Various Producers

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
SPT
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - Renaissance - 2023-24 rates.
$763 weekly minimum (SPT 8+) - Next Act - 2023-24 rates.

AUDITION DATE
Monday, May 6, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (C)
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

LOCATION
Next Act Theatre
255 S Water St
Milwaukee, WI 53204

Building is only one floor. Rehearsal Hall, indoors. Street Parking only. Building is a sidewalk walkable 1 mile from the Amtrak Train Station that connects directly with Chicago Downtown. Building is easily accessible from highway. Entire building is ADA friendly. https://www.r-t-w.com/visit/

PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
Suzan Fete, Artistic Director, Renaissance Theaterworks. Director of THE MOORS.
Cody Estle, Artistic Director, Next Act Theater. Director of CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
Caroline Norton, Administrative and Artistic Manager, Next Act Theatre.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER
r-t-w.com

nextact.org

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 Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre's 2024-25 Seasons (See breakdown).

PREPARATION
Please prepare two, 90-second contrasting monologues. For example, one 90-second comedic and one 90-second dramatic and please bring TWO (2) printed, single page resumes with a printed headshot four-corner stapled to the back of the resume.

BREAKDOWN

Renaissance TheaterWorks and Next Act Theatre 2024-25 Season

Renaissance TheaterWorks
RTW produces three (3) productions per season. Each production has three weeks of rehearsal, followed by four days of tech, and four weeks of performances totaling 7 weeks of employment and 21 performances.

THE MOORS
First Rehearsal: September 24
Open: October 18
Close: November 10, 2024

SEEKING:
AGATHA. female. elder spinster sister. Spidery. Dangerous. Powerful.
HULDEY. female. Younger spinster sister. She has a diary. Wants to be famous.
EMILIE. PRECAST. female. The governess. A romantic with a sweet face.
THE MASTIFF. PRECAST. Male. The dog. A sad philosopher-king.
A MOOR-HEN. PRECAST. female. a small chicken. Practical and very present-tense.

THE NETHER
First Rehearsal: December 17, 2024
Open: January 10, 2025
Close: February 2, 2025

SEEKING:
SIMS/PAPA, PRECAST. a successful businessman.
MORRIS, a young female detective.
DOYLE, a middle-aged science teacher.
IRIS, PRECAST. a shining little girl.
TWOODNUT, a fresh-faced guest.

BUYER & CELLAR
First Rehearsal: February 25, 2025
Open: March 21, 2025
Close: April 13, 2025

SEEKING:
Alex More, PRECAST. male.

Next Act Theatre
NAT produces four (4) productions per season. Each production has three weeks of rehearsal, followed by five days of tech, and four weeks of performances totaling 7 weeks of employment and 21 performances.

THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
First Rehearsal: August 16, 2024
Open: September 13, 2024
Close: October 6, 2024

FULLY CAST
Macedonio Guerra - CAST. A Puerto Rican professional wrestler. Good at what he does, undersized, our hero

Everett K. Olson - CAST. The Caucasian owner of THE Wrestling. Brash, confident, ostensibly our villain

Chad Deity - CAST. The African-American champion of THE Wrestling. Confident, handsome, not a very good wrestler

Vigneshwar Paduar - CAST. A young Indian-American Brooklynite. Charismatic, natural, effortless

The Bad Guy - CAST. A non-descript professional wrestler, non-speaking. Doubles as Billy Heartland and Old Glory

ALMOST, MAINE
First Rehearsal: October 29, 2024
Open: November 22, 2024
Close: December 15, 2024

FULLY CAST
4 actors will play all the following roles:
Pete - CAST Has been dating Ginette for a while
Ginette - CAST Has been dating Pete for a while
East - CAST A repairman
Glory - CAST A hiker
Jimmy - CAST A heating and cooling guy
Sandrine - CAST Jimmy's ex girlfriend
Waitress - CAST Salty
Marvalyn - CAST A woman who knows pain
Steve - CAST A man who does not know pain
Gayle - CAST Longtime girlfriend to Lendall
Lendall - CAST Longtime boyfriend to Gayle
Randy - CAST Longtime friend of Chad
Chad - CAST Longtime friend of Randy
Phil - CAST A hardworking husband
Marci - CAST A hardworking wife
Hope - CAST A woman who has traveled the world
Man - CAST A man who has never traveled
Rhonda - CAST A tough woman
Dave - CAST A not-so-tough man who loves Rhonda

THE CHILDREN
First Rehearsal: January 21, 2025
Open: February 14, 2025
Close: March 9, 2025

SEEKING:
Hazel - CAST - 60s, retired nuclear scientist, married to Robin
Robin - CAST - 60s, retired nuclear scientist, married to Hazel
Rose - 60s, an old colleague of Robin and Hazel

CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION
First Rehearsal: April 1, 2025
Open: April 25, 2025
Close: May 18, 2025

SEEKING:
Marty - CAST - 55, co-director of the community center, teacher of the drama class. Married to James
James - CAST - 60, Marty's husband and a student in her drama class
Teresa - CAST - 35, a new resident of Shirley, Vermont. A student in Marty's drama class
Schultz, 48, student in Marty's drama class
Lauren, 16, Lebanese, student in Marty's drama class

SALARY

SPT (See Above)

UNION

AEA