AUDITION NOTICE
Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers Theatre are seeking a Vancouver based actor for the role of Jay in a world premiere co-production of Hurricane Mona by Pippa Mackie. Directed by Roy Surette.
Hurricane Mona is a fast-paced, absurd, and catastrophic dark comedy about an upper-middle-class family grappling with their lives at the centre of the climate emergency.
Contract is October 24th to December 3rd,2023. Rehearsal will be Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm. Performances will be at The Cultch Historic Theatre, November 18 -December 3, 2023.
CAEA members and non-members are welcome to apply. We strongly encourage applicants from artists of all ethnicities and backgrounds.
Character description for Jay:
Jay - He and/or They. 19-21 years old - male or non-binary identifying
Gen Z introvert with a sensitive and biting edge, managing depression, lives at home with helicopter boomer parents Rick and Susan and sister Mona (who has just been given a house arrest sentence). Jay has a strong sense of self and a quiet but sharp sense of humour.
Trigger warning: the character of Jay is referenced as suicidal.
Initial call is for a self-tape. Please send a resume, photo and self-tape of the attached PDF sides to: auditions@touchstonetheatre.com
Deadline for applications is midnight, Thursday June 22nd,2023
SIDES ATTACHED HERE
Ethnocultural mandate or casting statements:
Touchstone Theatre is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive, and equitable work environment where all staff, artists, volunteers, and audience members are valued and respected. We are committed to removing barriers to opportunities and advancement at Touchstone Theatre faced by underrepresented members of our community, including but not limited to individuals who are or identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, LGBTQ2S+, d/Deaf, low vision, or disabled.
Ruby Slippers Theatre believes in equality, diversity, and community. We welcome contributions from all people of varied age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, and religious views. RST acknowledges that we are uninvited guests on the stolen lands of the Coast Salish People, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We are committed to working in solidarity with people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and person of colour as accomplices in transforming the white colonial patriarchy into something more compassionate and equitable.