Elevator Repair Service
Company
John Collins, artistic dir.; Maurina Lioce, assoc. artistic dir.-stage mgr.; Marilyn Haines, managing dir.; Hanna Novak, prod.; Mariana Catalina, assoc. prod.-company mgr.; Quincy Confoy, development assoc.
Production Description
Seeking video submissions from Equity actors of all genders, ethnicities, and ages, comfortable with performance dance movement, to join "Elevator Repair Service's" ensemble theater company. Company members play multiple roles in original and text-based productions with non-traditional casting. Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York City-based company that creates original works for live theater with an ongoing ensemble. The company's shows are created from a wide range of texts that include found transcripts of trials and debates, literature, classical dramas, and new plays. Founded in 1991, ERS has authored an extensive body of work that includes upwards of 20 original theatrical productions. These have earned the company a loyal following and made it one of New York's most highly acclaimed experimental theater companies. Gatz (a production of the entire text of The Great Gatsby), along with The Sound and the Fury (from Faulkner's novel) and The Select (an adaptation of The Sun Also Rises) are among the company's best-known works. The company's body of work also includes new plays by Kate Scelsa and Sibyl Kempson as well as works by Shakespeare and Chekhov. ERS productions share a commitment to risk-taking and reinvention, blending unusual texts with innovations in theatrical form. They feature the company's signature dynamic performance style coupled with a rigorous commitment to psychologically complex performances. ERS has received numerous awards and distinctions.
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations
Rehearses and performs in NYC.
Compensation & Contract Details
All Roles
Key Details
New York, NY
Additional Instructions:
For
consideration, slate at the beginning of your video. Prepare one short
contemporary monologue (under two minutes) and tell us a bit about
yourself and your performance background. Email your headshot/resume and
video submission to auditions@elevator.org. Submissions deadline is Aug. 26. For more info, visit www.elevator.org
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 submit.
