SparkFest 2023 Play Readings- Equity video submissions Amphibian Stage Productions | Fort Worth, TX
Notice: Submission
SPT
Special Agreement
$10/hr - Rehearsal
$30 per performance
Equity actors for SparkFest 2023 Play Readings (See breakdown).
Please submit your headshot, resume and video submissions using the following link: https://form.jotform.com/231086024023139 . Please prepare a short contemporary monologue, either comic or dramatic. Do not exceed 2 minutes. Please email
info@amphibianstage.com for any questions or visit our website at
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Viewing submissions:
Producers: Kathleen Culebro
Artistic Director, Jay Duffer
Co-Artistic Director
Playwrights: Harley Alias, Leela
Velautham,Yussef El Guindi, Roger Calderon, Shyama Nithiananda
Directors: Illana Stein, Emily Scott Banks, Katie Ibrahim, Reena Dutt, Jay Duffer
Callbacks are virtual and by appointment only and will begin as early as May 2.
Rehearsals and performances will take place at various times between June 2-June 11. Most rehearsals are scheduled in the evenings on weekdays and daytime/evenings on weekends. Performed readings will take place in the evenings on weekdays and
daytime/evenings on weekends. A full festival schedule will be announced by May 2.
OTHER
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.
Amphibian Stage's highly anticipated 3rd Annual SparkFest returns June 1-14, 2023. SparkFest is a 3 -week festival celebrating all things theatre and creativity. Part of the festival's activities include the development and readings of 5 new plays. 3 plays receive up to 20 hours of rehearsal and 2 public readings over the course of one week. 2 plays receive up to 8 hours of rehearsal and a first-read public reading over the course of several days.
SparkFest 2023 Play Readings
Unless specifically denoted, roles are open to any race
Synopsis: Two eunuch scribes argue over the transition from Cuneiform to Aramaic in 728 BCE, and in turn wrestle with the purpose of writing, changing technologies, state violence, systemic oppression, the possibility of revolution, gender, disability, and the invention of poetry. A dark comedy for anyone who has ever wanted to draw triangles in clay.
UBRU, Older, a Eunuch, any gender
DILGAN, younger, any gender
The ADMINISTRATOR, somewhere in-between, any gender
Synopsis: A prequel to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, charting the breakdown of the Macbeths’ relationship as the couple fail to produce an heir.
LADY MACBETH, Female, late 30s, any race
MACBETH, Male, late 30s, any race
CHILD, Female, pre-teen, any race
MOIRA, Female, mid 60s, any race
DOCTOR, Male, mid/late 30s
Synopsis: Charlotte and Graham are good people trying to make a difference in their community. After attending an inspiring lecture by a motivational speaker, they return home resolved to try and do more to make things better and more equitable for others in any way they can. But just before they turn in for the night, they spot a car theft in progress right outside their window. Suddenly their renewed resolve to do good and participate more in their community is put to the test.
CHARLOTTE: European-American. Age-range mid-40s to mid 50s.
GRAHAM: European-American. Age-range 50s to 60s.
MUNIRAH: African-American. Age-range late 20s to mid 30s.
VARIOUS VOICES: Any race or age.
Synopsis: Jo and Jen live parallel lives: they work in hospitals, pay their rents, and fight with their boyfriends. When a personal crisis brings them together, Jo makes a professional call that forces her to reckon with the limits of her compassion.
Jo: Mid 20s, med student.
Peter: Mid 20s, high school English teacher.
Jen: Mid 20s.
Marcus: 16. Peter’s student.
Professor: 50s. Jo’s advisor.
Synopsis: Inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Frog-King, or Iron Henry,” Iron Henry revolves around a royal courtier whose life has been marked by grief but must find a way to move forward after his best friend disappears.
Henry: early to mid 20s, male, nebbish and timid
Philip / Frog / Herald*: early to mid 20s, male, dashing and headstrong
Maleen / Enchantress / Water Nix*: late 40s-early 50s; regal and majestic as Maleen; mysterious and frightening as Enchantress
*denotes off stage voice
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