BLK BOX PHX has announced Season General Auditions for their 2019 / 2020 season on August 9 & 10
Audition Dates: By appointment only
August 9: 6:00PM-10:00PM
August 10: 10:00AM-3:00PM
Callbacks:
August 11: 10:00AM-3:00PM
Auditions are by appointment only
PH: 602-734-5734 EMAIL: info@blkboxphx.com WEBSITE: www.blkboxphx.com
Guidelines for setting up an audition appointment: To set up an audition appointment, please email info@blkboxphx.com or call our office at 602-734-5734.
Make sure to include the following in your email or voicemail: First & Last Name, Phone #, Email Address, Preferred Audition Date & Time, Alternate Audition Date Time, Role(s) you’re auditioning for which show(s).
THE BURN
by Phillip Dawkins
Director: Elaine ”E.E.” Moe
Director note: When a high school production of The Crucible forces students together, tensions escalate into acts of bullying—both online and in real life. THE BURN explores what happens to a teacher and his students when a classroom conflict turns into an online witch hunt. Featuring snippets from the Arthur Miller classic The Crucible (1953), THE BURN is about bullying, but so much more than that. The demonization of the 'Other', which is increasing in our society as well as around the world. The script is available through Dramatic Publishing Company.
Rehearsals:
Begin on or around September 24, 2019
Weeknights (Tues-Fri) & Weekends (Sat / Sun) Dark Monday.
Pending actor availability daytime rehearsals also considered.
This production will include selected audience talkbacks.
Educational Outreach School matinees TBD.
Performances:
Oct. 25 - Nov 10. Weeknights (8:00 pm) Dark Monday - Wednesday & Weekends (2:00 pm & 8:00pm)
Pay- Union/ Non-Union Yes/Stipend TBD
Nudity/Intimacy- No
What To Prepare: One monologue no more than 2mins. Short sides from THE BURN may be requested by the director. No costumes or props, please.
Casting Breakdown: Open young adult (18+) casting 4 female’s + 1 male.
Open to all ethnicities, must be physically agile. Any female actors over 18 years old must be able to play younger.
Members of Actors Equity Association: We invite you to audition.
Young Adult (18+) Casting:
Tara- Black Female student. Trendsetter, popular, bright, smart in all aspects of academics. Well to do loveless political & social family. Tara is fierce in her attacks on others & uses social media for VISIBILITY.
Andi- White Fem student BFs with Tara. “Sporty Spice” openly gay, speaks in street slang, great basketball player, always on academic probation. Andi uses social media to SEARCH and DESTROY.
Shauna- Any ethnicity. Female student. A seeker, loves knowledge and approval, bidding her time to graduate & make new/better friends. Uses social media for PERSISTENCE and CONSISTENCY.
Mercedes- Latina Female. Talented student, ‘outsider’-homeschooled, new to school, vocal Christian Conservative, family troubles hide brothers fatal gang shooting. Use social media to SPREAD and HIDE.
Erik- White Male. Mid-thirties. High school English & Drama teacher, 3 rd year AA recovery, aspired to make it in Chicago theatre. Often caught up in High drama but loves his job. Personable & Focused.
Callbacks: August 11th - Please be prepared to read specified sides which will be distributed at the discretion of the casting team during your callback.
Rehearsals Begin: On or around September 24, 2019
Rehearsal Address: The Phoenix Theatre Company in Rehearsal Room A located on the East side of campus at 1825 N. Central Road-Phoenix 85004
BAUER
by Lauren Gunderson
Director: Elaine ”E.E.” Moe
Associate Director: David Dickinson
Director note: Love. Art. Defiance. The visceral and visual true story of forgotten modern artist Rudolf Bauer, struggling with his fading place in the history of art. It’s the story of an artist as a broken man. Set in 1953 at the New Jersey mansion, BAUER imagines a meeting between the painter, his wife Louise and his one-time lover. Champion & curator of the Guggenheim Museum, Hilla von Rebay. Bauer hasn’t painted in more than a dozen years, but watch as passion and vengeance become front and center in this story. The script is available through Dramatic Publishing Company.
Rehearsals:
Begin on or around October 29, 2019
Weekdays (Tues-Fri) & Weekends (Sat / Sun) Dark Monday.
Pending actor availability evening rehearsals also considered.
This production will include selected audience talkbacks.
Performances:
Nov. 22 - Dec 8. Weeknights (8:00pm) Dark Monday - Wednesday & Weekends (2:00pm & 8:00pm)
Pay: Union/ Non-Union Yes/Stipend TBD
Nudity/Intimacy- No
What To Prepare: One monologue no more than 2mins. Short sides from BAUER may be requested by the director. No costumes or props, please.
Casting Breakdown: Open adult casting. 2 female + 1 male. Ages: 50 to 65 caucasian.
All characters of all shapes, sizes, and heights play roles and must be physically agile.
Members of Actors Equity Association: We invite you to audition.
Adult Casting: Lauren Gunderson brilliantly probes the real-life mystery and disappearance of painting by Non-Objective pioneer artist Rudolf Bauer. A love triangle with Hilla Rebay & Louise Bause, and Solomon Guggenheim’s new museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lauren Gunderson continues to be the most produced playwright in current American Theatre.
Rudolf Bauer- Male. 62, German accent & continental English, brilliant but hardened man, can’t escape his own shadow of dominance. His defiance is earned and later reveals self-preservation from the past.
Louise Bause- Female. 50, German accent & continental English, naturally pretty, although protective she can appear defensive, likes things to be calm and ordered. Bauer’s wife.
Hilla Rebay- Female. 60, German accent & continental English, stylish, powerful, tempestuous, a natural force of a woman. Distinguished artist and ultimate curator for Guggenheim. Bauer’s lover.
Callbacks: August 11th - Please be prepared to read specified sides which will be distributed at the discretion of the casting team during your callback.
Rehearsals Begin: On or around October 29, 2019
Rehearsal Address: The Phoenix Theatre Company in Rehearsal Room A located on the East side of campus at 1825 N. Central Road-Phoenix 85004
THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS (AN APOCALYPTIC HOLIDAY TALE)
by Greg Kotis
Director: Louis Farber
Director note: Santa Claus is tired of the lies. Like the gods of old, he, too, has his mortal mistresses. This Christmas Eve he will bring Mary, his favorite earthly consort, and Luke and Freya, their illegitimate, semi-divine children, back to his North Pole compound to live with him—forever! Not surprisingly, Mrs. Claus resists. Many people think they know the truth about Santa, but they are wrong. Santa has some shocking unadvertised powers, a couple of half-mortal offspring his wife hasn’t found out about yet, and a lot on his mind. He’s tired of those singing elves. He’s tired of the lies. This is the Christmas Santa will reveal his true self. And it's not for kids who believe in Santa. The script is available through Dramatic Publishing Company.
Rehearsals:
Begin on or around November 25, 2019
Weeknights (Mon-Fri) & Weekends (Sat / Sun)
Performances:
Dec. 20 - Dec 23. Weeknights (8:00pm) & Weekends (2:00pm & 8:00pm)
Pay- Non-Union Stipend TBD
Nudity/Intimacy- No
What To Prepare: One monologue no more than 2mins. Short sides from THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA (AN APOCALYPTIC HOLIDAY TALE) may be requested by the director. No costumes or props, please.
Casting Breakdown: Open mature youth & adult casting. 3 female + 5 male.
All characters of all shapes, sizes, heights and, ethnicity play roles and must be physically agile.
Members of Actors Equity Association: We regret that we will not be offering any union contracts for THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA (AN APOCALYPTIC HOLIDAY TALE).
Mature Youth & Adult Casting:
Santa Claus- Spirit of Christmas.
Mrs. Claus- Santa’s Wife.
Jo-Jo- A kindly elf, easily spooked.
Jim-Jim- A hard-case elf, nobody’s fool.
George- Male. 30’s to 40’s. A jealous man, off the wagon.
Mary- Female. 30’s to 40’s. Resourceful, ready for a change.
Freya- Girl. 12 - 15. Their daughter.
Luke- Boy. 7-10. Their son.
Callbacks: August 11th - Please be prepared to read specified sides which will be distributed at the discretion of the casting team during your callback.
Rehearsals Begin: On or around November 25, 2019
Rehearsal Address: The Phoenix Theatre Company in Rehearsal Room A located on the East side of campus at 1825 N. Central Road-Phoenix 85004
RED
by John Logan
Director: David Barker
Director note: It is the late 1950s and Mark Rothko, the Master Abstract Expressionist painter, is at a crossroads in his career. Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant inside the Seagram’s Building. The play takes place in Rothko’s studio on the Bowery, where he works feverishly with the help of a smart, young assistant Ken. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his biggest achievement could also become his undoing. Will his paintings survive in a place that represents everything—greed, commercialism, bourgeois comfort—he detests? The script is available through Dramatic Publishing Company.
Rehearsals:
Begin on or around April 7, 2020
Weeknights (Tues-Fri) & Weekends (Sat / Sun) Dark Monday.
Pending actor availability daytime rehearsals also considered.
This production will include selected audience talkbacks.
Performances:
May. 1 - May 17. Weeknights (8:00 pm) Dark Monday - Wednesday & Weekends (2:00 pm & 8:00 pm)
Pay- Union/ Non-Union Yes/ Stipend TBD
Nudity/Intimacy- No
What To Prepare: Two contrasting monologues no more than 3mins. Short sides from RED may be requested by the director. No costumes or props, please.
Casting Breakdown: Open adult casting. 2 male
All characters of all shapes, sizes, heights and ethnicity play roles and must be physically agile.
Members of Actors Equity Association: We invite you to audition.
Adult Casting: Mark Rothko- Male. 50’s or older. American painter.
Ken- Male. 20’s or early 30’s. Mark’s new assistant.
Callbacks: August 11th - Please be prepared to read specified sides which will be distributed at the discretion of the casting team during your callback.
Rehearsals Begin: On or around April 7, 2020
Rehearsal Address: The Phoenix Theatre Company in Rehearsal Room A located on the East side of campus at 1825 N. Central Road-Phoenix 85004
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