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| Created Date | February 27, 2024 | |
| Expiration Date | March 28, 2024 | |
| Posted by | Administrator | |
| Country | United States | |
| State | Illinois | |
| City | Chicago | |
| Location | Chicago | |
| Project Type | Non-Equity Audition | |
| Project Title | Marfa Lights | |
Description:
MARFA LIGHTS is a surrealist spectacular that takes place on a ghostly desert night where two couples come to terms with insomnia, infertility, sexual deviance, delirium, and death - all in the midst of a mysterious and massive owl migration. When an unexpected visitor comes into camp, a midwinter's night dream ensues, complete with a chorus of crickets, pink elephants, UFOs, horoscopes, memories of tennis, and the joy of magnets.
Directed by Jack William Rodgers. Originally conceived and developed by Adam Belvo, Darcie Champagne, Benjamin Manglos, Michael Mason, Karl Newman, Lacy Post, Julie Rossman, Casey Wimpee, and Cole Wimpee.
MARFA LIGHTS is being produced by Red Theater as the second installment in their F*** Around Series at The Hearth, located inside the Edgewater Presbyterian Church at 1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave.
Character Type/Restrictions
marfa. female, capricorn, late 20s. the moon-pale angel of our nativity play. her fiance mercy thinks she's dead. loves the feel of nature. recently suffered a miscarriage.
mercy.* male, scorpio, late 20s. going through severe alcohol withdrawal, mercy is descending into full blown delirium tremens. engaged to marfa and is deeply and irrevocably in love with her.
diane. female, cancer, early 30s. is extremely knowledgeable of the movements and placement of the planets. is married to rip. drives their station wagon. had a magnet collection in grade school.
rip.* male, sagittarius, early 30s; married to diane. obsessed with and deeply studies the massive owl migration taking place in west texas. rip is currently unable to fall asleep and it is slowly but surely killing him.
puke.* male, aquarius, indeterminable age. speaks the language of the crickets. suffers from synesthesia. is a native of marfa, texas and has done so many drugs with the tourists that he's started to believe in the ghosts himself.
*The roles of Mercy, Rip, and Puke have already been cast.
Pay: $125 stipend
Audition Date/Time: Virtual submissions open until Monday 3/18 @ 11:59P; In-person callbacks on Saturday 3/23
Audition Location: Callbacks will take place at The Hearth (1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave, westside ramp entrance)
Rehearsals will begin April 29 with specific dates settled among the cast after reviewing everyone's availability. Performances will take place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays @ 8P from May 31st to June 16th, 2024. (9 performances, no previews)
In a 2-3 minute self-tape, please tell us the most supernatural event that has ever occurred in your life. This story should have the feel of sitting around the campfire with your friends, deep in the woods, so late into the night you've forgotten to be afraid of the darkness.
Contact Info:
Submissions should be sent to Jack Rodgers at casting@redtheater.org by Monday, March 18th @ 11:59P and contain the following:
1. Self-tape
2. Headshot
3. Resume / Past experience
4. Availability for in-person callbacks on Saturday 3/23
Callbacks will consist of readings from the script with the actors playing Mercy and Rip.
Website: www.redtheater.org
