Profile Theatre 2023-2024 Season, Portland, OR EPA
Company
Josh Hecht, artistic dir.; Line Producer: Jamie Rea, line prod.; Lauren McGuffee, company mngr.; RaChelle Schmidt, casting dir.
Casting Equity actors for roles in Profile Theatre's 2023-2024 Season. Season includes: "Awe/Struck" (Christopher Oscar Peña, playwright; Josh Hecht, dir. Rehearses Oct. 18-Nov. 3; runs Nov. 2-19), "Reggie Hoops" (Kristoffer Diaz, playwright. Rehearses Jan. 22-Feb. 9, 2024; runs Feb. 8-25, 2024), and "Our Orange Sky" (Christopher Oscar Peña, playwright. Rehearses May 13-31, 2024; runs May 30-June 16, 2024.)
Actors & Performers
To apply, see the "Key Details" section below.
Rehearsal and Production Dates & Locations
Season runs in Portland, OR.
Compensation & Contract Details
Key Details
- Aug 18, 2023: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PDT
- Aug 19, 2023: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM PDT
- by appointment; break 1-2 p.m.
Portland, OR
Additional Instructions:
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Prepare two contrasting contemporary monologues. Auditions should be no longer than five minutes in length. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together. To set up an audition time please email your top three preferred audition availability times (in one-hour blocks) to: casting@profiletheatre.org. Do not park in the parking lot behind the theater. More info at www,profiletheatre.org. COVID-19 Compliance: Vaccination: Profile Theatre requires documentation of vaccination. Testing: If you are offered a role, you must be willing to take a COVID test as documentation of a negative test result which is required 72 hours prior to first rehearsal. Profile will provide and/or pay for this and any additional tests necessary to the scope of participation. 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.
Additional Materials
"Awe/Struck"
Synopsis:
To save his daughter from the violence of their home country, Julio
convinces her to leave everything behind and move to an unfamiliar
world. Monique has never left Chicago but is feeling increasingly
alienated by the world around her. Navigating a new country is
exhausting and lonely, but when an altercation with a troubled teen
leads to the unthinkable, people who were once strangers find a way to
become family.
Denia - Latin American girl in her early twenties. Strong willed.
Julio - Denia’s father. A man with secrets. Broken.
Drew - All American perfect white guy, but gay. Never been hurt. Early twenties.
Monique - Crazy hood rat, white, but maybe forgets? Ticking time bomb.
Lucy - Educated black girl trying not to lose her street cred. Evolving.
"Reggie Hoops"
Synopsis:
Reggie is one of the most promising executives in the NBA. But as a
Black woman working in a male-dominated field, she’s had to work twice
as hard to get half as far. Now abruptly unemployed, she’s adjusting to
home life with a wife and kids she rarely saw while on the job. Between a
mother with a secret past, an unemployed brother, and an audacious
wife, Reggie is on edge. When an acquaintance from the past appears with
an unbelievable job offer, Reggie finds her family has their own
agendas in regards to her career.
Reggie - Female, mid-30s, Black and Irish.
Bells - Female, early 30s, Chinese-American, Reggie’s wife.
Muncie - Male, early 30s, Black and Irish, Reggies brother.
Rafa - Male, mid-30s, Latino. Reggies one-time flame.
Iz - Female, Irish. Late 50s in the present world, early 20s in flashbacks. Reggie and Muncie’s mother.
Ben - Male, black. Appears in flashbacks in his 20s and 50s. Reggie and Muncie’s father.
"Our Orange Sky"
Synopsis:
With a successful career, an adoring boyfriend, and money to burn
Orlando seems to have achieved what others only dream of. And yet he
feels more empty than ever. So he makes a lifechanging decision and
returns to his childhood home. When he arrives with a big announcement
to share, he finds he’s not the only one with shocking news.
Orlando - 30s - White passing Latino.
Marisol - Late 50s/early 60s - Dark skinned Latina - has an accent.
Mando - Late 50s/early 60s - Has an accent.
Junior - 40s - Dark skinned Latino.
Mario - Late 20s - Dark skinned Latino.
Wes - 30s - White.
