Theatrical Outfit / True Colors Theatre Co 2018-19 Seasons - Atlanta EPA
Various Producers
**Revised Preparation**
AUDITION DATE
Mon, Apr 23, 2018 (NO Accompanist)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
Tue, Apr 24, 2018 (WITH Accompanist)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (EDT)
Lunch 1 to 2
APPOINTMENTS
For a 5 min. appointment, email clifton.guterman@theatricaloutfit.org, or call 404-401-4500. EMAIL PREFERRED. Allow 24-48 hours for confirmation. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LOA True Colors: LOA, $591/week
SPTTheatrical Outfit: SPT 8; $601/week
SEEKING
Equity actors and actor/singers of all genders, ethnicities and backgrounds for various roles in the upcoming 2018-19 Seasons for the following 2 theatres:
Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta, GA
and
True Colors Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA
PREPARATION
Please prepare no more than three minutes of material - two contrasting monologues preferred. Upon confirmation of appointment, a link to optional monologues from titles from both theatres will be provided.
4/24:
Please prepare a combination of no more than three minutes of material - monologue and song, two contrasting monologues, two contrasting songs, one monologue, etc. Upon confirmation of appointment, a link to optional monologues from titles from both theatres will be provided. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Theatrical Outfit
84 Luckie Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Suggested paid parking: LAZ garage at 100 Luckie Street, NW.
PERSONNEL
THEATRICAL OUTFIT:
Artistic Director: Tom Key
Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director: Clifton Guterman
TRUE COLORS THEATRE COMPANY:
Artistic Director: Kenny Leon
Production Manager: Lisa Watson
Associate Artistic Director: Jamil Jude
OTHER DATES
THEATRICAL OUTFIT SEASON DATES: July 21, 2018 - June 30, 2019
TRUE COLORS SEASON DATES: August 29, 2018 - August 11, 2019
OTHER
www.theatricaloutfit.org; www.truecolorstheatre.org
Personnel in Attendance at EPAs:
THEATRICAL OUTFIT
Clifton Guterman, Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director, will be in attendance at the EPA.
TRU COLORS THEATRE COMPANY:
Lisa Watson, Production Manager, and Jamil Jude, Associate Artistic Director, will be in attendance at the EPA.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this 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
TRUE COLORS THEATER COMPANY
887 West Marietta Street, Suite J-102, Atlanta, GA 30318
Kenny Leon, Founder and Artistic Director
LOA contract (Pending) $591/week minimum
2018-19 season
performances run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm.
NINA SIMONE
by Christina Ham
Director: TBD
First rehearsal: August 29, 2018
Opens: September 28, 2018
Closes: October 21, 2018
September 16, 1963. The day after the bombing of the16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama led Nina Simone to shift her career from artist to artist-activist as she believed, “an artist’s responsibility is to reflect the times.” Nina Simone: Four Women uses the framework of one of her most blistering songs – “Four Women” – to give voice to the stereotypical characters of Aunt Sarah, Sephronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches. This “play with music” includes some of Niina Simone’s most popular civil rights anthems, including “Mississippi Goddam”, “Go Limp”, and “Young Gifted and Black”
ROLES:
Nina Simone (30) - A.K.A. “Peaches”. Timeless. A woman of dark skin and temperament that cloaks wounds both present and historical. Bach and the Blues infuse her life. She is a tornado…of vulnerability. Complexity is her complexion and resistance and rebellion her anthem. She should boast the agility of improvisation on the keys and the polyvocality of a herald. She should be able to hear a song only once and be able to not only perform it, but to lift the song to another level of being. She lives hard and loves the same. She has a high school education, but possesses well-rounded music training both self-taught and by private music teachers. Whatever her mood swings they should never be so pronounced to upstage her accomplishments. She should possess the attributes of a modern-day prophet.
SARAH (40s) - A.K.A. “Auntie”. Also of dark skin. Her hands are rough. Molded from years of working in the white folks home since she was yea high. Groomed to put others before herself. This type of welding has created the invisible woman that she has become. Her smile is inviting never letting on that trouble lives on her horizon. Her dark skin has determined how she will be treated by the outside world. Her life has been defined by black and its volatile relationship to white. She has a remedial education at best as she comes from a large family where everyone had to work and carry their weight. She possesses the tender shoulder you can cry on and a honeysuckled voice of pain. She doesn’t sing the blues, but has lived it.
SEPHRONIA (30s-40s) - Her skin is yellow. She is of a softer disposition because that is what her hair type and skin color warrant. She’s never been dark enough to cause offense, but she’s just light enough to offend herself at times. She’s the painful reminder that she is a child of violence. She’s not light enough to be white nor dark enough to be black leading to an inescapable purgatory. She’s joined the Civil Rights Movement hoping this will make her black enough and create an acceptance. Her mother doesn’t understand her and her father’s disowned her. Her mother holds her accountable for why she wasn’t able to find a man of her own. She’s opened her heart to many men who’ve made her empty promises. She is a D minor key, the saddest of them all.
SWEET THING (Late 20s) - Her skin is tan. She’s enticing whether she wants to be or whether she’s paid to be. She’s been tossed to and fro by life and the blows that its delivered by the men that have come and gone from her life. She’s lived on the streets for quite some time and been in and out of trouble most of her life. She’s a pistol, but has still never gotten what she really wants—love. She is the kind of woman that will steal your man when you’re not looking. Her looks have been the bane of her existence since she was a little girl.
SAM WAYMON (20s) - Nina’s younger brother. Plays piano, Hammond B-3 Organ, and tambourine. Stays out of her way.
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THE FIRST NOEL
Book, Music and Lyrics Lelund Durond Thompson & Jason Michael Webb
Director: Jamil Jude
Choreographer: TBD
First rehearsal: November 6, 2018
Opens: December 7, 2018
Closes: December 23, 2017
This Harlem based holiday musical features music that crosses genres – from pop to jazz to gospel – to tell a universal story of love and belonging. This presentation follows three generations of a Harlem family affected by the tragic loss of a loved one. Time is slow to heal this family’s wounds until an unexpected visit from Grandma reveals some long absent Christmas joy. This story is about how a community is healed, one family at a time, as everyday people do extraordinary things to help one another receive the gift of love during the holiday season.
ROLES:
Young Noel – Black girl, 8 - joyful, smart
Adult Noel – Black woman, late 30’s – professional, headstrong but warm
Kenneth – Black man, 20’s - anxious, wants badly to appear professional, real estate agent
Deloris – Black woman, late 30’s- strong, guarded, mother to Noel, wife to Henry Skeeter -30’s- wiry, street hustler with good intentions.
Henry – Black man, late 30’s- handsome, personable, kind-hearted, loyal, husband to Deloris, father to Noel
Rev Jasper – Black man, early 70’s - regal
Ethel – Black woman, early 70’s - classy, spunky, optimistic, Deloris’ mother, entertainer.
Pastor Bennie Raindrop – Black man, 30’s - charismatic
Lou – Black man, early 70’s - brassy, no nonsense
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SKELETON CREW
by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Jamil Jude
First Rehearsal: January 15, 2019
Open: February 15, 2019
Close: March 10, 2019
At the start of the Great Recession, one of the last auto stamping plants in Detroit is on shaky ground. Each of the workers has to make choices on how to move forward if their plant goes under. Shanita has to decide how she’ll support herself and her unborn child, Faye has to decide how and where she’ll live and Dez has to figure out how to make his ambitious dreams a reality. Power dynamics shift as their manager Reggie is torn between doing right by his work family and by the red tape in his office. Powerful and tense, Skeleton Crew is the third of Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit cycle trilogy.
ROLES:
Faye – Black woman, mid 50’s. Working Class woman. Tough and a lifetime of dirt beneath her nails. Somewhere, deep compassion.
Dez – Black man, mid-late 20’s. Working class man. Young hustler, playful, street savy and flirtatious. Somewhere, deeply sensitive.
Shanita – Black woman, mid-late 20’s Working class young woman. Pretty but not ruled by it. Hard- working. By the books. Believes in the work she does. Also pregnant. Somewhere, a beautiful dreamer.
Reggie – Black man, late 30’s. White collar man. Studious. Dedicated. Compassionate. The Foreman. Somewhere, a five brims
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EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS
by Eugene Lee
Directed by Eugene Lee
First rehearsal: June 18, 2019
Open: July 19, 2019
Close: August 11, 2019
It’s summer, 1955, in the piney woods of East Texas where local men wander into Charlesetta’s Top o’ the Hill Café almost every night for comfort, solace and companionship. Times are changing, the Klan is active and young black men have been disappearing or turning up dead. This night, Delmus wants to celebrate getting a new job but the other regulars are skeptical. They try to warn him as they joke, feed the jukebox and play cards until betrayal catches all of them and life at Top o’ the Hill changed forever.
ROLES:
Roy Moore – Black man, 35 years old. Fancies himself a ladies man. He was a basketball star in high school. He led the team to s state championship in the days before they let colored and white compete against each other. Now he owns a truck and hauls hay in the summer. He was probably a virgin until he was twenty two or twenty three. Roy works for the school system now in maintenance during the school year and some in the summer. Never misses a basketball game or team practice. Love starved.
XL Dancer – Black man, 33 years old. XL is employed by Ebert Construction Company working on the new interstate being built. A greedy man.
Charlesetta Simpkins – Black woman, 38 years old. Owner/operator of the Top o’ the Hill Café.
Couumbus Frye – Black man, 49 years old. A soft spoken even keeled man. His mother ran liquor during prohibition and saved a lot of money which she invested in houses (real estate). These rent houses are now his job. He learned basic plumbing and electrical and carpentry skills, but mostly he hires men from the town to make repairs and the lawns etc. He can usually be counted on for a beer and an occasional day’s work. His renters often leave envelopes of cash with their rent, or partial payments at the bar. They feed off him.
Adolph – Black man, 58 years old plus. Blind. An old sage. Self- taught. Does labor work for individuals around town. A disabled veteran. Spends most of his time and money in the bar. A nourished spirit.
Delmus Green – Black man, 22 years old. The youngblood. Not quite ripe for picking.
Boochie Reed – Black man, a gambler and reader of cards and palms.
Buckshot (aka “Titty Baby’) – Black man, 40 or so. A man for whom life is simple.
THEATRICAL OUTFIT
84 Luckie St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Artistic Director: Tom Key
Associate Artistic Director/Casting Director: Clifton Guterman
AEA SPT 8 Contract - $601/week min.
Performances run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm. A seventh performance will occur in weeks two through four on varied days of the week to be announced in the spring of 2018.
THE BOOK OF WILL
By Lauren Gunderson (Silent Sky, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley)
Directed by David Crowe (Silent Sky)
First Rehearsal: July 21, 2018
Tech: August 10- 12, 2018
Dress Rehearsals: August 12 and 14, 2018
Previews: August 15, 16 and 17, 2018
Opening: August 18, 2018
Closing: September 9, 2018
ROLES:
HENRY CONDELL (Male, 40), feisty, hopeful friend and actor in The King’s Men.
JOHN HEMINGES (Male, 50), reasonable friend and financial manager of The King’s Men, owner of the Globe Tap House, a good man, a gentleman, if serious. THIS ROLE IS CAST. Seeking possible replacement or understudy.
RICHARD BURBAGE (Male, 50s), seasoned lion of the stage, famous across England, loud and proud. / WILLIAM JAGGARD, successful if shady publisher of book, plays and playbills, confident in his ability to get what he wants. Very experienced, very connected, willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. An ass. / HORATIO (from Hamlet).
ALICE HEMINGES (Female, 30s), John’s daughter and alewife, knows everyone and hangs with the boys. / SUSANNAH SHAKESPEARE, good girl and daughter of Shakespeare.
BEN JONSON (Male, 60s), poet laureate of England, friend/rival of Shakespeare, amazing drunk, a bear of a man, surprisingly weepy. / BARMAN 2, a drunk / SIR EDWARD DERING, book and theatre lover
ELIZABETH CONDELL (Female, 50s), Henry’s wife, savvy and fun/ EMILIA BASSANO LANIER, fiery Italian feminist and poet, independent woman, lover of life (and of Shakespeare). / FRUIT SELLER / MARCELLUS
REBECCA HEMINGES (Female, 60s), John’s wife, a good wife. Strong, busy with their grocery business, a woman who had weathered much but loves her husband and sons and God. / ANNE HATHAWAY SHAKESPEARE, Shakespeare’s now ailing wife. Strong-willed, a classy lady, a survivor.
ED KNIGHT (Male, 20s-30s), stage manager for The King’s Men, self-serious and particular. / ISAAC JAGGARD, William’s son, will inherit the business. Sensitive, an artist at heart.
RALPH CRANE (Male, 20s-30s), humble scrivener of The King’s Men. Quick, sure, quiet. / BARMAN, ruffian / COMPOSITOR, works for Jaggard, young. / FRANCISCO (from Hamlet)
MARCUS (Male, 20s), printer’s apprentice at the Jaggard print house, nosy but honest. BOY HAMLET, young actor / CRIER, newsboy. / BERNARDO (from Hamlet)
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THE ROYALE
By Marco Ramirez
Directed by TBA
First Rehearsal: September 15, 2018
Tech: October 5-7, 2018
Dress Rehearsals: October 7 and 9, 2018
Previews: October 10-12, 2018
Opening: October 13, 2018
Closing: November 4, 2018
1905-1910. America. Various cities. Jay “The Sport” Jackson dreams of being the first black heavyweight champion of the world, but in the segregated world of boxing, his chances are as good as knocked out. When a crooked promoter hatches a plan for the fight of the century, Jackson finds himself facing the reigning white defender. By unmasking the early 20th century boxing circuit, playwright Ramirez examines a long-held fascination with athletic heroes and the responsibilities thrust upon them outside of the ropes. Loosely based on real events, The Royale brings to explosive life the ultimate fight for a place in history.
ROLES:
JAY JACKSON (male, African American, 20s-30s): Solid/tall/powerful physique of a champion heavyweight boxer. An athlete through-and-through, but one who operates with the swagger of an artist. Cut from the same cloth that made Michael Jordan, Miles Davis, and Kanye West. A loveable bravado. Seemingly impenetrable, until it's not. Stubborn. Kind. Complicated.
WYNTON (male, African American, 50s-60s): Jay's trainer, a face that's seen a lot. Smart enough to operate in a professional world, scrappy enough to roll up his sleeves and fight in a back alley when necessary. A paternal figure. A former athlete himself, but one born to another era. An August Wilson character in a David Mamet world.
NINA (female, African American, 30s): Jay's fierce older sister, immovable, stern, smart, loving. Born in another era, she might've ended up leading the Black Panthers or running for District Attorney. But given her time and circumstance, she'll settle for raising the children who will. Note: This role has been cast. For roles already cast, actors will be considered for understudies.
FISH (male, African American, 18-mid-20s): An amateur boxer, who becomes Jay's sparring partner. Solid/tall/powerful physique of a heavyweight boxer; sweet, ambitious. An athlete who may be something someday, but doesn't necessarily have the God-given talent to make him a first-round draft pick. That means he works for it. Harder and harder every day. A young man constantly reminded of his status in the world, who has the dignity to fight through it, smartly keeping his head down, waiting for a better day. Solid/tall/powerful physique of a heavyweight boxer.
MAX (male, Caucasian, 30s): A fight promoter and referee. In some ways, the inverse of Wynton, a David Mamet character in an August Wilson world. He hitched his wagon to the train in which he saw potential - an African-American boxer named Jay Jackson. He likes making money, but more importantly, he likes the sport of it all. The excitement and sweat and agony and dinner with clients. He believes what they're doing is important - but not in a social sense. He doesn't care that he's arranging a fight that'll break racial boundaries. He cares more for the fact that this'll go down in history. Whether his name is attached to it or not, this fight will be his biggest accomplishment.
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MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY
By Lauren Gunderson (Silent Sky) and Margot Melcon
Directed by Carolyn Cook
First Rehearsal: November 6, 2018
Tech: November 16-18 17, 2018
Dress Rehearsals: November 18 and 20, 2018
Previews: November 21-23, 2018
Opening: November 24, 2018
Closing: December 23, 2018
1815. English countryside. This Christmas, revisit your favorite Pride and Prejudice characters at Mr. and Mrs. Darcy’s grand estate, Pemberley, as The Outfit's smash holiday hit sparkles to life once more. Mary Bennet, bookish and overshadowed by her sisters, must trust her heart and bloom when a curious visitor proves himself an intellectual match, kindred spirit and possibly more. Bursting with modern wit and period style, this comedic sequel to one of the most beloved literary romances of all time will enchant Jane Austen fans, newcomers and return guests alike.
ROLES:
This production is a remount of our 2017 production. ALL ROLES ARE CAST. Seeking possible replacements and understudies.
MARY BENNET (female, 20): Finally coming into her own, she is no longer the plain, boring girl she once was. She has a fire in her now. She is intelligent, curious, and lively, but her family only sees her as a future spinster. She does not suffer fools. She wants to live.
ARTHUR DE BOURGH (male, 25): A studious, unsociable, only child who has never been around women or large families. He is a loner who prefers books to people. He has recently inherited a large estate and has no idea what to do next.
ELIZABETH DARCY (female, 22): Married to Mr. Darcy. Confident, charming, and witty. She makes a fun and surprising lady of the house. She is best friends with her sister Jane.
FITZWILLIAN DARCY (male, 30): A loving, generous, and smart (if slightly stiff) husband. He is quiet and vigilant and thus sees what others often miss. He knows what being lovelorn is like.
JANE BINGLEY (female, 24): Married to Mr. Bingley. She is 7 months pregnant with her first child and is sweet and optimistic as ever. The kindest heart in the house.
CHARLES BINGLEY (male, 25): Gracious, happy, and ever-focused on the love of his life, Jane. A good friend and always ready with a smile.
LYDIA WICKHAM (female, 17): Flirtatious, braggadocios and selfish. Her marriage to Mr. Wickham is a sham but she will not admit this. She also won’t admit that she desperately needs the love of her family.
ANNE DE BOURGH (female, 20’s): Only daughter of the late Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Lived in her mother’s very large shadow, never having to ask for anything or speak for herself, her entire life. Judgmental and impatient, just like her mother.
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TBA (Play)
By TBA
Directed by TBA
First Rehearsal: February 2, 2019
Tech: February 22-24, 2019
Dress Rehearsals: February 24 and 26, 2019
Previews: February 27-28 and March 1, 2019
Opening: March 2, 2019
Closing: March 24, 2019
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I LOVE TO EAT
By James Still
Directed by Clifton Guterman, Associate Artistic Director, Theatrical Outfit
First Rehearsal: March 19, 2019
Tech: April 5-7, 2019
Dress Rehearsals: April 7 and 9, 2019
Previews: April 10-12, 2019
Opening: April 13, 2019
Closing: May 5, 2019
1984. Manhattan. “In the beginning there was Beard,” said Julia Child of the first TV chef whose charisma transformed him from aspiring actor to culinary expert. A flamboyant yet introverted gastronomist, James Beard was his own greatest promoter and harshest critic. He weathered shifts in foodie culture for half a century, and the award bearing his name today is craved by chefs worldwide. Drop into Beard’s Greenwich Village kitchen for bean-spilling anecdotes, on-air flashbacks, and a salty voyage around the world of love, life and comfort food.
ROLE:
JAMES BEARD (male, 81), the celebrity chef. THIS ROLE IS CAST. Seeking possible replacement or understudy.
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FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Book by Clarke Peters
Music and Lyrics by Louis Jordan
Directed by TBA
Music Director: TBA
Choreographer: TBA
First Rehearsal: April 27, 2019
Tech: May 24-26, 2019
Dress Rehearsals: May 26 and 28, 2019
Previews: May 29-31, 2019
Opening: June 1, 2019
Closing: June 30, 2019
The Past and Present. The tunes of R&B pioneer Louis Jordan, whose slant on jazz paved the way for rock and roll in the ‘50s, drive this musical tribute. Nomax is broke, his girl is gone, and he's listening to the wireless in the wee hours of the morning. From it, five guys — Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe and Little Moe — materialize and encourage Nomax to shake off the blues and live life to the fullest. Chart-topping tunes like, “Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t My Baby,” “Let the Good Times Roll,” and “Knock Me a Kiss,” put Nomax, and us, onto the road toward bliss.
ROLES:
NOMAX (Male, 20s-30s, African American), a gloomy young man who is depressed about his girlfriend issues. A naive, self-absorbed, deadbeat alcoholic who needs to get his life together.
BIG MOE (Male, 20s-60s, African American), an authoritative, stern, and wise Moe who is single and very large.
EAT MOE (Male, 20s-60s, African American), a hungry Moe who is merry, optimistic, cheery and overweight.
FOUR-EYED MOE (Male, 20s-60s, African American), the bespectacled, clear-sighten leader of the group who is irreverent and magnetic.
LITTLE MOE (Male, 20s-60s, African American), a small, single Moe who likes his chicks large. He is sensitive to his size and very short-tempered.
NO MOE (Male, 20s-60s, African American), a straight-laced, conservative, and high-classed Moe with a sense of humor.
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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