Young Talent Wanted for Upcoming 2024-25 Season
Audition for Upcoming 2024-25 Season. Please see the details below. Rate: SALARY LORT Non-Rep $1000 weekly minimum (LORT D) About the project: "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE" SYNOPSIS: Erika is a rules-following, college-bound all-star at the worst high school in the city. She’s living proof of Black girl magic. So why is she in Friday detention with the rest of the regular suspects? And if all six students need their paperwork signed to go home and all the teachers have left, what are they supposed to do next? The Breakfast Club meets No Exit in a play about the institutionalized holding zone of public school, the kids society tries to forget there, and what happens when they start working together. "DOWNSTATE" SYNOPSIS: In downstate Illinois at a group home for registered sex offenders, four men live in the shadow of their crimes against minors: They have served their sentences; will they be punished forever? So, when a man shows up to confront his childhood piano teacher, Downstate looks at the limits of compassion, the desire for retribution, and what happens when society decides some acts are unforgivable. A button-pushing play from provocateur Bruce Norris. Additional info: Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PREPARATION Please prepare 2 contrasting short contemporary monologues (Contemporary as in: plays written in the last 30 years). Auditions may not exceed 3 minutes total. Please bring two copies of your headshot and resume stapled together. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE" First Rehearsal: 8/20/2024 Opens: 9/22/2024 Closes: 10/20/2024 (potential 3-week extension) "DOWNSTATE" First Rehearsal: 12/3/2024 Opens: 1/12/2025 Closes: 2/16/2025 (potential 3-week extension) If interested, please apply.
7 roles
High schooler. Loves to instigate a fight, popular amongst her peers and fierce. Creative, designs her own clothes on a budget. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
High schooler. Goofy, conspiracy theorist, Dayrin's hype man. Tragically lovable. Has no game, but always makes a solid attempt. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
High schooler. Fake thug, wannabe alpha of detention. Braggadocious. Knows the exact button to push with everyone he meets. Street smart and quick. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
High schooler. Mature, but will clapback if provoked. Friendly, curious and great at making others laugh. Used to making the best out of bad situations. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
High schooler. Principled. Believes in rules. Quiet strength, but will unleash a fury if wronged and knock you out with one punch. Wants to help himself, grasping at straws. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
High schooler. Book smart, reserved, never been in trouble a day in her life. Equally fascinated by and terrified of detention. Has a kind of infamy for being the smartest person in school. "EXCEPTION TO THE RULE"
Hyperactive. Too much eye makeup. Works alongside Gio as employees at Staples. "DOWNSTATE"
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