WAM Theatre 2023 Season - Lenox, MA EPA
WAM Theatre, Inc. | Lee, MA
Friday, February 10, 2023
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM (E)
To schedule an audition slot, please send your request to: casting@wamtheatre.com ASAP & by Feb 6th.
SPT
$394 weekly minimum (SPT 3)
Equity actors for WAM Theatre's 2023 Season (See breakdown). Actors for two supporting roles in our Spring
mainstage production and actors for several roles in our Spring play reading series. All genders (although WAM Theatre centers the stories of women and girls so there more women's roles than men's). Local Lenox actors are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
WAM Theatre Creative Hub
55 Main Street
Lenox, MA 01240
THIS SPACE'S VENTILATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION.
Check in at the main church entrance. Venue is wheelchair accessible.
Expected to attend:
Kristen van Ginhoven, WAM Theatre
Producing Artistic Director, director of What the Constitution Means to Me.
Talya Kingston, WAM Theatre Associate Artistic Director
See Breakdown for production specific personnel.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Heidi Schreck
Unicorn Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Group,
Stockbridge MA
First rehearsal: April 25
First preview: May 18
Closing performance: June 3
Fresh Takes Play Reading Series:
In Lenox, MA
Title TBC -
Rehearsal: Sat July 15
Performance: Sun July 16
PORT OF ENTRY by Talya Kingston
Rehearsal: Sat July 22
Performance: Sun July 23
IN HER BONES by Jessica Kahkoska
Rehearsal: Sat July 29
Performance: Sun July 30
www.wamtheatre.com
Auditions will be scheduled in 10-minute slots. More auditions will also take place on Saturday Feb 11th.
Free on-site childcare will be provided on Friday Feb 10.
Note: No video auditions will be accepted at this time.
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 maximum capacity in the holding room is: 60
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 80
Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven
HEIDI - already cast
DEBATER: (she/her); 14+, plays 15-16; Black, Indigenous or Person of Color; appears in Act 2 only;
preferable to have some onstage experience, whether that be in theatre, speech and debate or mock
trial or something equivalent; must be willing and enthusiastic to improvise and tell stories about
themselves onstage. Engaging, dynamic, smart, passionate and witty.
LEGIONNAIRE: (he/him) late 30’s-early 50’s; any ethnicity; Heidi’s friend; first appears as an
assertive American Legionnaire monitoring the speech and debate and a stickler for the rules/law. He
later turns into Heidi’s ally and assistant, playing himself. reflective, authentic, generous, positive male
energy. He moderates the debate in Part 2.
Directed by Amy Brentano
JANA: (she/her), 30s, Middle-Eastern docotoral student, wears a hijab.
HANK: (he/him), 40s/50s, TSA department supervisor, big fish, small pond.
CHLOE: (she/her), 20s, American, recent college grad, first week on the job.
Directed by Estefania Fadul
RAQUEL: (she/her), Latinx, 60's-70's. Grandmother living in Chama, CO. Mother of Lea.
LEA: (she/her), Latinx, 30's-40's. Daughter of RAQUEL and mother of MIA, resident of Denver.
MIA: (she/her), Latinx, 18 yrs. Daughter of LEA, current freshman at Berkeley.
MOISES: (he/him), Latinx. 30's-50's. Resident of Chama, CO, and business owner.
OUTSIDERS: (he/him), White, 30's. Plays PRIEST, DAVID, POSTMAN, INQUISITOR, STRANGER
and others.
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