TheatreWorks Silicon Valley 2023-24 Season - LA EPA TheatreWorks Silicon Valley | Redwood City, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LORT Non-Rep
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$1011 weekly minimum (LORT C)
Equity actors for roles in Theatreworks Silicon Valley's 2022-23 Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a total of 3 minutes: Either one song and one monologue, or two monologues. Bring sheet music in the key you plan to sing and, your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity Association - Los Angeles 5636 Tujunga Ave
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Expected to attend:
Casting Director: Jeffrey Lo.
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
Other Scheduled EPAs
May 16th - 12 to 6 PM - Singing and non Singing auditions - Redwood City, CA May 21st - 11 AM to 5 PM - non-Singing auditions - Redwood City, CA
May 23rd - 12 to 6 PM -Singing and non Singing Auditions - Redwood City, CA
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
Please note that TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is currently requiring up to date proof of vaccination for all staff, performers and artisans at this time.
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.
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.
Written by Heidi Armbruster
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
LORT C
Rehearsals begin: 9/12/23
Performs: 9/7/23 to 9/29/23
Setting: 1920s and Present Day
AGATHA CHRISTIE: Wife and mother who dabbles in detective fiction. A woman, 35-45. LUCY: Agatha Christie fan. A woman in her 30s.
COLONEL ARCHIE: WWI Fighter pilot. A man in his 40s.
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CHARLOTTE/MARY: Agatha’s companion. A woman, 25-40.
NANCY: Blithe, lithe, athletic, and beautiful. A woman in her mid-20s.
JANE: A spinster Agatha Christie fan. Elderly woman.
LE DETECTIVE: Belgian genius detective. Ageless man.
WILLIAM COLLINS: Attractive, charming, and smart man. 25-40.
By Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn
Directed by James Iglehart
Music Direction by William Liberatore
LORT B
Rehearsals begin: 11/3/23
Performs: 11/29/23 to 12/24/23
Setting: Present Day
CHIP TOLENTINO: Athletic, social boy scout. Spelling bee champion. C4-B5.
SCHWARTZY: Young, driven, and politically aware. A3-F5.
LEAF CONEYBEAR: Second runner-up, and the son of hippies. A3-A5.
WILLIAM BARFÉE: Former finalist, extremely allergic, with a magic foot. E4-B5. MARCY PARK: A recent transfer, speaks six languages, a constant winner. C4-E5. OLIVE OSTROVSKY: Spelling Bee newcomer, shy, and promising. B3-F5.
RONA LISA PERETTI: Number one realtor and former champion. One of the adults. B3-F5.
DOUGLAS PANCH: Vice principle, and in love with Peretti. One of the adults.
MITCH MAHONEY: The official comfort counselor, hands out juice boxes. E4-A5.
Written by August Wilson
Directed by Artistic Director Timothy Bond
LORT B
Rehearsals Begin: 1/2/24
Performs: 1/17/24 to 2/11/24
AUGUST WILSON: THIS ROLE HAS ALREADY BEEN CAST. Award winning playwright reflecting on his life.
By Madhuri Shekar
Directed by Miriam A. Laube
LORT C
Rehearsals Begin: 2/13/24
Performs: 3/6/24 to 3/31/24
Setting: Santa Cruz, 2016
SANAM SHAH: Indian. An applied mathematician about to graduate from a Ph.D. program in ecology. ARIEL SPIEGEL: White. A Ph.D. ecology researcher and single mom.
ARVIND PATEL: Indian-American. A financier from New York. A potential suitor for Sanam. DR. PHILLIP HAYES: Late 40s/Early 50s. White. Ariel and Sanam's supervising professor.
Written by Mike Lew
Directed by Jeffrey Lo
LORT B
Rehearsals Begin: 3/12/24
Performances: 4/3/24 to 4/28/24
Setting: Present Day
ALBERT CHEN: Asian, late 20s to early 30s
JENNIFER CHEN: Asian, 30s
RUSS THE BUS/REGGIE/CUSTOMS GUY: white, 30s
TZI CHUAN/MELVIN/DAD/GENERAL TSO: Asian, 40s to 60s
THERAPIST/MOM/COUSIN CHEN/MATCHMAKER: THIS ROLE HAS ALREADY BEEN CAST. Asian, 40s to 60s
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Conceived by Robert Kelley and William Liberatore
Directed by Robert Kelley
LORT B
Rehearsals Begin: 5/10/24
Performs: 6/5/24 to 6/30/24
SIX PERFORMERS (TBD)
Part of the 2022-23 Season
By Robert Harling
Directed by Elizabeth Carter
LORT B
Performs: June 7 - July 2, 2023
POTENTIAL UNDERSTUDIES FOR:
TRUVY JONES – Black, 40s. She is the owner of the beauty shop in fictional Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana. Truvy loves her work as a hair stylist and is, in fact, obsessed with everything having to do with hair. She is married and mother of twin 18-year-old sons who will soon be moving out and leaving her “nest.” A church-going woman, Truvy is a gossip – but never a mean or vindictive one. She soon becomes a surrogate mother of sorts for Annelle, her “semidaughter.” She is kind, caring, and resilient. She is a business woman and connector of people. Hair styling experience is a plus.(training will be given).
ANNELLE DUPUY-DeSOTO – Asian-American age 19- early 20s. Aspiring beautician, finds a job at Truvy’s Hair salon. New to town, in this production we often see the beauty salon and world through Annelle’s eyes. Recently married, her fugitive husband has taken off with her car, money, and even most of her clothes, leaving her concerned about her finances and her future. From Zwolle, Louisiana, she is naïve about the ways of the world. A young woman who gradually finds confidence and maturity with her new job and enthusiastic interest in the local Baptist church. She becomes a surrogate daughter of sorts to motherly Truvy. Gracious and good hearted, at times she gets overzealous with her religious beliefs. Annelle is kind, private, and creative.
CLAIREE BELCHER – age 60s. The former “First Lady of Chinquapin,” she is a “grande dame” who has only recently lost her husband (Lloyd) of almost 50 years, the former Mayor of the town. She is still adjusting to being a new widow. Clairee is stylish, from a wealthy and distinguished family and is confident in her social position in the town. She finds new interests including a radio station that give her the ability to reinvent herself in this next stage of life. She is best friends with Ouiser Boudreuax; and an enthusiastic gossip. She is described as having “a smart mouth” and also has a self deprecating type of humor as she frequently makes fun of herself.
SHELBY EATENTON-LATCHERIE – Black, age 20s. Shelby is the “prettiest girl in town.” One senses that she has always been beautiful and popular and, despite her health challenges, an easygoing and happy person. She is the daughter of M’Lynn, and soon to be wed to Jackson Latcherie. Shelby is free-spirited and tends to speak her mind, which often brings her into conflict with her mother. She wants to make her own choices, even if no one else understands them. She doesn’t want to be worried over. She works as a pediatric nurse. Determined to get pregnant despite doctors’ warnings (she is severely diabetic) Shelby put her health in jeopardy. Shelby is elated to have a baby but, as a result, suffers more severe medical problems as well as the onset of marital problems with her challenging husband.
M’LYNN (Mary Lynn) EATENTON – Black, age early 50s, though she has the look and constitution of someone a decade younger. Probably participated in Jack and Jill Incl. Well known in the town, married to Drum Eatenton, a successful but difficult man, M’Lynn is herself a career woman who works as a counselor at the local Mental Guidance Center. She is mother to Shelby and two sons, Tommy and Jonathan. She worries a great deal about her headstrong daughter and the two clash frequently over some of Shelby’s life choices, specifically Shelby’s choice to have a baby. M’Lynn challenges her daughter only because of a genuine and deeply-felt concern and worry for her child. M’Lynn is smart, articulate, protective, and kind. She appears strong, but she is holding a lot.
OUISER (pronounced “Weezer”) BOUDREAUX – White, age mid to late 60s. A wealthy curmudgeon, she is acerbic but ultimately lovable. Twice divorced to 2 “deadbeat husbands”. Possessed of a sharp tongue, she can be sardonic, severe, sarcastic, scathing, severe, snarky, and stinging – BUT the barbs must never totally mask that a good, kind, and caring woman exists beneath the veneer of a brittle older woman. She is dear friends with the ladies in the neighborhood. She and Clairee are friends of many decades and, likely because of this, they tease, taunt, and torment each other relentlessly. Her closest companion is her mangy and disreputable old dog, Rhett, for years on his “last legs.”
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