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| Created Date | October 27, 2022 | |
| Expiration Date | November 26, 2022 | |
| Posted by | Administrator | |
| Country | United States | |
| State | Illinois | |
| City | Chicago | |
| Location | Chicago | |
| Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
| Project Title | The Revolutionists | |
Description:
Oil Lamp Theater is seeking submissions for its production of The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson. Elizabeth Mazur Levin, Artistic Director, will direct. The production will run March 16-April 30 with performances Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings (7:30pm) and matinees on Saturdays and Sundays (3pm).
"Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world." (Dramatists Play Service)
Specifically seeking a diverse female-identifying cast:
OLYMPE De Gouges - badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never married to ensure her personal freedom. 38
CHARLOTTE Corday - badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness. Never been kissed. 25
MARIE Antoinette - less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Sugary, graceful, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend. 38
MARIANNE Angelle - A badass Black woman in Paris. She is from San Domingue in the Caribbean, a free woman, tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all. 30s
Pay: $1000 main cast. $500 understudies
Rehearsals will begin Monday, January 23 and are typically held from 7:00-10:00pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and 10:00am-1:00pm on Saturdays until tech which begins on Saturday, March 11.
Contact Info:
If you are interested and available for this production, please submit your headshot and resume to airtable.com/shrfEdYmTuzrMK7jA. We will contact you via email if we are interested in seeing you audition. If you are invited to audition, please prepare a one-minute monologue in the style of the show.
