Auditions for The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson

WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

About the project and the company

Auditions for The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley on Whidbey Island
Directed by Rose Woods
The Story (quoted from Ms. Gunderson’s website)
“The Revolutionists is a play about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence anad legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection… that ends in a song and a scaffold.”
We strongly encourage people of color to audition.
Initial auditions will be scheduled in individual slots. Video auditions will be accepted. Deadline for video submissions is August 1,2021
Call-backs will be at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts.
Audition requirements:  Please prepare a two minute  monologue.
Rehearsals begin August 31. Show dates are October 8-23. Some possible rehearsals in Seattle.
Please submit headshot and resume by email.
Characters:
OLYMPE de GOUGES – 38. Badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom.
CHARLOTTE CORDAY – 25. Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. Has a pocket watch she keeps checking. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask.
MARIE-ANTOINETTE – 38. Less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask.
MARIANNE ANGELLE – 30s. A badass black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a free woman, a spy working with her husband. Tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest of them all.
Preferred method of submission: Email
Submission instructions: Email for appointment
Audition Dates:
Pay type: Stipend/Travel stipend/TBD
Union Requirements: Non-Union
Website specific to project:

Location of Audition

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) 565 Camano Avenue Langley, WA 98260 Mainstage

Other details

Ferry to and from the island can be difficult during the summer, we may be able to pick you up on this side if you prefer to walk on. Do reach out to Artistic Director, Deana Duncan, to help with travel as needed for auditions and callbacks on Sunday, August 1.

Off Island actors will be eligible for small stipend and travel expenses. Possible on-island housing as needed.

Audition requirements

Please submit headshot and resume by email. Video auditions will be accepted. Onsite auditions: Please prepare a two minute monologue. Callbacks later that same day on site at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts in Langley, WA.

Character breakdown / Project needs
Characters: OLYMPE de GOUGES - 38. Badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom. CHARLOTTE CORDAY - 25. Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. Has a pocket watch she keeps checking. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask. MARIE-ANTOINETTE - 38. Less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask. MARIANNE ANGELLE - 30s. A badass black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a free woman, a spy working with her husband. Tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest of them all.
Additional information
Preferred method of submission

Email

Audition/Interview dates

Sunday, August 1

Pay type

Stipend

Audition location

Langley WA

Pay type

Stipend plus travel expenses. Possible on-island housing as needed. Stipend plus travel expenses. Possible on-island housing as needed.

Callbacks or second audition/interview?

Callbacks later on Sunday, August 1

Submission instructions

Please submit headshot and resume by email.

Union Requirements

Open to All

Equity Contract

None