Theatre Espresso 2024-25 season - Cambridge, MA EPA Theatre Espresso | Jamaica Plain, MA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, August 15, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (E)
Lunch 12:30-1:30 pm
Please email auditions@theatreespresso.org to schedule an appointment.
TYA
$95.50 per performance (Tier II); rehearsal rate $15/hour
Equity actors for 2024-25 TYA season (see breakdown). All principal roles are cast. However, we maintain an active company of understudies to fill in throughout the season. Dramas touring this year are listed in breakdown. Note that the gender/race of the characters are indicated where important to the story, but we will enthusiastically consider actors of any gender/identity. Female and gender-expansive actors who identify as AAPI, Black, or Caucasian are encouraged to audition to understudy multiple tracks in these shows.
Local actors encouraged to audition.
There are no SM positions available at this time.
Please prepare a one-minute monologue of your choice.
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-4106
Expected to attend:
Shelley Bolman (Artistic Director)
Danny Bolton (Company Manager)
Rehearsal Dates: Rehearsals for all shows will be held between Sep 9th – Oct 11th
Show Run Dates: All FIVE shows will be available to tour from Oct 14, 2024 - Jun 20, 2025
OTHER
All rehearsals and performances take place in the Greater Boston area.
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.
American Tapestry, by Megan Cooper, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Carmella Teoli – Woman, any race
Mrs. Teoli/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Mrs. Wannarzyk/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Mrs. Wade/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Victoria/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Mr. Teoli/Ensemble - Man, any race
Chairman Henry - Man, any race
Samuel Goldberg/Ensemble - Man, any race
Father Milanese/Ensemble - Man, any race
Justice at War - The Japanese Internment Camps, by Mimi Katano, Wendy Lement, and Jordan Winer
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
General John L. DeWitt – Man, Caucasian
Solicitor General Fahey - any gender, any race
Mitsuye Endo - Woman, Asian
Purcell - any gender, any race
Chief Justice Stone - any gender, any race
Bailiff - any gender, any race
The Trial of Anthony Burns, by Bethany Dunakin and Wendy Lement
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Anthony Burns - any gender, African American
Rev. Grimes/Ensemble - any gender, African American
Colonel Suttle/Wendell Phillips - Man, Caucasian
Louisa May Alcott/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Richard Henry Dana/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
Judge Edward Loring/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
State Senate Chairman/Ensemble - any gender, Caucasian
Uprising on King Street, by Christopher Robin Cook, Wendy Lement, and Derek Nelson (Director: Shelley Bolman)
Captain Thomas Preston - any gender, any race
Judge Trowbridge/Phillis Wheatley & Ensemble - Woman, African American
Abigail Adams/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Mrs. Hartigan/Ensemble - Woman, any race
Sam Adams/Andrew & Ensemble - any gender, African American
John Adams/Ensemble - Man, any race
Robert Paine/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
Richard Palmes/Ensemble - any gender, any race
Nine Who Dared, by Wendy Lement, Derek Nelson, and Clifford Odle
(Director: Shelley Bolman)
Ernest Green - Man, African American
Melba Patillo - Woman, African American
Mrs. Bates/Minnijean Brown - Woman, African American
Miss Huckaby/Ensemble - Woman, Caucasian
Nancy/Ensemble - Woman, Caucasian
Reverend Crenshaw/Ensemble - Man, African American
Governor Faubus/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
Ben Fine/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
President Eisenhower/Ensemble - Man, Caucasian
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