UCCS Theatreworks
AUDITION DATE
Sun, May 22, 2022
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (MST)
(Break 3pm-4pm)
Mon, May 23, 2022
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm (MST)
(4:30-5:30p dinner break)
APPOINTMENTS
Please sign up for an audition appointment at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ea9a829a1fac43-theatreworks .
CONTRACT
SPT $416 weekly minimum (SPT 4) $465 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Theatreworks Colorado Springs 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).
PREPARATION
Please prepare 2 contrasting pieces totaling no more than 5 minutes. If you wish to be considered for Lumberjacks in Love, please prepare a song as one of your two contrasting pieces. If you wish to be considered for Taming of the Shrew or Free-For-All: PERICLES, please submit a piece in verse as one of your two contrasting pieces. An accompanist will be provided.
LOCATION
ENT Center for the Arts
5225 N Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Caitlin Lowans
Artistic Producer: Elena Hansen
Expected to attend:
Lumberjacks in Love, Taming of the Shrew Director: Caitlin Lowans
Little Women Director: Kathryn Wash
Aubergine Director: Lisa Marie Rollins
Half-Life of Marie Curie Director: Sarah Shepard Shaver
King Hedley II Director: Marisa Hebert
OTHER DATES
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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.
BREAKDOWN
Note for all productions: Please submit for the role that most excites you!
LUMBERJACKS IN LOVE: A silly lovely small cast musical about lumberjacks.
Directed by Caitlin Lowans
SPT-5; 7-week contract
Dates:
Rehearsals August 23-September 14, 2022
Performances run September 15-October 9, 2022 (Thursday-Sunday; 1 likely student matinee)
SEEKING:
MINNESOTA SLIM: Male, late 20s to mid-40s. In charge. Has difficulty admitting when wrong. Hides a gooey center.
MOONLIGHT: Male, mid-20s to mid-30s. Supportive. Open-minded. The moral compass of the bunch.
THE KID: Female, 20s to early-30s. Always has a plug of tobacco. Hiding a secret. Yearning for love but barking up the wrong tree.
DIRTY BOB: Male, mid-40s to early-70s. Part Pig-Pen, part Lost Boy, all rolled up in a sweet and smelly package.
ROSE: Female, late-20s to mid-40s. A bold and brash mail-order bride and romance novelist.
MUSKRAT: ROLE CAST. Male, 40. Philosophical, angst-ridden, celebrating his fortieth birthday, baritone.
LITTLE WOMEN: Adapted by Kate Kamill from the book by Louisa May Alcott, a classic story, centering sisters, at the holidays.
Directed by Kathryn Walsh
SPT-5; 7-week contract
Dates:
Rehearsals November 1-23, 2022
Performances run Friday, November 25-December 18, 2022 (Thursday-Sunday; 3 likely student matinees)
SEEKING:
While the characters in the story of the play are in their teens and early 20s, this is a memory play. Each character is looking back and telling a story about their younger self. Jo and Meg are looking back from their late 20's to 30's, while Beth and Amy in their early to mid 20's. This is a re-telling, and in some ways a conscious explosion of the archetypes from the source material. None of the characters are good, or bad. They are not always perfectly likable. They are imperfect people.
JO: (late 20s-30s) The second-to-oldest sibling. Does not fit comfortably within the given parameters of her given gender role. A deep fire within her. Wants to change the world. Very smart and knows it. A mix of insecurity and aspiration. Boyish and rough-and-tumble. Sometimes antagonistic. Not the most tolerant of differing viewpoints. Can be quite awkward or abrupt; bad temper when riled. A great sense of humor.
MEG: (late 20s-30s) The oldest sibling. Wears glasses. Acts as second in the house. A romantic at heart - likes to dress up and have little luxuries in life. Becomes a young mother and struggles with the realities of the same.
BETH: (early – mid 20s) The third sibling. Very sweet and paralytically shy. Agoraphobic. Loves deeply and has deep empathy for everyone. Loves the simple things in life - so much that it hurts. Sees much more than anyone realizes. Brave and sensitive; quick to forgive and heal wounds. Sings well.
AMY: (early - mid 20s) The youngest sibling. Opinionated and spunky. Not the most tolerant of differing viewpoints. Socially intelligent. Sometimes puts on airs. Perhaps a bit spoiled. A perfect little lady - except for her temper, and her not-so-great command of vocabulary. Grows up to be quite beautiful and elegant.
MARMEE: (45+) The matriarch. A social revolutionary; ahead of her time. Good sense of humor. A warrior; keeps the family together. Tough. Strong. Intelligent.
HANNAH/ MRS. MINGOTT/ AUNT JOSEPHINE: (50+): Three femme roles. Hannah: the family’s longtime housekeeper, cook, and DeFacto babysitter. A treasure; a terror; a traditionalist. Takes no nonsense. Mrs. Mingott: a very rich, stylish woman. Vanderbilt-esque, condescending; fancies herself charitable. Aunt Josephine - the most unpleasant old woman imaginable. Has lots of money; privileged. Has an intermittently hacking, disgusting cough. Judgmental.
LAURIE: (late 20s-30s) - A sweet and handsome young man; sensitive. Funny, charming, and caring. He’s a white knight riding to the rescue. A natural musician. Wealthy thanks to his inheritance; generous, does not have to think about money. Does not always fit comfortably within the given parameters of his given gender role - he doesn't want to grow up to be a soldier or tedious man of business.
MR. BROOKS/ PARROT: (30s) Laurie's sometimes stiff and awkward tutor. A rule-follower. A poor man; well educated. Has a very noticeable limp - probably served in the war and was sent home, although may have been disqualified from service altogether. Feels deeply. Doubles with Parrot: pure evil. A musty, disgusting bird. Probably an actual demon in parrot form.
GRANDFATHER LAWRENCE/ MR. MARCH: (50+) Two masculine roles: Grandfather, responsible for his grandson’s upbringing. A wealthy man. A gentleman in the strictest sense. Not comfortable with emotional language; bad at expressing himself. Tends towards gruffness or temper. Probably quite unintentionally frightening. Deeply regretful of incidents in his past, but unable to express it. Father to the family. Never speaks, but his presence looms large. Is wounded in the war; never quite recovers. A significant limp. Struggles with his injuries, both emotional and physical. May also double with MR. DASHWOOD A publisher of cheap newspapers and novels. A businessman, working in a man’s world. Fancies himself a realist. Not a nice guy. Fancies himself a nice guy.
AUBERGINE, by Julia Cho; a family story about love and connection through cuisine
Directed by Lisa Marie Rollins
SPT-5; 6 week contract
Dates:
Rehearsals January 9-February 1, 2023
Performances February 2-19, 2023 (Thursday-Sunday; 1 likely student matinee)
SEEKING:
RAY’S FATHER, CORNELIA, and UNCLE speak Korean in the play.
DIANE/ HOSPITAL WORKER: 40. American.
RAY: 38. Korean-American. Born in America.
RAY’S FATHER: Late 60s. Born in Korea, lived in American for almost four decades.
LUCIEN: 40s. A naturalized citizen who was once a refugee
CORNELIA: 28. Korean-American. Born in Korea, raised mostly in America.
STRANGER/UNCLE: Late 50s. Korean.
THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE, by Lauren Gunderson, Two best friends, one a Nobel Laureate, navigate sexism in the sciences.
Directed by Sarah Sheppard Shaver
SPT-4; 6-week contract; performed in the Osborne Studio Theater
Dates:
Rehearsals February 14-March 8, 2023
Performances March 9-26, 2023 (Thursday-Sunday; 2 likely student matinees)
SEEKING:
MARIE CURIE: Female-identifying, mid 30s/ mid 50s. Polish born, French national. Brilliant, shrewd, private and patient scientist. At this point she has already won her first Nobel prize in physics with her husband Pierre in 1903.
HERTHA AYERTON: Female-identifying, mid 40s/ mid 60s. British. A brazen, ambitious, fiercely intelligent engineer, inventor and suffragist. Widowed in 1908 she continued her work in electrical experimentation while secretly housing suffragettes running from police.
KING HEDLEY II, by August Wilson
Directed by Marisa Hebert
SPT-5; 7-week contract
Dates:
Rehearsals April 4-26, 2023
Performances run April 27-May 21, 2023 (Thursday-Sunday; 1 likely student matinee)
SEEKING:
HEDLEY: Male identifying, 30s. A walking, talking, grower of seeds and dreams. He is more gravel than soil, but wants to be a place where roots take hold. Big-hearted and open-throated with his communication; steeped in the effusive flow of this play’s towering, blues-inspired language.
RUBY: Female identifying, 50s/60s. Hedley's mother and a former jazz singer. She carries the secrets of the past with her.
TONYA: Female identifying, late 20s/ 30s. Hedley’s wife, pregnant with his child, and at her young age is already a grandmother. She is weighed down by her reality.
ELMORE: Male identifying, 50s/60s. A southern hustler (and former boyfriend of Ruby). He is charming on the surface but acts in self-serving ways while trying to clear his conscience.
STOOL PIGEON: Male identifying, 40s/ 70s. Neighborhood wise man and prophet. He sees God's hand in everything.
MISTER: Male identifying, 30s. Hedley’s best friend, right hand, hype man, and partner in crime.
TAMING OF THE SHREW: Shakespeare’s comic battle-royale-of-the-sexes, in high Elizabethan-style with a gender-bent twist!
Directed by Caitlin Lowans
SPT-5; 7.5 week contract; outdoor summer Shakespeare
Dates:
Rehearsals Friday, June 9-July 5, 2023
Performances run July 6-30, 2023 (Wednesday-Sunday; no likely student matinees)
SEEKING:
The roles of Biondella, Trania, Grumia, Tailor, Pedant, and Curtis will be assigned to tracks by the time of callbacks.
The Brothers
KATE: Male identifying, late 20s/late 30s. Hasn’t found his place in the world or an ally. Gives as good as he gets.
BIANCO: Male identifying, mid 20s/mid 30s. The apple of his mother’s eye. Always gets what he wants.
The Mothers
BAPTISTA: Female identifying, early 50s/early 70s. Bianco and Kate’s mother. Wants what’s best but doesn’t pay the right attention.
VINCENTIA: Female identifying, early 50s/early 70s. Lucentia’s mother who arrives unexpectedly.
The Wooers
PETRUCHIA: Female identifying, late 20s/early 40s. Eccentric and arrogant but deep-down cares for Kate and ultimately wants to help him find his way in the world.
LUCENTIA: Female identifying, mid 20s/mid 30s. Disguises herself as a tutor to woo Bianco. Optimistic.
HORTENCIA: Femle identifying, mid 20s/mid 30s. One of Bianco's suitors and best friends with Petruchia; disguised herself as a music tutor to woo Bianca; ideally plays an instrument.
GREMIA/ WIDOWER: Any gender identity, mid 30s/early 50s. A rich comic. An older suitor fighting to win the hand of Bianco.
BIONDELLA: Lucentia's servant, does what they're told. Any gender, any age.
TRANIA: Lucentia's servant, a schemer and big picture thinker. Any gender, any age.
GRUMIA: Petruchia's servant who comically misunderstands. Any gender, any age.
TAILOR: A tailor. Any gender, any age.
PEDANT: Schoolmaster from Mantua. Any gender, any age.
CURTIS: Petruchio's servant. Any gender, any age.
Free-For-All: PERICLES (75-minute adaptation of a Shakespeare play.)
Directed by Max Shulman
Dates:
Rehearsals March-April 2023
Performances late April-early July 2023
Note: Each actor will learn two tracks in a highly physical approach to one of Shakespeare’s most wide-ranging and surprising plays.
SEEKING:
ENSEMBLE: Any gender identities. Excitement about and experience with direct address, community and youth audiences, heightened language, highly physical acting work, and comedy are all a plus.
Requirement for proof of vaccination/negative test.
Everyone entering the audition venue (i.e., venue employees, Equity members, non-members, casting personnel, creatives, producers, musicians, COVID Safety Managers, etc.) will be required to undergo a symptom check and provide one of the following prior to entry into the venue:
- Proof of full vaccination. “Fully vaccinated,” as defined by the CDC, is more than 14 calendar days following receipt of a final dose of an FDA or World Health Organization authorized or approved vaccine.
Two-ply cloth face masks, surgical masks, singer’s masks and respirators (N95, KN95 or KF94) will be allowed for face coverings. Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not acceptable face coverings. Everyone in the holding room and audition room will always wear a face covering as described above, except for the actor when they are actively auditioning. The time spent unmasked should be as minimal as possible. Face coverings must be worn correctly (covering the nose and mouth). Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
If the risk level for Colorado Springs is trending upwards and may rise to High (Red) we will contact members with appointments at least 24 hours before the first audition appointment time to let them know there is a chance that the auditions may need to be postponed or cancelled. All members with appointments will be notified if the auditions must be postponed or cancelled.
We encourage members to prepare for their audition at home, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms. Additional information required in notice:
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room is 3000 square feet and can accommodate no more than 30 individuals at a time.
The holding room is 15,000 square feet and can accommodate no more than 416 individuals at a time.
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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