Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
NEAT
$602 weekly minimum (Cat. 6)

AUDITION DATE
Sunday, May 19, 2024
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM (E)
Break 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Monday, May 20, 2024
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (E)

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (E)

APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please email: [email protected] . Walk-ins on the day of the audition without an appointment will be seen time permitting.

LOCATION
Central Square Theater
450 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-4106

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

All dates are subject to change.

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.

SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in Central Square Theater's 2024-2025 Season (See breakdown).

We encourage actors of all ethnicities, genders identities, ages and abilities to audition. We wish each and every actor the best, now and always.

Local actors are encouraged to audition.

PREPARATION
Please prepare 1-2 contemporary monologues of your choice. If you prefer, you can request scenes by emailing [email protected] . Please bring a copy of your headshot and resume formatted correctly by attaching your resume to your headshot and trimming it accordingly.

BREAKDOWN

Central Square Theater 2024-2025 Season

HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Written by Canny & Nicholson
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
1st Rehearsal - August 20, 2024
1st Performance - September 12
Closes - October 6
Extension - October 13

SEEKING:
TRACK 1, 2, 3: Female identifying, has physical comedy skills and is great with language and character transitions on a dime. English dialects necessary, but they don’t have to be good.

GALILEO'S DAUGHTER
By Jessica Dickey
Directed by Reena Dutt

Note: This production follows the production of the WAM Theatre in Lenox, MA (under an SPT agreement) and will move to Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA (under a NEAT agreement). Actors in the WAM production will have right of first refusal for the CST production.

WAM Theatre dates:
1st Rehearsal – September 17, 2024
1st Performance – October 18, 2024
Closing – November 3, 2024

CST dates:
1st Rehearsal - November 8, 2024
1st Performance - November 14, 2024
Closes - December 8, 2024

SEEKING:
WRITER - Female identifying contemporary middle-aged woman, any ethnicity. Battling a separation from her partner and struggling to bring light to the hidden history of Galileo's brilliant daughter, in turn seeking her own self-worth.

DAUGHTER - Female identifying young woman, any ethnicity. A scientist, an intellectual, the true confidante of Galileo. A scientist in her own right, hidden away behind the walls of the church in order to keep her safe - in turn also hiding her revelations and successes from archived histories.

GALILEO - Male identifying middle-aged man, any ethnicity. A scientist who believes in the planets, the earth and facts. Prosecuted for his commitment to truth. Admires his daughter's brilliance and chooses to protect her life, in turn relinquishing the possibility for the future she desires.

SPACE
by LM Feldman
Directed by Larissa Lury
1st Rehearsal - January 7, 2025
1st Performance - January 30, 2025
Closes - February 23, 2025
Possible Extra week of Rehearsal - Dec. 30

Casting Note: Most of the characters publicly identify/-ied as women and are referred to in the play using she/her pronouns. The ideal ensemble will be performers who are comfortable playing female-identifying roles in this playworld (including non-binary, gender-queer, gender non-conforming, and trans folx). The Mercury 13 were all white. The Top Girls (except for Ride & Cochran) were not. The Future Folx (except Sal & Jackie) are not. It’s essential that the playworld be in the intersectional hands of a racially & ethnically diverse ensemble (preferably one containing queer representation). The storytelling in the play has an extensive movement vocabulary. Actors must be comfortable and capable of sustained movement.

SEEKING:
Track 1 - BESSIE COLEMAN (1920s) and IRENE LEVERTON
Track 2 - HAZEL YING LEE (1940s) and WALLY FUNK (also plays IVY)
Track 3 - JACKIE COCHRAN (1940s-1960s) and GENE NORA STUMBOUGH
Track 4 - SALLY RIDE (1980s) and GERALDYN COBB
Track 5 - MAE JEMISON (1990s) and JANE HART
Track 6 - CHRISTINA HERNÁNDEZ (2020s) and JERRI SLOAN
Track 7 - JASMIN MOGHBELI (2020s) and JEAN HIXSON
Track 8 - JFK, ANFUSO, LOVELACE, and a wide array of TESTING OFFICIALS - White Man

HER PORTMANTEAU - a co-production with The Front Porch Arts Collective
By Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by Tasia Jones
1st Rehearsal - March 4, 2025
1st Performance - March 27, 2025
Closes - April 20, 2025

Note: This play is 4th in the Ufot Cycle. Being comfortable with speaking/learning the Ibibio dialect and language is necessary.

SEEKING:
ABASIAMA UFOT, 60s, A splay-footed, gap-toothed woman. Thinner Ibibio accent. Fluent in both Ibibio and English.
INIABASI EKPEYONG, 36, A bow-legged, gap-toothed woman. Thicker Ibibio accent. Fluent in both Ibibio and English.
ADIAHA UFOT, 30, A splay-footed, gap-toothed woman. An amalgamated accent [Central Massachusetts and Ibibio]. She is fluent in English, hears Ibibio but has a very limited speaking capacity.

MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION
Directed by Eric Tucker
1st Rehearsal - May 6
1st Performance - May 29
Closes - June 22
Extension - June 29

SEEKING:
PRAED (male identifying, middle-aged, carefully dressed, somewhat artistic)
MISS VIVIE WARREN “VIVIE” (female identifying, 22, uncompromising, strong)
MRS. WARREN (female identifying, between 40-50)
SIR GEORGE CROFTS (male identifying, about 50)
FRANK (male identifying, 20, charming)
REVEREND SAMUEL GARDNER (male identifying, over 50, self-important)

SALARY

NEAT $602 weekly minimum (Cat. 6)

UNION

AEA