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| Created Date | March 05, 2023 | |
| Expiration Date | April 04, 2023 | |
| Posted by | Administrator | |
| Country | United States | |
| State | Illinois | |
| City | Chicago | |
| Location | Chicago | |
| Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
| Project Title | Gender Play, or What You Will | |
Description:
About Face Theatre is seeking self tapes for an understudy for the role of "WILL" for its world premiere production of GENDER PLAY, OR WHAT YOU WILL at The Den Theatre by Co-Created and Performed by Will Wilhelm, Co-Created and Directed by Erin Murray.
The classic works of Shakespeare are filled with queerness: cross-dressing, homoeroticism, the fluidity of masculine and feminine gender roles, and so many phallic puns! In this one-person show, actor Will Wilhelm conjures the spirit of playwright William Shakespeare to examine the Bard's works through their own queer perspective and life experiences. Together, Will & Will propose a new reason to keep these old stories alive: not as a relic of what our society has been, but as a testament to seeing ourselves reflected in history. Gender Play, or what you Will invites guests to share a mystical evening of laughter, poetry, and tarot that coalesces into a celebration of queer joy.
Gender Play, or what you Will explores fresh, contemporary pathways into the classics. The play was developed with support from About Face Theatre, Island Shakespeare Festival, Northwestern University and the Arts Midwest's Grow, Invest, Gather Fund.
Character:
[WILL u/s] Trans/Nonbinary/Agender/GNC to cover Will Wilhelm (co-creator and performer). Has an expressed passion for Shakespeare and his work. Also, the actor needs to be willing to learn about the 22 Major Arcana of tarot.
[CW // discussion of and references to suicide]
Pay: $1200 with an additional $66 per performance an understudy goes on
First Rehearsal: 4/5/23
First Tech: 4/28/23
First Preview: 5/4/23
Opening: 5/12/23
Closing: 6/4/23
There will be a guaranteed understudy performance.
Rehearsal schedule:
The anticipated rehearsal schedule is a 5-day work week with evening rehearsals during the week, and daytime or evening rehearsals on Saturdays and Sundays.
Performance schedule:
Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm
Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.
For Understudies, we require:
Rehearsals:
-Attend a minimum of 5 hours of rehearsal per week over a 5-day work week
Tech:
-Attend a minimum of 10 hours of technical rehearsal over a 5-day work week
Performances:
-Attend one weekly rehearsal of about 3 hours
-Attend one weekly performance
-Remain on call for up to 5 performances per week, with a typical schedule of:
Thursdays at 8:00pm
Fridays at 8:00pm
Saturdays at 3:00pm
Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
Script and optional side are available here.
Contact Info:
Please submit a self-tape (via a Youtube or Vimeo link) of a 1-minute verse monologue (preferably Shakespeare), along with a 1-minute video of a story of your choice OR the side linked below transitioning in or out of your monologue. There is no "right" choice, we just want to give you options.
A note on the side: the highlighted section is language that can and will be switched depending on whomever performs the role. We would like to invite the auditioner to amend this text as needed depending on how you identify.
Please submit your tape, along with your headshot/resume, preferably in a single PDF file no later than 5:00PM CST on March 14th, 2023 to Catherine Miller (they/them), Casting Director at catmillercasting@gmail.com.
