Front Porch Arts Collective
Boston, MA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, May 19, 2025

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email: [email protected]. Submission of headshot/resume (in one pdf attachment) at the time of appointment request is preferred, but optional.

CONTRACT

Single Engagement Agreement

$575 weekly minimum (Tier B)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in Front Porch Arts Collective's 25-26 season (see breakdown).

The Porch is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages actors of all backgrounds and abilities to audition.

PREPARATION

Please prepare one monologue of your choosing or a monologue from any of the plays listed on the breakdown.

LOCATION

Calderwood Pavilion - Boston Center for the Arts

527 Tremont St

Boston, MA 02116-6306

Parking is limited around the Calderwood to a pay by the hour parking garage and limited street parking. You can easily access the Calderwood via public transportation. Please give yourself ample time to commute/park and walk to the theatre for your check-in.

PERSONNEL

EXPECTED TO ATTEND:

Dawn Simmons (Co-Producing Artistic Director, Director In Old Age)

Maurice Parent (Co-Producing Artistic Director, Director The Mountaintop)

Pascale Florestal (Director of Education and Community Engagement)

Donovan Holt (Associate Producer)

Kayla Sessoms (Apprentice)

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

THE MOUNTAINTOP:

First Rehearsal: August 25, 2025

Tech Begins: September 13, 2025

First Performance: September 20, 2025

Closing: September 12, 2025

IN OLD AGE:

First Rehearsal: February 9, 2026

Tech Begins: March 7, 2026

First Performance: March 14, 2026

Closing: April 5, 2026

OTHER

frontporcharts.org

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions and/or need to cancel.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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.

BREAKDOWN

FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE 2025 SEASON

THE MOUNTAINTOP

Playwright: Katori Hall

Director: Maurice Emmanuel Parent

Performances Location: The Modern Theatre

Rehearsal Location: Calderwood Pavilion

First Rehearsal: August 25, 2025

Tech Begins: September 13, 2025

First Performance: September 20 2025

Closing: September 12, 2025

SEEKING:

Martin Luther King Jr.: 39 male. One of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A preacher and man of God. Often viewed as a saint, but lives in sin and temptation like the rest of us. Fighter for freedom and equality for all. Perseveres through life when faced with death.

Camae: Mid 30s- Early 40s. female. A mysteriously beautiful maid who works at the motel. Very country, flirtatious, and opinionated. Very sure of herself and respectable. A messenger.

IN OLD AGE

A co-production with ArtsEmerson

Playwright: Mfoniso Udofia

Director: Dawn M. Simmons

Performances Location: Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre (559 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111)

Rehearsal Location: TBD

First Rehearsal: February 9, 2026

Tech Begins: March 7, 2026

First Performance: March 14, 2026

Closing: April 5, 2026

SEEKING:

Azell Abernathy: 60s. Male. Wood worker. A father and a widower with a dark past he is trying to escape. He has patience that is being tried and tested. A man of the church, but his mouth is full of curses. Southern (Montgomery, Alabama) accent.

Abasiama Ufot: 70s-80s. Female. A mother and widow that is introspective and set in her ways. Constantly tormented by her dead husband. Spiritual and intuitive woman. She wants to die in peace and carve out a life of her own. Nigerian (Ibibio, Akwa Ibom State) accent.

SALARY

Single Engagement Agreement $575 weekly minimum (Tier B)

UNION

AEA