WAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES AEA AUDITIONS FOR THE 2019 10th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
WAM Theatre will hold Equity Principal Auditions for our 2019 Season on March 1 and 2, 2019. Auditions will be hosted by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director, and Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven.
WAM Theatre’s 2019 Season includes two full productions (LADY RANDY in April-May, and PIPELINE in October-November) and two rehearsed play readings (NATIVE GARDENS May 3-4, and PARADISE November 1-2). All these performances will take place at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, MA.
WAM Theatre is casting for our Fall production of PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau, as well as for two Fresh Takes play readings. LADY RANDY is cast. WAM Theatre works under an AEA Small Professional Theatre Contract. For the Fresh Takes Play Readings, WAM uses the AEA Staged Reading Contract.
Auditions: Friday March 1st: noon-8pm & Saturday March 2nd: 1pm-9pm BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. E-mail Talya Kingston, at
talya@wamtheatre.com to set up an appointment.
Where: WAM's Office, 56 Church Street, Lenox, MA (on the second floor above Bistro Zinc). Free parking is available in the lot behind our office. Please use the blue WAM Theatre door on the left side of the building in the front.
Prepare: 1-2 minute contemporary monologue, may also be asked to read sides.
PIPELINE will run October 25-November 3, with rehearsals beginning on October 1st. NATIVE GARDENS will rehearse for 6 hours on May 3rd and then perform at 3pm on May 4th. PARADISE will rehearse for 6 hours on November 1st and then perform at 3pm on November 2nd.
AEA members may request an appointment by emailing WAM Associate Artistic Director, Talya Kingston, at
talya@wamtheatre.com with 2019 Season Auditions in the subject line. Please indicate any time limitations otherwise you will be assigned the first available slot. Deadline to submit is February 26. All AEA actors who request an appointment will receive an appointment until slots are filled. Additionally, AEA actors may be seen as walk-ins on the day of if time permits.
Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition. Due to the plays we have slotted, we are particularly reaching out to African-American, black and Latinx actors.
This is an Equity audition call. Non-Equity actors will be seen as time permits and should submit a photo and resume and indicate their non-union status in their request.
PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau (Production):
Nya - black woman, mid-late 30s. single mother. public high school teacher.
Omari - black man, late teens. high school student. Nya’s son.
Jasmine - black or Latina woman, late teens. high school student. Omari’s friend.
Xavier - black man, mid-late 30s. Marketing Exec. Nya’s ex-husband, Omari’s father.
Laurie - white woman, 50s. public high school teacher.
Dun - black man, early-mid 30s. public high school security guard. Role is Cast.
NATIVE GARDENS by Karen Zacarias (Reading)
Tania Del Valle - 29 years old, Latina woman. Pablo’s wife. pregnant.
Pablo Del Valle - 31 years old, Latino man. Tania’s husband.
Virginia Butley - 55-65 years old. white. Frank’s wife - Role is Cast.
Frank Butley - 55-65 years old, white. Virgina’s husband.
PARADISE by Laura Maria Censabella (Reading)
Dr. Guy Royston - 40s, white, male, high school teacher with a strong rural Virginian accent.
Yasmen Al-Hamadi- 17, Yemeni-American teenage girl.
OUR SEASON SPONSORS
Our 2019 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Spark Financial, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Custom Business Solutions, The Dylandale Foundation, Frankie's Ristorante Italiano, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, Haven Cafe and Bakery, Interprint, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc., Lee Bank, Maggie Barry, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Only in My Dreams Events, Onyx Specialty Papers, RB Design Co., The Rogovoy Report, The Rookwood Inn, Salisbury Bank, T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von schlegell & co.
WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires, Hinsdale-Peru Cultural Council, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sheffield Cultural Council, West Stockbridge Cultural Council– local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
LADY RANDY is sponsored in part by an anonymous donor and PIPELINE is sponsored in part by Carolyn Butler.
ABOUT WAM THEATRE
Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is celebrating its 10th anniversary of being a place Where Arts and Activism Meet. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM’s vision is to create opportunity for women and girls through the mission of theatre as philanthropy.
Inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM donates a portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to organizations that benefit women and girls.
Since 2010, WAM Theatre has provided paid work to more than 200 theatre artists and donated more than $56,500 to fifteen local and global organizations taking action for women and girls in areas such as girls education, teen pregnancy prevention, sexual trafficking awareness, midwife training and more. In addition to the main stage productions and special events, WAM Theatre’s activities include a comprehensive educational outreach program and the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. For more information, visit
www.WAMTheatre.com
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