Audition day 1: 07/21/2014
City: Edmonton
Artistic Director or casting person in attendance: Glenda Stirling
Deadline to submit: 07/11/2014
Email applications to: glenda@glendastirling.com
Contact name: Glenda Stirling
Contact email: glenda@glendastirling.com
Contact phone: 403-829-7428
Engager website: www.skirtsafire.wordpress.com
Link to detailed casting information: n/a
Agreement: ITA
Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: SkirtsAfire
encourages submissions from people of all ethnicities and cultural
backgrounds.
Additional information:
“The Mothers” is a one woman play written by Nicole Moeller, getting its
world premiere at SkirtsAfire HerArts Festival 2015. It takes place in
the bedroom of a mother’s teenage son who is in jail for bringing a gun
to school and killing one of his peers 3 weeks before graduation. His
room is packed up in boxes, which the Mother unpacks as she grapples
with her own guilt, her need to hold onto who she thought her son was,
discover meaning in her own life and to find answers to why he committed
the sensational crime that has turned her life upside down.
SkirtsAfire is a multi-disciplinary Arts Festival that features the work
of women. 2015 is the third year of the Festival and the first to
premiere a new play. Each year SkirtsAfire develops new plays written by
women in partnership with the Alberta Playwright’s Network. 4 plays are
chosen through a submission process for dramaturgy and development with
a sneak peak reading in “The Peep Show” during the Festival. Plays
further in their development get a staged reading and each year
SkirtsAfire will now premiere a play ready for full production. For
2015, this will be “The Mothers”
ACTOR – Role Description: A 41 year old Mother. Age range could be
between 40 and 50 years old
This production will be a full CAEA contract with 5 weeks for rehearsal
and performance. The actor must be available full time for rehearsals
from February 2 to February 25, and performances February 26 to March 8,
2015. Ideally, this actor is also available for the workshop in
mid-October 2014. Dates TBA
EMAIL SUBMISSIONS ONLY. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. Please submit a short
letter of interest, headshot and CV by Monday July 7, 2014. Only those
granted an audition time will be contacted.
Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity
members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of
contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the
audition.
