WELCOME TO MATTESON - Orlando, FL EPA Orlando Shakespeare Theater | Orlando, FL
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Friday, April 26, 2024
2:00 PM - 10:00 PM (E)
Break 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
For Equity members to schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://auditionsmanager.com/registration.php?AU=knBtyD1228 .
Equity actors without an appointment will be seen in the first available slot.
SPT
$690 weekly minimum (SPT 8) 2023-24 rates. (24-25 rates pending)
Equity actors for roles in WELCOME TO MATTESON (See breakdown).
Orlando Shakes is committed to building diversity and inclusion onstage and throughout our organization. We encourage gender diverse and color conscious casting. Actors of all ethnic backgrounds and all genders are encouraged to attend our auditions, and we encourage actors from underrepresented groups and the global majority to audition.
Please prepare 1 monologue (of your choice) not to exceed 2-minutes total. Also please bring 2 copies of your stapled
headshot/resume.
Lowndes Shakespeare Center
812 E Rollins St
Orlando, FL 32803-1202
Studio Rehearsal Hall
Managing Director: Larry Mabrey
Expected to attend:
Jim Helsinger, Artistic Director
Nick Bublitz, Associate Artistic Director Roberta Emerson, Director of New Play Development and “Welcome to Matteson” Director
Jena Rashid, NNPN Producer in Residence
Callbacks will be held Monday, April 29 by callback appointment only.
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
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.
by Inda Craig-Galván
Director: Roberta Emerson
Goldman Theater
1st Reh: 02/11/2025
Previews 03/05/2025 - 03/06/2025
Runs 03/07/2025 - 03/30/2025
SYNOPSIS: Patricia and Gerald are quite proud of the life they've built in suburban Matteson, Illinois. They host a welcome-to-the-neighborhood dinner party, as they always do, for their new neighbors Regina and Corey. The big difference with these guests: the couple was forcibly relocated to Matteson when Chicago demolished its roughest housing project, Cabrini Green. Classism, internalized racism, and issues of choice/access complicate and threaten to destroy not only dinner but their relationships as well.
Note on Character Breakdowns: He/Him/His pronouns denote male-identifying characters, and She/Her/Hers pronouns denote female-identifying characters.
PATRICIA GRIFFITH: (She/Her/Hers. 39. African-American.) Long-time resident of Matteson, Illinois. Maybe she deserves everything she has, but don't be the one to question her about it.
GERALD GRIFFITH: (He/Him/His. 38. African-American.) Patricia's husband. Loves his single malts and his wife.
REGINA BAKER: (She/Her/Hers. 46. African-American.) Newly relocated, from the newly-demolished Cabrini Green housing projects. All street-sense; more book-sense than most give her credit.
COREY BAKER: (He/Him/His. 47. African-American.) Happily married to Regina. Cabrini born and raised. Wouldn't change any of it, but change is inevitable.
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