Rubber City Theatre SPT 2023 Season - Akron, OH EPA Rubber City Theatre | Akron, OH
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Saturday, May 6, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (E)
To schedule an audition appointment please email casting@rubbercitytheatre.com. Include any conflicts with the schedule and where you are based. 10-minute time slots will be scheduled.
SPT
$293 weekly minimum (Tier 1)
Equity actors for roles in Rubber City Theatre's SPT 2023 Season (See
breakdown).
Local Akron actors are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare two contrasting monologues (one classic and one one contemporary) of your choosing. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Guzzetta Hall
The University of Akron
228 E Buchtel Ave
Akron, OH 44325
Check-in at the 2nd floor lobby across from Lot 17
Expected to attend:
Joe Soriano - Director - BARON OF BROWN STREET
Eric Mansfield - Playwright - BARON OF BROWN STREET
Julia Fisher - Playwright - HYDE
Dane CT Leasure - Director -
HAMLET/Executive Artistic Director
See breakdown for production specific dates. EPA also on 5/7
5/8 - Call backs 7-10pm (if needed)
OTHER
We are seeking fully vaccinated and boosted actors for these productions.
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: 50
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 25
Rubber City Theatre SPT 2023 Season
In reference to the character descriptions - most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with the he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that are in the following descriptions. But, however limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with. We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities. As an ADA compliant theatre, we welcome performers of all abilities and will make all reasonable accommodations in order to cast performers, regardless of disability, in any role possible. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there are any accommodations we can provide. (Language developed by Kevin Kantor and Emily Tarquin from the Actors Theatre of Louisville).
RCT has engaged with a qualified Intimacy Director to work with all actors. The Intimacy Director will work with the actors to create moments of kissing, nudity, and/or simulated sex that work within the actors’ boundaries. We may discover other moments of casual or familial intimacy between characters (e.g. casual touching, embracing) that work within the boundaries of each actor.
First rehearsal: Aug 15, 2023
Tech: Sep. 2-7, 2023
Opening: Sep. 8, 2023
Closing: Sep 16, 2023
Performances Sep. 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm; Sep. 10 at 2:30pm, 2023
Synopsis: (Inspired by True Events) Lenny King, a homeless man living alone in a tent under an Ohio bridge, becomes an overnight celebrity after a newspaper story details Lenny’s kind heart in forgiving three teens who set him on fire and laughed at his pain as he burned.
LENNY - (Male, ages 45-55) A homeless man who has recently returned to living under the Brown Street Bridge after being hospitalized when he was attacked by some street punks. He likes and generally cares about people, but right now just wants some peace and quiet following the attack.
ENSEMBLE - (3 male and 2 female, mid 20s-mid 60s) The ensemble of actors will play a variety of the following characters coming in and out of Lenny’s world. BOB - local newspaper editor. COLIN - uppity attorney. JAMIE - college student studying photography. MARK - homeless man, who was also attacked the night Lenny was burned. ERICA and NICKIE - paramedics who look out for Lenny’s well being. PUNK 1 and PUNK 2 - street punks up to no good. JONATHAN - minister of local community church. MARY - pushy church leader with Jonathan. TYLER - Lenny’s son who hasn’t seen his dad since he was 12. ELON and RITA - arrogant investment banker and his pompous PR mouthpiece. ALLY - Lenny’s former high school student who is now grown and has her own family living in Ohio.
Note: ERICA and NICKIE do a medical examination of LENNY, which may involve removing some of LENNY’s clothing and tending to his wounds.
First rehearsal: Sep 12, 2023
Tech: Sep 30-Oct 5, 2023
Opening: Oct 6, 2023
Closing: Oct 14, 2023
Performances Oct 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 at 7:30pm; Oct 8 at 2:30pm, 2023
Synopsis: A modern-day feminist retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hyde is a world-premiere commission written for Rubber City Theatre by Julia Fisher.
Jackie, a young Black psychopharmacologist, has developed a drug called Hyde that allows women and femmes to access the parts of themselves repressed by society: pleasure, liberation, certainty, fury. Discouraged after countless investors refuse to fund a clinical trial of her drug, Jackie decides to take Hyde on her own – and her group of best friends decide to take it with her. Uninhibited and primal, this adaptation explores what could happen if women were granted access to their rage.
Content Notice: frequent strong language; sex; masturbation; depiction of BDSM & kink; potential nudity; description and depiction of violence, including violence within a sexual situation; drug use & addiction; adverse medical reactions; discussion and depiction of sexism and misogyny; discussion of racism; discussion of homophobia; drug testing on animals.
As this is a World Premiere commission, small changes to the script will occur between now and the production, but all of the major intimate and violent moments have been detailed below. If you have questions about any of this content or the requirements listed below, feel free to contact the playwright at JuliaChristineFisher@gmail.com.
JACKIE - (she/her, late 20s-30s, Black) - A scientist. Cares deeply for her community, even when she’s too deep in her research to see what they really need. Enneagram 5. - Required: kissing and embracing with CHARLIE; simulated manual stimulation from CHARLIE; simulated vaginal sex with CHARLIE, including nonconsensual bondage of CHARLIE and potential consensual bondage of JACKIE; intense violence toward CHARLIE in a sexual situation; depiction of taking drugs and drug addiction. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity.
CHARLIE - (he/him, late 20s-30s, white) - A park ranger. Jackie’s sweet, kind-hearted, long-term boyfriend. Enneagram 7. - Required: kissing and embracing with JACKIE; simulated manual stimulation to JACKIE; simulated vaginal sex with JACKIE, including nonconsensual bondage of CHARLIE and potential consensual bondage of JACKIE; intense violence from JACKIE in a sexual situation. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity.
DR. LANYON - (she/her, 60s-80s, any race/ethnicity) - A scientist who runs her own lab. Jackie’s mentor and idol. Enneagram 1.
M - (she/her or they/them, 20s-40s, any race/ethnicity) - A teacher. Jackie’s best friend, and the steady rock of the friend group. Is pregnant with her first child, and is privately terrified. Enneagram 2. Doubles as small ENSEMBLE roles. - Required: depiction of taking drugs. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity; simulated masturbation.
L - (she/her, 20s-40s, any race/ethnicity) - A barista. Would have been a hippie if she had been born earlier. Bisexual, but doesn’t know it yet. Enneagram 4. Doubles as small ENSEMBLE roles. - Required: depiction of taking drugs; kissing and embracing with F; simulated manual stimulation and/or oral sex with F; licking and food play with F. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity.
F - (she/her or they/them, 20s-40s, any race/ethnicity) - A nursing home caregiver. Blunt, confident, takes no shits. Queer. Enneagram 8. Doubles as small ENSEMBLE roles. - Required: depiction of taking drugs; kissing and embracing with L; simulated manual stimulation and/or oral sex with L; licking and food play with L. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity.
O - (she/her or they/them, 20s-40s, any race/ethnicity) - A climate change activist. Underneath a soft spoken exterior, they are burning with passion for the environment and our collective future. Enneagram 9. Doubles as small ENSEMBLE roles. - Required: depiction of taking drugs; receiver of misogynistic verbal (depicted) and physical (not depicted) violence. - Optional: nudity or partial nudity; simulated masturbation.
First rehearsal: Oct 10, 2023
Tech: Oct 21-26, 2023
Opening: Oct 27, 2023
Closing: Nov 4, 2023
Performances Oct 27, 28 & Nov 2, 3, 4 at 7:30pm; Oct 29 at 2:30pm, 2023
Content Notice: death, murder, suicide, grief, violence.
HAMLET - (Male, mid-30s) The crown prince of Denmark who returns from the University in Wittenberg, Germany, to find his father dead, his mother married to the king's brother Claudius, and Claudius newly self-crowned King. Is involved in stage combat.
CLAUDIUS - (Male, 40s-60s) Hamlet’s uncle, step-father, and now the King. Deceitful. Jealous. Controlling and calculating. An ambitious politician. Driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power. He seems to genuinely love his wife but other attempts to express human feelings like guilt are fleeting. It is only after Polonius is murdered that he begins to lose emotional control. His monarchy, which had once seemed so positive, begins a descent into grotesqueness and excess.
GERTRUDE - (Female, 40s-60s) Hamlet’s mother. A vital and beautiful woman who loves her son deeply and was loyal to her recently deceased husband during his life. In a society where a woman’s status and security is defined entirely by marriage, she is forced to make a purely practical decision to hastily remarry after the King’s sudden death. A woman caught between her memory of her husband and the choices she is compelled to make in order to protect herself and her son, even if her son is unable to understand.
POLONIUS - (Male, 50-70) Counselor to the king. He has a tendency toward action without thought. Or if with thought, his own particular brand of quirky thought. Loves his children but can easily sacrifice their best interests for what he thinks is the most politically correct decision. Like all politicians, he is fond of repetition, saying the same thing a hundred different ways, often to great comic effect. Ultimately it is his fondness for moralizing that is his undoing. An inept spy who dies because of his own duplicity. Comedic and dramatic.
HORATIO - (Male, 20s-30s) Loyal friend to Hamlet. Calm and collected. A trusted ally and logical thinker. Even-tempered. Hamlet is able to let his mask down and be entirely himself when he’s with Horatio. Incorruptible. Note: Physically strong enough to lift and carry someone.
LAERTES - (Male, 20s-30s) Polonius’ son. A loving older brother to Ophelia. Adventurous. If Hamlet manifests self-doubt and inaction, Laertes is all action and certainty. A young man eager to begin his life. Is involved in stage combat.
OPHELIA - (Female 20s-30s) Polonius’ daughter, sister of Laertes, and Hamlet's love interest. A young, bright woman, with a big heart that she wears on her sleeve. A light. A warm and loving soul who cares deeply for those around her. An honest and genuine person who is trying to survive–with her heart and voice intact–in a world that operates through deception. Commits suicide offstage.
ENSEMBLE - (any gender, 20s-50s) A variety of speaking roles, including but not limited to players, messengers, courtiers, etc. Experienced in handling classical text. Will likely double in multiple roles, and will understudy principal roles.
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