Description:

Green Shirt Studio is seeking submissions for the role of AMY as well as UNDERSTUDIES of Amy, Jon, and Vince for its production of TAPE by Stephen Belber, directed by Kara Toll. Video submissions are due by January 12th with in-person callbacks January 18th-19th in Green Shirt Studio at 4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

Aspiring and early-career actors are encouraged to audition!

Synopsis:
Jon, an aspiring filmmaker on the verge of hitting it big, hooks up for the weekend with his best friend from high school, Vince, a volunteer fireman who makes his money selling dope. Jon's new film is being shown at a festival in Lansing, Michigan, and Vince has come from Oakland to see it. Throughout the evening, Vince finally gets Jon to admit that ten years ago he date-raped Amy Randall, a girl whom they both dated in high school - only then to reveal that he's taped their entire conversation. And not only that, he's invited Amy to have dinner with them that night. Beneath its suspenseful, high-stakes surface, Tape examines questions of motive, memory, truth, and perception.

Characters:
Amy: She/Her, any ethnicity, late-20's/early 30s
Intelligent District Attorney, never passive

Jon: He/Him, any ethnicity, late-20's/early 30s
Independent Filmmaker, self-perceived good guy, Vince's best friend from High School

Vince - He/Him, any ethnicity, late-20's/early 30s:
Drug dealer and volunteer firefighter, rough around the edges, Amy's ex-boyfriend from High School

Content Warnings:
This play contains discussions of sexual assault.
This play contains discussions of substance use and addiction. This play also contains staged moments of substance use (Vince).

Stage Combat/Intimacy:
Jon and Vince have brief moments of mild physical combat:
-Jon and Vince "wrestle" for the tape recorder.
-Vince pins Jon against a wall.

Moments of physical contact will be informed by the actors' comfort and ability.

There is no staged intimacy in this production.