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Citadel Theatre announces auditions for Airness by Chelsea Marcantel, directed by Joe Lehman. A virtual call will be open for Non-Equity and Equity actors until Tuesday, October 25th, 2022.

Citadel Theatre's contracts prohibit discrimination. Citadel Theatre is committed to diversity and engages in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Citadel Theatre encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Synopsis: When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there's more to this art form than playing pretend; it's about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.

Character Breakdown (Name then "Persona": pillar of air guitar that their character represents - description):

Gabe "Golden Thunder" Partridge: originality - 20-30s, actor of color, male identifying - Golden Thunder uses air guitar to make the world better. From Montana. "One never understands airness, one achieves airness."

Mark "Facebender" Lender: feeling - White, male identifying, a little older than the rest of the group. Facebender uses air guitar to convey his deepest emotions. From San Diego. Bit New Age, a bit Don Quixote. "Everything we need to rock, is already inside us."

Astrid "Cannibal Queen" Anderson: technical ability - 20-30s, any race, female identifying. Cannibal Queen is the most technically skilled and constantly has to prove herself. "But when I get onstage, sister, I can put that shield down and let all my darkness come rushing out."

Nina "The Nina" O'Neal: airness - 20-30s, any race, female identifying. Learning the world of air guitar (and how different it is from her band). Trained rock musician but out of her element and trying to find her way in this new community.

David "D Vicious" Cooper: charisma/stage presence - 20-30s, male idenifying, any race. Has the ability to make the crowd love him, then hate him, then love him again, in 60 seconds; "You can only do something for the love of it up to a certain level, you know? After a while, the things you've paid into need to start paying you back."

Ed "Shreddy Eddy" Leary: artistic merit- 20-30s, male identifying, any race. Devoted to the craft and history of the artistry. From Chicago. Coaches Nina. "You are the music and the music is you."

Announcer/Sprite Exec/Hooded Figure: played by the same actor, any race/gender; variously air guitar fan, cold corporate persona, Hooded (in a hoody) Figure