reina’s brother. Salvadorean. Loyal and dependable. He
supports his sister’s dreams and helps to make them come true. Also plays
CRUZ- character’s pronouns: he/him. an indigenous Guatemalan boy with dreams of obtaining an
American degree.
DON NAPOLEON- 50s, character’s pronouns: he/him. A Salvadorean man who owns the restaurant
that Reina works at. Also plays SILVANO- a man from Tapachula, Mexico with a dream to reunite with
the rest of his family in America
ANTONIA- 30s-40s, character’s pronouns: she/her. An older woman who lives in El Salvador and has
a daughter in The United States. Also plays LEONA- a meek catholic nun from Guadalajara, with rock
and roll dreams.
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