Currently seeking actors for SWEAT, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER, and ON CLOVER ROAD.
AUDITION DATE
Sunday, February 19, 2023
6 pm – 10 pm
IN-PERSON APPOINTMENTS
To secure an appointment send your headshot and resume to Associate Artistic Director Antonio Miniño (They, Them): casting@santafeplayhouse.org
WALK-INS
We are not accepting walk-ins for this round of auditions.
VIDEO
If you cannot make it in person on February 19 and would like to be considered, send your headshot and resume to Associate Artistic Director Antonio Miniño at casting@santafeplayhouse.org and specify that you are interested in submitting a video.
CONTRACT
Non-Union: $250 weekly minimum
AEA: Level 1, Special Appearance
SEEKING
Non-union and AEA actors for roles in Santa Fe Playhouse’s mainstage productions of Lynn Nottage’s SWEAT, directed by Artistic Director Robyn Rikoon; Freeman and Lutkak’s A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, directed by Rebecca Aparicio; Steven Dietz’s ON CLOVER ROAD directed by Artistic Director Robyn Rikoon.
PREPARATION
Actors auditioning for SWEAT and ON CLOVER ROAD will be preparing sides.
Actors auditioning for A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER will be preparing a song.
Materials will be emailed once you have submitted your headshot and resume to casting@santafeplayhouse.org for consideration.
LOCATION
Santa Fe Playhouse
142 East De Vargas Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
EXPECTED TO ATTEND AUDITIONS
Robyn Rykoon, Artistic Director (director Sweat, On Clover Road)
Antonio Miniño, Associate Artistic Director (casting director)
David Stallings, General Manager (audition monitor)
OTHER DATES
SWEAT
Rehearsals Begin: Apr 10, 2023
Previews: May 11 and 12, 2023
Performance Run: May 13 – June 10, 2023
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER
Rehearsals Begin: June 10, 2023
Previews: July 13 and 14, 2023
Performance Run: July 15 – Aug 12, 2023
ON CLOVER ROAD
Rehearsals Begin: Sep 18, 2023
Previews: Oct 19 and 20, 2023
Performance Run: Oct 21 – Nov 18, 2023
OTHER
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of the 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.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
SWEAT
Synopsis: Rust Belt factory workers share drinks, secrets, and laughs, but when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, two close friends find themselves on opposite sides of a labor battle in this warm-hearted, fast-paced drama that spans generations and includes a cast of characters ages 18 to 70. The winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, the play explores class, addiction, rage, racism, and the loyalties and betrayals that make up our social fabric.
AVAILABLE ROLES
Jason: Male Presenting, 20-30, White / European Descent. He has the strong build of a young man who went from the gridiron straight to the production line; a steel worker with deep working class roots, he is proud of his blue collar heritage and still has faith that his life will be spent in the factory; youthful, tough, funny and charismatic; in prison he hardens into a white supremacist, his optimism transforming into rage.
Evan: Male Presenting, 35-45, Black / African Descent. Chris and Jason’s parole officer in 2008. Evan encourages Chris and Jason to be straightforward and to open up about their struggles reintegrating into society. Has no patience for nonsense.
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER
Synopsis: When British, newly orphaned Monty Navarro discovers he’s ninth in line to inherit the Earldom of Highhurst, he decides to murder every member of the high-society D’Ysquith family standing in his way, all the while keeping a mistress, Sibella Hallward, and courting the young Phoebe D’Ysquith. In this laugh-filled musical, the same actor plays all eight of the doomed heirs. A Gentleman’s Guide won four Tony Awards in 2014, including Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical.
This is a high-style, British farce & all roles require strong singers with comic skills. We encourage performers to submit for any roles they are interested in; genders listed are those of the character, not the performer.
AVAILABLE ROLES
Montaque “Monty” Navarro: Male Presenting, 25-40, All Ethnicities. Legit baritone. Unexpected leading man & heir to the D’ysquith family fortune, clever, charismatic, endearing, Monty breaks the fourth wall with ease and serves as the audience’s guide into his story often commenting on the action with great humor.
Man #2: Male Presenting, 20-50, All Ethnicities. Bass. Tourist, ancestral portrait, 1st clerk, skater, wedding guest, pub owner, Mr. Cross, 1st newsboy, 1st actor, Lord Asquith’s Physician, mourner, ancestral bust, and Detective Pinkney.
ON CLOVER ROAD
Synopsis: At an abandoned motel on a desolate American road, a distraught mother waits to be reunited with her runaway daughter. Out of desperation, she puts her trust in a private investigator, but no one is who they seem in this edge-of-your-seat, noir-style thriller. Family bonds are pushed to their limits in a gritty story of shocking twists.
AVAILABLE ROLES
Harris McLain: Male Presenting, 30s-50s, All Ethnicities; Charismatic, smooth, but not smarmy at all. He is not to be played as a predator or psychopath. Has the brains and tools to empower a community of people into believing they are the lions of the world. Note: This is a very physical role, calling for stage fighting and falls. There will be a qualified fight choreographer.
Questions?
Please email Associate Artistic Director, Antonio Miniño (they, them) at casting@santafeplayhouse.org