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Created Date | August 25, 2022 | |
Expiration Date | September 24, 2022 | |
Posted by | Administrator | |
Country | United States | |
State | Illinois | |
City | Chicago | |
Location | Chicago | |
Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
Project Title | Steps! |
Description:
Improv Playhouse is seeking actors for its season-long, original touring production of "STEPS: An All-Inclusive Dance Party for an All-Inclusive Community!"
"STEPS" is part improv show, part play, and...you guessed it...part dance party extravaganza! Young audience members will join the fictional ABCD Dance Team as they confront their greatest challenge: choreographing a dance that promotes inclusivity in our communities! Step by step, this crew finds themselves not only shaking hips and turning heads, but also pirouetting-away their own negativity, leaping their leadership skills to new heights, and accenting their accomplishments. Actors will use their comedy and improv skills to create a show that is truly unique to the beat of each crowd!
From the Director:
"Inclusivity is the name and dance is the game! Join us as we explore the many different ways that we can create a more inclusive community through the power of dance (and improv and teamwork)! Drawing on commedia, improv, and slapstick sitcoms, we'll be inviting young audiences to move and groove with us in an engaging, community-centered way that will have them 'yes, and'-ing each step with the choreography of their own lives. After all, when we're able to bring students to theatre, we become an integral part of their lifelong relationship to art. By cultivating an experience that engages, challenges, AND entertains, we set them up to be people who appreciate and engage with art and artists for the rest of their lives!"
CASTING BREAKDOWN
ANDY - Dance team member, leader. Any gender.
BAILEY - Dance team member, conscientious. Any gender.
CHARLIE - Dance team member, silly. Any gender.
DANI - Dance team member, outgoing. Any gender.
PAY RATE
All actors will receive a $100 rehearsal stipend, as well as an additional $40 per performance.* Travel stipends may also be provided.
*The number of shows will depend on demand and availability, though we expect to have a busy season.
Actors will be contracted from mid-September (2022) - August (2023) with a four-week rehearsal-process beginning September 15th. For touring performances, actors must have at least two morning/midday availabilities a week. These rehearsals and performances will be scheduled around actor availability.
PERFORMANCE/REHEARSAL LOCATIONS
Touring performances will take place across Chicagoland (carpool potentially available). Rehearsals will take place at About Face Theatre Offices (Chicago, IL).
Contact Info:
Self-Tape - Please prepare a comedic monologue in the style of theatre for young audiences; if applicable, a separate showcase of any/all instrumental talents is also encouraged. All submissions should preferably run no more than 2-minutes in length each. Submit your tape(s) through the following form - https://forms.gle/puQKXp3vePb4Df9j7 - as an UNLISTED YouTube or Vimeo link.
Auditions/forms are due by Wednesday, September 7th. Callbacks will be held the weekend of September 10th.
Website: forms.gle/puQKXp3vePb4Df9j7