TOLIVER AND WAKEMAN - Franklin, NY EPA
Franklin Performing Arts Company, Inc. | Franklin, MA
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
To schedule an audition appointment, please reach out to casting@franklinstagecompany.org.
SPT
$500 weekly minimum (Tier 4)
Equity actors for roles in TOLIVER AND WAKEMAN by Kyle Bass (see breakdown).
FSC encourages participation by performers of all races and ethnicities Video submissions are accepted at
https://franklinstagecompany.org/about-us/work-with-us/actor-submissions/ by MAR 14 at 11:59pm ET. If you would like to submit a video for one of the roles that is cast, in case an emergency replacement is needed,
you may submit a monologue in the style of the play.
Please prepare sides which can be found at:
https://franklinstagecompany.org/about-us/work-with-us/actor-submissions/
Franklin Stage Co. Administrative Offices
574 Main Street
Franklin, NY 13775
1st floor. THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Director: Chris O'Connor
Artistic Director/Producer: Patricia Buckley (expected to attend)
First rehearsal: July 18, 2023
Opening: August 4
Closing: August 20
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franklinstagecompany.org
Rehearsals and Performances will take place with fully vaccinated cast and crew. 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.
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.
Holding/Audition room information:
The audition room can accommodate no more than 6 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 15 individuals at a time.
Seeking:
[TOLIVER HOLMES] Male, 20s-30s, Black/African American. Born into slavery in 1840 in Walkerton,
Virginia, he escaped, changed his name—to Oliver F. Holmes—to avoid capture, and mustered into
the Union Army’s 26th Regiment of Colored Troops (NY). He later settled in upstate NY. Thoughtful.
Quick with language. Always within easy reach, the pain and anger he carries is eased some by wit.
He can carry a tune and he move to one as well.
[SARAH ROSETTA WAKEMAN] Female, 20s-30s, White/European Descent. Was born in Bainbridge,
NY in the 1843. She was born to a poor farm family and at age 19, to escape poverty and the
limitations of life in rural NY, she disguised herself as a man and mustered into the Union Army—the
153rd New York State Volunteers—using the alias Lyons Wakeman. She fought and died during the
war. Guarded. Tough but not repellent. She can be sharp and insensitive. She longs to see battle.
Longs to be her true self. Kind at her core. Vulnerability beneath it all.
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