Dallas Theater Center's Brierley Resident Acting Company - Eisenberg/Beans Casting

NOTE: All actors must be able to provide documentation of full vaccination of a US-government approved COVID19 vaccine regimen for COVID19, at the time of hire.



DALLAS THEATER CENTER Resident Actor Audition Information:

Dallas Theater Center is a LORT (League of Resident Theaters) regional theater. Our contracts are LORT B, C, and D. Dallas Theater Center functions under the rules set forth by Actors Equity Association governing LORT theaters.



We welcome Union (AEA) and Non Union actors. AEA members are given priority for audition appointments.



Dallas Theater Center (DTC) seeks experienced and versatile actors to join our Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company (BRAC). Resident Actors will be core members of our company engaged for full-time by DTC. They will be cast in 4 – 6 mainstage productions (plays and musicals) each season under AEA contracts with AEA health and benefits. Resident actors will also will be engaged in the development of new works and participation in special projects over the course of the DTC season. DTC seeks candidates who will work in support of our mission and values and who share our Commitment to Anti-Racism.



When casting productions, DTC looks first to the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company to fill roles. DTC also maintains a relationship with Meadows School of the Arts at SMU and Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. As part of this relationship DTC often casts students from these programs in mainstage productions. Additionally, DTC casts actors from the region and nationally for a variety of roles. Auditions for these roles occur on an as-needed basis throughout the year.



SEEKING THE FOLLOWING FULL-TIME RESIDENT ACTORS:

Male, 20’s, Black

Female, 20’s, Latina

Male, 40’s, Black

Male, 50’s+, White



We seek versatile acting skills, including voice/speech, basic to advanced dance ability and musical theater singing experience. Candidates should be members of Actors Equity Association (AEA) or have the equivalent professional experience with a minimum of three years of training or experience working as a professional actor.



ABOUT DALLAS THEATRE CENTER:

Dallas Theater Center works under the League of Regional Theatres (LORT) contract with Actors Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers. The union determines the number of Equity and non-Equity actors cast in each production.



Our 2 primary locations are:



The Dee and Charles Wyly Theater

2400 Flora St.

Dallas, Texas 75201

(This is our primary address and all correspondence should be sent here)



The Kalita Humphreys Theater

3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.

Dallas, Texas 75219



Personnel:

Artistic Director: Kevin Moriarty

Casting Director: Eisenberg/Beans Casting

Artistic Producer: Sarahbeth Grossman



All dates subject to change.



MISSION, VISION AND VALUES

Our Mission

Dallas Theater Center will engage, entertain, and inspire our diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living. We will do this by consistently producing plays, educational programs, and other initiatives that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.



Dallas Theater Center strongly believes that an effective workforce includes employees from different and diverse backgrounds and experiences that together form a more creative, innovative, and productive environment. As a leading national theater, DTC recognizes that building an equitable, diverse and inclusive environment is the key ingredient to its relevance and sustainability in the community it serves.



EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT

ALL ARE WELCOME! At Dallas Theater Center, we want to be the best place to work and see theater, and to be a positive and transformational force in Dallas and beyond. We stand up for equity, diversity and inclusion across our company and community. As a leading national theater, we recognize that building an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment is central to our relevance and sustainability in the community we serve and love.

DIVERSITY is acknowledging and respecting human qualities that are different from our own and outside the groups we are a part of or associated with, yet are present in other individuals and groups. These qualities include but are not limited to: ethnicity, race, color, country of origin, sex, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, beliefs, political affiliations, socioeconomic status, experiences and any form of disability.

An INCLUSIVE work environment is one where all employees are engaged and supported by the leadership of the institution, beginning at the highest level. Dallas Theater Center strives to create a culture of inclusion where employees of diverse human qualities can thrive and succeed and are able to participate in, and contribute to, the progress and success of the institution, while growing both professionally and personally.



21-22 SEASON:

Tiny Beautiful Things

Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed

Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos

Directed by Joel Ferrell

Set/Projection Design: John Slauson

Lighting Design: Nicole Iannaccone

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: Micheal Waid

Sound Design: Kyle Jensen

Venue: Potter Rose



Rehearsals Begin: 8/3/21

First Preview: 9/8/21

Opens: 9/14/21

Closes: 10/17/21



Based on the best selling book by Cheryl Strayed (author of Wild), Tiny Beautiful Things follows Sugar, an online advice columnist who uses her personal experiences to help the real-life readers who pour their hearts out to her. Rich with humor, insight, compassion – and absolute honesty – Tiny Beautiful Things is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers. Tissues recommended.





Cake Ladies

A world premiere by DTC resident playwright, Jonathan Norton

Directed by Kevin Moriarty

Set/Projection Design: John Slauson

Lighting Design: Nicole Iannaccone

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: Micheal Waid

Sound Design: Kyle Jensen

Venue: Potter Rose



Rehearsals Begin: 8/3/21

First Preview: 9/9/21

Opens: 9/17/21

Closes: 10/17/21



This world premiere comedy, from playwright-in-residence Jonathan Norton (penny candy), was written specifically to welcome audiences back to the theater. It features tour de force performances by members of our Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting company originating roles created specifically for them.. In CAKE LADIES, the Scott County Community Playhouse is the pride of Cedar Oak, Texas, a city recovering from the second largest drug-fueled HIV outbreak ever to hit small town America. With the launch of their first ever "AidsFest!" it seems the town is finally turning a corner for the better. When the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down the playhouse production of Angels in America, the loss is a devastating blow to a city desperately looking to mend. That’s when best friends LeAnne (Sally Vahle) and Tweedy-Bird (Liz Mikel) – affectionately known as “the cake ladies” – leap into action to make Angels soar again in their home town. However to do so they must confront Cedar Oaks dark past and their own carefully buried secrets. Cake Ladies is a deeply heart-warming exploration of family, friendship and the joys of community theater!





The Supreme Leader

A world premiere by Don X. Nguyen

Directed by Kevin Moriarty

Set/Projection Design: Yu-Hsuan Chen

Lighting Design: Clifton Taylor

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: Mara Blumenfeld

Sound Design: Melanie Chen Cole

Venue: Kalita Humphreys Theater



Rehearsals Begin: 9/22/21

First Preview: 10/28/21

Opens: 11/3/21

Closes: 11/21/21



While in boarding school in Switzerland, Kim Jong-Un learns he’s next in line to be the Supreme Leader following his older brother’s career-ending trip to Tokyo Disneyland. But he must prove himself. Under the watchful eye of his minder, he sets his paintbrush aside to spy on his pretty American friend Sophie. Will “Oony” get the girl? Will he make his father proud? Set in the snow globe world of stinky cheese and mountain climbing, this coming-of-age comedy imagines Kim Jong-Un’s final throes of youth before his fateful return to North Korea.





A Christmas Carol

Adapted by Kevin Moriarty

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens



Creative Team

Director: Christie Vela

Music Director: TBD

Choreographer: Joel Ferrell

Voice/Speech Coach: TBD

Fight Director: TBD



Rehearsals Begin: 10/26/21

First Preview: 11/24/21

Opens: 12/1/21

Closes: 12/26/21



Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (Multilingual)

By Thornton Wilder

Featuring translated passages by Nilo Cruz and Jeff Augustin

Directed by: TBD

Set/Projection Design: TBD

Lighting Design: TBD

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: TBD

Sound Design: TBD

Venue: Kalita Humphreys Theater



Rehearsals Begin: 12/2/21

First Preview: 1/27/22

Opens: 2/2/22

Closes: 2/20/22



Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town follows the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre – die. Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, Our Town depicts the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.” In the next step for a play that Wilder conceived from the beginning as a play about everywhere, this version is for the first time in three languages—English, Spanish and Creole. Infused with layers of culture and community, this new edition celebrates Grover’s Corners as an international address.



Native Gardens

By Karen Zacarias

Directed by: TBD

Set/Projection Design: TBD

Lighting Design: TBD

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: TBD

Sound Design: TBD

NOTE: This will be a pilot touring production. Up to three weeks of performances in community locations followed by 2 week sit down (16 performances) in the Studio Theater at the Wyly.



Rehearsals Begin: 1/11/22

Community Tour: 1/31/22

Opens: 2/21/22

Closes: 3/6/22



In the suburbs of Washington D.C., a high-powered lawyer named Pablo and his very pregnant doctoral candidate wife named Tania, have just purchased their dream home. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but luckily Tania is a brilliant gardener and plans to transform their outdoor space into a beautiful native garden. Their new next-door neighbor, Frank, is a gardener himself and spends most of his time nurturing his non-native garden to win the annual gardening competition in the neighborhood. Frank and his wife Virginia have lived here for a long time and welcome Pablo and Tania with open arms. However, when Pablo invites his whole law firm over for a BBQ, Tania and Pablo set to work on building a fence and discover that their property line is 2 feet into Frank’s beloved garden. This creates friction between the neighbors and an all-out border dispute erupts. The two couples show their true colors and it is unclear who will win the war.





The Sound of Music

Music by Richard Rodgers

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein

Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

Directed by: Kevin Moriarty

Set Design: Beowulf Boritt

Lighting Design: TBD

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: TBD

Sound Design: TBD

Venue: Potter Rose



Rehearsals Begin: 2/8/22

First Preview: 3/25/22

Opens: 3/31/22

Closes: 4/24/22



Based on the true story of the Von Trapp Family Singers, this play captures a personal tale of growth and hope amidst the horrors of World War II. The Sound of Music tells the tale of young postulant Maria Rainer, whose free spirit has trouble fitting into the rules and regulations of Nonnberg Abbey. Commissioned by the Mother Abbess to serve as the governess for seven motherless children, Maria transforms the Von Trapp family home from a place of dour rules and regulations to one filled with joy, with laughter, and with music. In the process, Maria wins the hearts of all seven children--and their widower father, Captain Von Trapp. With the Mother Abbess’ blessing, and to the children’s delight, Maria follows her heart, and Maria and the Captain marry. Upon returning home from their honeymoon, Maria and the Captain learn that their beloved Austria has been taken over by the Nazis, and the retired Captain is asked to report for immediate service in the Nazi Navy. When the Nazis show up at their door to take Captain Von Trapp away, it is a family singing engagement (wily navigated by their friend Max) that buys the family time to make their narrow escape.





Trouble in Mind

By Alice Childress

Directed by: TBD

Set/Projection Design: TBD

Lighting Design: TBD

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: TBD

Sound Design: TBD



Rehearsals Begin: 4/12/22

First Preview: 5/26/22

Opens: 6/2/22

Closes: 6/19/22



The year is 1957. On the stage of a Broadway theater, an acting company has gathered for their first day of rehearsal. When the black actress in the starring role confronts her white director about his interpretation of the play, everything explodes. Filled with warmth and razor sharp humor, Trouble in Mind is a provocative look at the way people talk about race—and a hilarious backstage drama about artists at work.





Public Works Dallas Pageant – title TBD

Directed by: TBD

Set/Projection Design: TBD

Lighting Design: TBD

Costume/Hair/Makeup Design: TBD

Sound Design: TBD



Large community-based production in the Potter Rose Theater at the Wyly featuring BRAC members an over 150 local community members.



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Salary: Salaried