SENSE & SENSIBILITY Submission - Village Theatre Auditions

SENSE & SENSIBILITY - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Village Theatre

CONTRACT

Special Agreement $839 weekly minimum Shared housing, shared rental car, and round-trip travel accommodations are provided.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in SENSE & SENSIBILITY (see breakdown).

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare one short monologue done with a dialect from a country within the Commonwealth (except USA and Canada). Can be contemporary. Submit at: https://airtable.com/shrcDRrxkpugEgwTv .

Deadline: Fri, Apr 1, 2022

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions:
Jes Spencer, Casting Director
Anasofia Gallegos, Casting Associate & Programs Assistant
Arika Matoba, Casting Assistant

OTHER DATES

Rehearsals: December 27th, 2022 – January 28th, 2023
Performances: January 29th, 2023 – April 9th, 2023

OTHER

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COVID REQUIREMENTS: Everyone working on this show, and at Village Theatre, is required to be vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination upon hiring. Village Theatre is also requiring proof of vaccination for audience members as well as masking. Please contact the theatre if you have any questions regarding their COVID policies and procedures.

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 submit.

BREAKDOWN

Kate Hammil’s SENSE & SENSIBILITY

NOTE ABOUT CASTING: We are searching for a diverse cast in age, gender, race and ethnicity. Each performer will play multiple roles as well as ensemble features. The directing team has a loose idea of what roles will be doubled but is open to change depending on what performers are cast. Please look to the original cast of Kate Hammil’s Sense & Sensibility at the Sheen Center in New York City to get an idea of how doubling might work.

ELINOR DASHWOOD – The eldest Dashwood sister; sensible.

MARIANNE DASHWOOD – The middle Dashwood sister; sensitive.

MARGARET DASHWOOD – 10 to 13. The youngest Dashwood sister.

MRS. DASHWOOD – Mother to the Dashwood sisters.

JOHN DASHWOOD – Half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father's side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood).

EDWARD FERRARS – A gentleman; a bachelor.

FANNY (FERRARS) DASHWOOD – Wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty.

COLONEL BRANDON – 45+. An older bachelor.

JOHN WILLOUGHBY – An unusually handsome young man.

SIR JOHN MIDDLETON – A country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood.

MRS. JENNINGS – A good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside.

LADY MIDDLETON – An over-bred lady.

LUCY STEELE – A young girl from no fortune.

ANNE STEELE – Lucy's sister; indiscreet.

ROBERT FERRARS – A callow young man; Edward Ferrars younger brother.

Also, to be doubled with the cast: GOSSIPS, SERVANTS, DOCTOR

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 submit.