Dezart Performs
Palm Springs, CA

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
EPA

CONTRACT
SPT
$480 weekly minimum (SPT 4)
Housing will be provided for out-of-town actors.

AUDITION DATE
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (P)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM

LOCATION
Thymele Arts
5481 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90029

PERSONNEL
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Michael Shaw, Artistic Director/Director
Chuma Hunter-Gault, Director
Craig Wells, Director
Clark Dugger, Producer

OTHER DATES
Callbacks: Thursday, July 18, 2024

HILLARY AND CLINTON:
Rehearsals begin October 22, 2024
Performances: November 15, 2024 - November 24th 2024

FAT HAM:
Rehearsals begin December 31, 2024
Performances: January 17th, 2025 - January 26th, 2025

OTHER
Rehearsals and performances will take place in Palm Springs.

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity Monitor will be provided.

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 attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

SEEKING
Equity actors for DezArt Performs 2024-25 Fall/Winter season (see breakdown).

Housing will be provided for out-of-town actors. Actors local to the Los Angeles/Orange/Riverside County areas are encouraged to submit.

DezArt Performs encourages submissions from actors of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, body types, and physical abilities.

PREPARATION
Please prepare a brief contemporary comedic/dark comedic monologue, 2-3 minutes. You may be asked to read from the provided sides. Please provide headshot and resumé upon arriving for audition. Sides will be available here on Monday July 8th.

BREAKDOWN

DezArt Performs 2024-25 Fall/Winter Season

HILLARY AND CLINTON
SYNOPSIS: Hillary is trying to become the president of a country called the United States of America. It’s 2008, and she’s campaigning in a state called New Hampshire. She’s not doing very well in the polls. She needs more money to keep the campaign going, so she calls her husband for help. He offers her a deal, a tough deal, but when she gets his help, she gets more than she bargained for. You may think you know where this story is going, but you don’t. After all, the play takes place in an alternate universe where anything can happen.

SEEKING:
HILLARY - A woman running for president of the United States
BILL - A man who was once president of the United States, married to Hillary
MARK - A political strategist
BARACK - A man who is also running for president of the United States

FAT HAM
SYNOPSIS: A modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Your typical Southern family cookout just got anything but. Juicy gets a visit from his father’s ghost seeking revenge for his death by his brother—now married to his mother! Sound familiar? This Pulitzer Prize-winner is as profound as it is funny. Pass the napkins because things are about to get messy...

SEEKING:
JUICY -Thick. 20-21, Black. He’s beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet.

TEDRA -Juicy’s mother. 45-50, Black. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.

REV -Tedra’s husband. 45-50, Black. Her dead ex-husband’s brother.Pig farmer and pit master. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Doubles as PAP.

OPAL - One of Juicy’s only friends. 19-20, Black. She loves Juicy and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia.

LARRY -A boy that is attracted to Juicy 21-23, Black. A marine. Trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes.

RABBY -Larry and Opal’s mother. 40-45, Black. Tedra’s friend. Semi-churchy, but honestly, she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.

PAP -The ghost of Juicy’s father. Appears 45ish, Black. Was in prison for killing someone ’cause their breath stank, ’til he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet’s Father. Doubles as REV.

TIO - Clever. 20-40, Black or Afor-Latinx, Juicy’s cousin. Oldest friend. A kind of Horatio.

SALARY

SPT $480 weekly minimum (SPT 4)

UNION

AEA