THE WRITER - Chicago EPA
Steep Theatre Company | Chicago, IL
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (C)
Break 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CAT
$231 weekly minimum (Tier N)
Equity actors for roles in THE WRITER by Ella Hickson (See breakdown).
Please prepare the sides as marked in the script which can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1quqjVKsN7CO87CCY_ie5enDizlfMYpOe. See breakdown for specific side pages. Please fill out the following audition form before your audition:
https://forms.gle/jXTNvncGXg2kLsJc9. If you
are unable to attend these auditions in person, you may submit a video audition at the link above.
Steep Theatre
1044 W Berwyn
Chicago, IL 60640
Director: Georgette Verdin
Stage Manager: Lauren Lassus
Production Manager: Jennifer Aparicio
Prop Design: Lonnae Hickman
Set Design: Sotirios Livaditis
Projections: Erin Pleake
Intimacy Director: Gaby Labotka
Choreographer: Claire Bauman
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Lucy Carapetyan
Casting Associate: Lisa Troi Thomas
First rehearsal: 6/20/23
Load in to EDGE: 7/24
Tech Begins: 7/28
Previews: 8/5, 8/6, 8/9, 8/10
Open: 8/11
Close: 9/17
Rehearsals generally Tuesday-Thursday evenings, Friday 2:30-7:30, and Saturdays 11-4 or 12-5.
Performances Thurs-Sat 7:30pm, Sundays 3pm
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EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
FEMALE ACTOR/GIRLFRIEND: Person of color, mid to late 20s. A fiery personality unbound by her
stature. Ideally, queer. Comfortable in her/their skin.
MALE ACTOR/BOYFRIEND: Mid to late 30s, any ethnicity. A commanding presence, which may or
may not correlate to size. Holds status/power effortlessly. Also has a boyish/needy side.
DIRECTOR (Role is cast - Seeking understudy only): 40s, white male. Has moved through the world
relatively unchallenged and possesses the confidence of a 40-something white man in charge.
Not unkind.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 1: Mid to late 20s, person of color. Movement experience a plus. Will appear in
scene transitions described as an all female stage management team. This actor will also understudy
FEMALE ACTOR/GIRLFRIEND, and should prepare sides listed for that role.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 2: Mid to late 30s, any ethnicity. Movement experience a plus. Will appear in
scene transitions described as an all female stage management team. This actor will also understudy
the WRITER.
WRITER: Role is cast
SCRIPT can be found with marked sides at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1quqjVKsN7CO87CCY_ie5enDizlfMYpOe
FEMALE ACTOR/GIRLFRIEND Sides: START p79 WRITER: Will you marry me? END p81
GIRLFRIEND: Right.
MALE ACTOR/BOYFRIEND Sides: START p44 BOYFRIEND: You’re not going to just write plays
forever. END p46 BOYFRIEND: What is the point?
DIRECTOR Sides: START p31 FEMALE ACTOR: I thought it was great... END p33 DIRECTOR:
Exactly ‘the world’ – it’s a broader perspective, it’s accessible to – it’s not just one person’s endless,
self-involved perspective on their own anguish.
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 2 Sides: read Writer: START p44 BOYFRIEND: You’re not going to just write
plays forever. END p46 BOYFRIEND: What is the point?
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