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HotCity Theatre Casting Process:
1- HotCity Theatre Company will hold one set of general auditions for its 2011 season.
2- HotCity company members (any actor who has previously worked with the company on a mainstage show) will be given priority in the audition process. Each director will submit a list of company members that they wish to read for specific roles. Company members on this list will be contacted by phone. Company members not on this list will be given priority in the scheduling of general auditions. ("Why would I want to audition if the director didn't want to call me?" you ask! Good question. It has come to our attention that not every director is familiar with our entire, continually expanding list of company actors.) It is our hope that this priority scheduling will ensure that every company member who wants to be seen for a specific show, will be.
3- Callback sides will be emailed to actors after the general auditions have been completed. Callbacks will begin with readings from these sides. Additional sides may be provided at the callbacks.
HotCity Theatre announces auditions for its 2011 Mainstage Season
General Auditions:
What: Bring a single one to two minute contemporary monologue.
Where: Centene Center for the Arts and Education, 3547 Olive Street
When: Saturday, October 2, 10:00-11:00 (AEA); 11:00-2:00 (Open)
How: To schedule an audition please email your request to Chuck Harper at charper@hotcitytheatre.org on or after Wednesday, September 8th. You will be assigned the nearest available time to your request and contacted with this information. If you encounter difficulty with email you can reach Chuck at 253.682.8256. Please use email as primary contact.
True West, by Sam Shepard,
directed by Doug Finalyson
Performances: Feb 4-19; Rehearsals begin January 3
Callbacks: Saturday, October 9, 10:00-2:00
Seeking to cast all roles:
Austin - 20s-40’s, A squeaky clean Ivy League graduate who works as a screenwriter and has a wife and children in Northern California, By all accounts he is a success.
Lee - 20s – 40s, Austin's brother. Lee is a beer-swilling desert rat and petty thief who has come to their mother's house to loot the neighbors of household appliances.
Saul Kimmer - 40+. A slick Hollywood producer. He is as sincere as anyone who is motivated only by profit can be.
Mom - 50+. An absurdist vision of a powerless mother. Mom thinks Picasso is coming to town and quietly asks Austin not to kill Lee.
Intelligent Life, by Lauren Albonico,
directed by Annamaria Pileggi
Performances: April 29-May 14; Rehearsals begin April 4
Callbacks: Sunday, October 10, 10:00-2:00
Seeking to cast all roles:
Beau: A 26-year-old whose manner is just as disheveled as his hair. An unemployed UFO enthusiast.
Jessie: Beau’s 18-year-old Hooter’s waitress girlfriend. Definitely not a UFO enthusiast.
Robin: A 27-year-old, fast-paced and warm-hearted true believer. Heads the “Utah Alien Chasers.”
Gary: A middle-aged alcoholic, one of the tenants in the building that houses the Utah Alien Chasers headquarters
Aethan: A ten-year-old runaway with asthma and a genius-level IQ. He is mistaken for an alien.
Terrence: The town sheriff. Anywhere from 30-60 years old.
The Winners, by David L. Williams,
directed by Marty Stanberry
Performances: September 9-24; Rehearsals begin August 15
Callbacks: Sat, Oct 9 or Sun, Oct 10 - TBA
Seeking to cast all roles:
Kurt - Suburban married white man in his late thirties. All American with a few skeletons.
Cassie - Suburban married white woman in her late thirties. Not too keen on having a “soccer mom” life.
Tiffany - Asian-American escort in her early twenties. Attempts to appear more mature than her age would suggest.
Whammy! The Seven Secrets to a Sane Self,
conceived and directed by Chuck Harper
Performances: December Dec 2-17; Rehearsals begin TBA
Callbacks: TBA
Click the 'Current Season" page for info on the shows above.
Upcoming roles in the 2010 season:
Slasher
by Allison Moore
Dec. 3rd – Dec. 18th
Sheena - Natasha Toro
Hildy - Marcy Weigert
Francis - Lavonne Byers
Marc - Jeffery Glickman*
Jody - James Cougar Canfield
Bridget/Marcy/Beth/Madison - Meg Rodd Gunther
Christi - Colleen Caul
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* Signifiies a member of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.