Theater Wit 2017-18 Season - Chicago EPA
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AUDITION DATE
Jun 27, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Jun 29, 2017
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (CDT)
Lunch: 1:00pm-2:00pm
APPOINTMENTS
Equity members may schedule appointments online through the member portal beginning Tuesday June 20th at 12pm.
CONTRACT
CAT Tier 3 - 393.75/wk min
SEEKING
Actors for Theater Wit’s 2017-2018 season. Please see breakdown for more information.
PREPARATION
Hard copies of sides available at the equity office. Sides also available via email at casting@theaterwit.org (please include roles of interest in the subject line of email). Hard copy of script will be available at the equity office.
Please bring two copies of your headshot and resume and prepare the sides for ONE character of your choice.
(If you feel you are a good fit for a role in both productions and would like to be considered for more than one role, you may do so by marking your roles of interest on your audition sheet, but please choose only ONE side to prepare that you feel best shows us who you are)
LOCATION
Theater Wit1229 W Belmont
Chicago, IL 60657
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Jeremy Wechsler
Director: Devon de Mayo
Casting Director: Clare Cooney
OTHER DATES
Please see breakdown.
OTHER
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.
BREAKDOWN
This Way Outta Santaland
Director: Jeremy Wechsler
**this play has already been cast**
The Antelope Play
Director: Jeremy Wechsler
Rehearsals begin December 19, 2018.
Tech: January 1 2018-January 14, 2018
Opening: January 15, 2018
Close Date February 24, 2018
Pos Ext: April 14th, 2018
Description: The Rust Belt Ponies Meet Up Group for Adult Fans of My Little Pony has gathered in Ben’s Philadelphia apartment, but two members have not yet arrived. A new recruit seems unusually shy and curiously paranoid about a local neighborhood watch group. What happened to their Pegasister, Maggie? Why is Brony Doug so paranoid? What does it all have to do with the 9/11 Truthers and an emerging group of “concerned citizens?” In the midst of increasing violence and authoritarianism, how can our heroes see the magic in Everypony? And, even worse, what if they do? And that’s just the first ten minutes of Eric John Meyer’s amazing and timely new comedy. With its My Little Pony cult prism, Meyer explores the rise of a new social order and how the currents of history, normalization and fear can sweep up even the most Generous ponies of Celestia.
Characters:
Ben: a male, Brony* of color in his late 20s to early 30s
Shawn: a male, white Brony* in his mid to late 20s
Rachel: a female Brony* of any race in her late 20s to early 30s
Doug: a male Brony* of any race in his late 20s to early 30s
Maggie: a female Brony* of color in her mid to late 20s
Jean: a female conspiracy theorist of any race in her mid to late 30s
*A Brony (bro + pony) is a fan of the children’s cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic who is outside the target demographic of little girls, mostly guys from their teens to 30s. Though they face a fair amount of ridicule and bullying, the phenomenon has developed a massive online presence, local meet up groups, annual Bronycons, charity organizations, and other community endeavors. For more context, view the trailer for the documentary Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony.
Women Laughing Alone with Salad
Director: Devon de Mayo
Rehearsals begin February 20, 2018
Load-in February 26, 2018
Tech/Previews: March 5, 2018- March 18, 2018
Opening: March 19, 2018
Closing: April 29, 2018
Description: Dangerous, fierce and funny, Women Laughing Alone with Salad bursts out of the bounds of internet meme-dom and onto the stage in a four person comic tour-de-force about friendship, salad, sex, bodies, yoga, salad, men, envy, women, pharmaceuticals, diets, salad and uppers and salad. A satire about how we live with ourselves. Or, possibly, how we can’t.
Note on Nudity: The roles of TORI, MEREDITH, and GUY participate in a comedic, over-the-top staged sexual sequence which will require them to perform the scene fully or mostly nude. Strategic masking will be used whenever possible to limit exposure, and the specifics will be determined in rehearsal, however, actors auditioning for these roles should be open to the possibility of full nudity.
TORI: a female, 20-25, any race. She is a student who loves yoga and spring and pink toenails and midnight fro-yo. Bulimic. In a complicated relationship with Guy. Guy says she’s “So skinny people worry about her.” Only eats salad.
SANDY: a female, late 50s, any race. She is tastefully luxe. A former feminist activist who now obsesses over beauty treatments. The mother of Guy. Wants him to marry a skinny girl with a “pronounced clavicle.” Only eats salad.
MEREDITH: a female, 30-35, any race. A dancer. Roackabilly-type, Bettie Page-ish with a bunch of tattoos. Confident, audacious. Characters describe her as “fat” and “ample” even though she’s only a size 8 (“okay a ten, Jesus”). Detests salad.
GUY, a male, late -20s, any race. Cute, scrubby, wannabe-writer waiting tables. He is “working some stuff out.” Dating Tori but can’t stop having kinky dreams about Meredith. Blames his mother Sandy for his “damage.” Hates that women eat salad.
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 audition.
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