Description:

Young Krones-a theatermaking duo based in Rogers Park-is seeking collaborating actors for a workshop of a new play, Late April, East of Sheridan, by M.K. Rothberg, directed by Ava Calabrese Grob. The workshop process will take place at Facility Theatre in Humboldt Park between October 24th and November 17th, with work-in-progress showings on November 18th and 19th.

WHAT IS A WORKSHOP WITH YOUNG KRONES?
We're seeking collaborators to jaunt with us through the process of making/building/sculpting this play; we do not know exactly what we will show - only that it will be a work-in-progress. We are interested in workshopping more than just the text-our investigations during this month may include (but are not limited to) developing choreography, experiments with audience interaction, play with shadow puppetry, pillow fort construction, and intimacy-choreography-as-dramaturgy.

Auditions will be held on Monday, October 3rd from 3pm-9pm at 1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622.

PAY: $75 stipend

SYNOPSIS:
Jane needs a place to live. Peter and Wendy have a room to rent. One stormy spring evening, Jane visits with the Rogers Park couple, their soon-to-depart au pair, who also happens to be their lover, their ten-year old kid, who just wants to finish his pillow fort, and their upstairs neighbor-cum-weed-dealer. In the neighborhood where only the weird survive, six adult children have queer questions and hungry hearts, and the water is rising fast.

ROLES:
We are seeking to fill the roles of PETER, RAFA, LELAND and LEON. All performers must be comfortable dancing on stage.

JANE (CAST) 22. Any race/ethnicity, in this workshop: white. Assigned female at birth. Having questions about that. A senior at the local university.

WENDY (CAST) 48. Any race/ethnicity, in this workshop: white. A woman. An adjunct history professor at said university.

PETER: 45. Any race/ethnicity, in this workshop: POC. A man. Wendy's husband. Wears a beanie. Anxious. Getting sober.
*Seeking actor comfortable with potential partial nudity, down to boxers.

RAFA: 32. Any race/ethnicity, but not from America. A queer man. The Au Pair. Dreamy. Earrings. Making things fun for himself. Hobbes to Leland's Calvin.
*Seeking bilingual or ESL actors who are comfortable singing on stage.

LELAND: 10. Any race/ethnicity. Assigned male at birth; having questions about that. Wendy & Peter's kid. Dramatic. Observant. Verbose. Shapeshifting.
*Seeking emotionally mature young performers (ages 10-14) with strong reading skills and ability to enunciate and project.

LEON: 20. Any race/ethnicity, first generation American. A boy. Wild Hair.