VITANOVA WORKSHOP Equity Principal Actors - Open Circle Theatre Auditions

VITANOVA WORKSHOP - Equity Video Submissions

Open Circle Theatre | Rockville, MD

Notice: Submission

CONTRACT

PERSONNEL

Single Engagement Agreement Playwright - Lisa Sniderman
$1,480 weekly minimum Live Theatre Director - Suzanne Richard
Digital Experience Director - Christopher Morrison

SEEKING

OTHER DATES

Virtual callbacks will be April 20-24.
Workshop May 4–15 (weekdays only), 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

OTHER

Actors with lived experience(s) of disability, experience in ASL, and are comfortable with devised, or workshop processes are encouraged to submit. Actors 18+ of all genders are welcome. Visit
Open Circle Theatre.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit the following materials to this Google Form:
Submission Form. A headshot, resume, and self-tape (featuring a one-minute contemporary monologue and a one-minute song).

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 submit.

Deadline: Friday, April 24, 2026

Breakdown

VITANOVA (Workshop)

PLEASE NOTE: No public performance; this is a developmental workshop. Actors will be asked to sing and/or sign songs that are still in development. Housing is available for out-of-town artists. Rehearsal interpreters will be provided. MetroAccess has a stop at the library next door.

Synopsis: In 2035, four disabled artists participate in a clinical trial for an experimental therapy program delivered as an immersive video game. The show asks: if you could erase your pain, your grief, your struggles—would you, or are they part of who you are? A near-future sci-fi with a contemporary pop score, VitaNova is about transformation, chronic illness, grieving and thriving, the power of community, and the unique wisdom of a disability perspective.

SEEKING:

• LIS (F, 45) — Game designer from San Francisco, California living with Dermatomyositis, a rare progressive muscle disease. She uses a cane or walker. Overly positive. She avoids negative emotions at all costs and escapes through games.
• DANICA (F, 29) — Graphic novelist from Providence, Rhode Island with progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Uses a wheelchair. Controlling.
• CHARLI (F, 27) — Landscape painter from Biloxi, Mississippi with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and related conditions since birth: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Independent, brash. Southern accent.
• BRANDON (M, 21) — Singer-songwriter from Wichita, Kansas with depression, anxiety, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following his twin brother (Eric)’s death. Hasn’t written music since Eric died.
• LUCIE (any, femme voice; 25-50) — VitaNova’s intuitive AI host, charismatic and ever-present, guiding players toward their best selves.
• ENSEMBLE: Multiple roles and ages.