AUDITION #2

STRIPPED   &
ATLAS OF MUD
DATE:  February 10, 2019
TIME:  6:15-9:30 pm
PLACE:  Historic Valley Junction Foundation, 137 5th Street (upstairs), West Des Moines
"Concert Reading?  What's That?"
Using lecterns, a stage-directions narrator, and no technical elements, these readings focus entirely on the story and the actors--literally, the play's voices.
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FRESH PRODUCE Concert Reading
REHEARSALS: Begin (2/12/20), 4-7 sessions
REHEARSAL LOCATION/S:  TBA
PERFORMANCES: March 31, Des Moines | April 3 or 4 or 5, Omaha
PERFORMANCE LOCATION/S: ​ TBA ​​​
DIRECTOR:  Tiffany Flory
CHARACTERS 
NARRATOR: Open
REGAN: Female, 20s.
ANNA: Female, adult.
*JESS: Female, adult.
PATRICK: Male, adult.
MAGGIE: Female, young adult.
*KARA: Female, adult.
​**SETH: Male, adult.
**LIAM: Male, adult.
**FATHER CASEY: Male, adult.
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*JESS and KARA might be played by same actress.
**SETH, LIAM, and FATHER CASEY might be played by same actor.
SETTING: Omaha, Nebraska. A simple home, A strip club, A diner.
While working in a seedy strip club, a troubled young woman juggles tragedy, personal demons, and her dysfunctional family.  Why do women work in strip clubs?  The answer is never what you think.
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FULL PRODUCTION
​REHEARSALS: Begin early March, 4-7 weeks
REHEARSAL LOCATION/S:  TBA
PERFORMANCES: May 1-10 (6 performances)
PERFORMANCE LOCATION/S: ​ Viking Theatre--Grand View
DIRECTOR:  Tom Woldt
STAGE MANAGER: 
CHARACTERS
​NOTE: All roles are open with regard to age, gender, race, and ethnicity for a cast of 6-8 people with most in multiple roles for a highly theatricalized ensemble-storytelling approach. 
​As described in the text:
ELAINE: a glaciologist and evacuee, 20's-40’s; MUD’s mother
MARCUS: a fellow glaciologist and ELAINE’s lover
BOATMAN: a scavenger
ELIAS: a Reverend, 20's-??
MIRIAM: ELIAS’ older sister, 20’s-??
EVACUEES: various men and women
SOLDIERS
BOY: a teenager in a tree; his face is hidden
MUD: a young female on the boat
BIRD KEEPER 1 a second class citizen on the boat (open gender)
BIRD KEEPER 2 a second class citizen on the boat (open gender)
BIRD KEEPER 3 a second class citizen on the boats (open gender)
CAPTAIN in command of the boat, SAILORS, DROWNING/DROWNED VICTIMS, BIRDS, and more.
MOST ACTORS WILL PLAY 2 OR MORE ROLES, WITH A CAST OF 6-8 PEOPLE
SETTING
a few years in the future
Act One: a large city during disastrous storms and flooding (various locations)
Act Two: a boat, eight years after the world has flooded entirely
Ten years after the world flooded and people fled to the boats, the desperation to find land has become lethal but the satellites still see nothing but water. Guarded by the military, one boat holds special cargo: seeds to plant when land is found, birds to find the land, and a child called Mud. A mythical allegory about finding hope in a world turned unrecognizable.

GENERAL AUDITION INFORMATION

  • OPEN AUDITIONS will be held for 4 of the 5 projects in this season.  The 5th, Brilliant Traces, has been cast.
  • FINANCIALS:​  We are a "sharing" company in that the creative artists and the company receive a share of finances remaining after fixed costs (royalties, design/technical elements, rent, etc.) Income will derive from crowd-sourcing campaign/s, donations, gifts, and ticket sales--the larger those proceeds, the greater the value of a 'share.'   This includes FRESH PRODUCE concert readings.
  • AUDITIONING:  60 second monologue of your own choosing is preferred but not required.  Cold readings available onsite (maybe from these plays, maybe not.) In any case, you might be asked to read from the script/s of these plays.
  • PREPARING:
    • ​Read information above about the plays carefully.
    • Sign up for an audition time at the link below.  
    • After you have booked a time, you will get a separate email inviting you to the Audition Form page.  Please fill it out as completely as possible.
    • Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your time-slot.
  • AFTER:
    • Callbacks may or may not be needed. 
    • Casting offers will be made ASAP by email or by phone-call. 
    • Cast lists will be posted publicly ASAP on website and Facebook page. 
    • Although some individual contacts may be made, public postings will serve as notification to those who are not cast.
  • POLICIES:
    • Sexual Harassment (Chicago Standards) CLICK HERE.
    • Concern Resolution Path  (example) CLICK HERE.
REMEMBER RADICAL HO$PITALITY! 
FRESH PRODUCE concert readings are always free admission. 
FULL PRODUCTIONS - up to 1/3 of all tickets FREE, escalating pricing for pre-reserving seats.
Donations always kindly accepted, however. 

AUDITION #1

HOLY DAYS   &
HITLER'S TASTERS
DATE:  October 14, 2019
TIME:  6:30-9:30 pm
PLACE:  Historic Valley Junction Foundation, 137 5th Street (upstairs), West Des Moines
NEEDS:  6 Females, 17-35 years old
2 males, 25-40 years old
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FRESH PRODUCE Concert Reading
REHEARSALS: Begin 10/16/19, 4-7 sessions
REHEARSAL LOCATION/S:  TBA
PERFORMANCE: November 16, 2019
PERFORMANCE LOCATION: ​ Java Joe's 4th Street Theater ​​
DIRECTOR:  Ann Woldt
​STAGE MANAGER:  
CHARACTERS
ROSIE: age 25-35
MOLLY: age 20-30
GANT: Will’s brother, Rosie's husband, age 25-40
WILL: Molly's husband, Gant's brother, age 25-35
NARRATOR: open
SETTING
The action of the play takes place in Rosie and Gant’s kitchen on a farm in western Kansas. The time of the play is Good Friday to Easter Sunday, 1936. How can two young women hold their farm lives and marriages together in this place?
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FRESH PRODUCE Concert Reading
REHEARSALS: Begin January 13 , 4-7 sessions  
REHEARSAL LOCATION/S:  TBA
PERFORMANCE: February 20, 2020
PERFORMANCE LOCATION: ​ TBA ​​, Des Moines
DIRECTOR:  Deidra Mohr
STAGE MANAGER: 

CHARACTERS
HILDA: High teens to 20’s. Rule follower. 
LEISEL: High teens to 20’s. A mediator.
*ANNA: High teens to 20's.  More ethereal, idealistic 
MARGOT: High teens to 20’s. A little more braves.
*EXTRA GIRL: 
*NARRATOR: open.
*-One actor may play more than one of these. 
SETTING
Three times a day, every day, a group of young women have the opportunity to die for their country. They are Adolph Hitler's food tasters. And what do girls discuss as they wait to see if they will live through another meal? Like many girls through time, they gossip and dream, they question and dance. They want to love, laugh, and above all, they want to survive
MISSION
Professionals creating works of relevance to the people of the Midwest, ​with particular attention to the voices of women ​and other under-represented groups.

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