North Coast Repertory Theatre
Solana Beach, CA
US

DESCRIPTION

CONTRACT

SPT

$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6) - Rehearsals

$761 weekly minimum (SPT 8) - Performances

Plus Pension and Health.

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BIRTHDAY CANDLES (See breakdown).

North Coast Repertory encourages actors of all races and ethnicities to submit.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your headshot and resume using the following form:

https://forms.gle/1iiSxGNRaSC3iDsm9

OR you may email at:

[email protected]

Deadline: 12/24/2024

PERSONNEL

David Ellenstein, Director

Brian Mackey, Casting Director

Written by Noah Haidle

OTHER DATES

Invited in-person auditions: January 21, 2025

First Rehearsal: May 6, 2025

Performances: June 4 - June 29, 2025

Possible Extension through July 6, 2025 (must be available)

OTHER

www.northcoastrep.org

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.

Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.

BREAKDOWN

BIRTHDAY CANDLES

SEEKING:

Ernestine Ashworth: CAST. (Female, Mid-40s – mid-50s) Travels from age 7 to 107. In that time she will be a daughter, a girlfriend, a wife, a mother, a friend, an aunt, a mother-in-law, a widow, a second wife, a grandmother, a great grandmother, and a great great grandmother.

Alice/Madeline/Ernie: (Female, 30s) Alice - Selfless. Strong. Ernestine’s mother. Madeline - Troubled. Bemused. Beautiful. Erudite. Ernestine and Matt’s daughter. Ernie - Ethereal. Vivacious. She doesn’t walk, she glides. Alex’s daughter.

Kenneth: (Male, Mid-40s – mid-50s) Ernestine’s awkward and annoying next-door neighbor.

Matt/William: (Male, Mid-40s – mid-50s) Matt - Chiseled jawline. A middle linebacker on the high school football team. Ernestine’s boyfriend then husband. William - Thirteen. Grand.

Billy/John: (Male, 30s) Billy - Sensitive. An ear for music. Ernestine and Matt’s son. John - A man woken up in the middle of the night.

Joan/Alex/Beth: (Female, 30s) Joan - Anxious. Very anxious. Billy’s wife. Alex - Takes no bullshit. Billy and Joan’s daughter. Beth - John’s domestic partner, she quit smoking 10 years ago and hasn’t been in a good mood since.

SALARY

SPT - see above