The Laramie Project - Kensington Arts Theatre Non Equity Auditions

In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. The Laramie Project draws on hundreds of interviews conducted by the theatre company with inhabitants of the town, company members’ own journal entries, and published news reports. It is divided into three acts, and 8-16 actors portray more than sixty characters in a series of short scenes. The dialogue and monologues which comprise The Laramie Project are taken from interviews, news reports, courtroom transcripts, and journal entries. It is an amazing theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable. We are looking for ages 18-80+ to play multiple roles. Actors should prepare a 2 minute dramatic monologue for their audition. Callbacks will be cold readings from the script. Winter 2016 | Performance Dates: February 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 Fri/Sat @ 8:15pm | Sun @ 2:00pm Audition Dates: November 11, 12 (7:00pm) / Callbacks: November 14 (1:00pm) Written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project Directed by John Nunemaker The Laramie Project Probable Character Breakdown Ensemble Male 1 Narrator Jedadiah Shultz Andy Paris The Company Doug Law Matt Mickelson Dr. Cantway Philip Dubois Baptist Minister People Kerry Drake Russell Henderson Aaron Kreifels Ensemble Female 1 Narrator Rebecca Hilliker The Company Waitress Reggie Fluty Newsperson Jen Ensemble Male 2 Greg Pierotti Jonas Slonaker Father Roger Schmit Phil Labrie Rulon Stacey Sgt. Hing Rob Debree Judge Ensemble Female 2 Eileen Engen Amanda Gronich Marge Murray Trish Steger Kristin Price Narrator Newsperson Ensemble Male 3 Doc O’Connor Stephen Belber Narrator Anonymous Friend of Aaron McKinney’s Jeffrey Lockwood Andrew Gomez Rev. Fred Phelps Mormon Home Teacher Aaron McKinney Dennis Shepard Ensemble Male 4 Philip Dubois Moises Kaufman The Company Jon Peacock Stephen Johnson Shadow Narrator Murdock Cooper Harry Woods Father Roger Schmit Ensemble Female 3 Zackie Salmon Leah Fondakowski Alison Mears Romaine Paterson Narrator Ministers’ Wife Shannon Ensemble Female 4 April Silva Narrator The Company Barbara Pitts Catherine Connolly Sherry Aanwnaon Eileen Engen Zubaida Ula Tiffany Edwards Lucy Thompson Ensemble Male 5 Reporter The Company Judge Newsperson 1 People Juror Ensemble Male 6 The Company Baptist Minister Cameraman 1 Governor Greringer Narrator People Juror Ensemble Female 5 Newsperson 2 Tiffany Edwards Narrator People Juror Ensemble Male 7 Narrator Cameraman 2 Bill McKinney People Juror Ensemble Male 8 Aaron Kreifels Newsperson 3 Gil Engen People Juror Ensemble Female 6 The Company Cameraman 3 Rebecca Hilliker People Juror Foreperson Ensemble Female 7 The Company Newsperson 4 Sherry Johnson Bailiff People Ensemble Male 9 The Company Matthew Galloway Cameraman 4