Seeking actors for scenes from new plays to be performed at HB Playwrights Theatre
HB’s Director’s New Play Lab (taught by director Pat Golden) and Playwriting II & Studio Practice Classes (taught by playwright Julie McKee) seek actors for scenes from new plays to be performed as Staged Readings.
Performances: Saturday November 10 and Sunday November 11, 2018 at HB Playwrights Theatre.
Tech: November 8-10. Directors will schedule regular rehearsals at actor’s convenience, including class presentations on select Mondays between 3P-6P.
ACTORS WANTED TO PLAY:
WOMEN 30-35 YEARS OLD, OF ANY ETHNICITY to play a variety of roles — including:
- Grieving, Suburban Housewife
- Confident Executive Assistant with a dry sense of humor; a comedian
- Insecure, Messy, Weepy Career Woman
SPECIFIC WOMEN:
- Ruthless South American, African, or Asian Wife; 35-40 years old
- Voluptuous African American Female Academic with big hair; Mid 30s
- African American High School Honor Student, down-to-earth; 18 years old
- Mixed Caucasian & African American, Ivy League Female Math Wiz; 22 years old
- Attractive Caucasian Female High School Teacher into the Occult; 30-38 years old
WOMEN 40-55 YEARS OLD, OF ANY ETHNICITY to play a variety of roles — including:
- Uptight, Judgmental Religious Woman
MEN 25-35 YEARS OLD, OF ANY ETHNICITY to play a variety of roles — including:
- Glamorous Drag Queen, brash and flirtatious
- Fragile Filmmaker
- Guitar-playing Handsome Cowboy who dreams of being a Singer
- Sheriff, Rigid, by-the-book lawman
MEN 35-45 YEARS OLD, OF ANY ETHNICITY to play a variety of roles — including:
- Responsible Tel-Com Field Tech & Husband
- Traditional, Meticulous Businessman
- Arrogant Business Executive
SPECIFIC MEN
- Latino, African American or Asian Writer with mustache and long-ish hair; age 40-50
- Brazilian Priest who is Flirtatious and speaks broken-English, 30-35 years old
- Native American, member of Lakota Tribe; 35-45 years old
- Well-built, Successful Caucasian Male Banker, 35-45 years old
- Caucasian Army Officer, blond, resembles General Custer; arrogant; 35-40
- Charming, Confident, Caucasian British Male Film Producer; 38-43
- Caucasian Writer with bushy mustache, long hair who resembles Edgar Alan Poe; 40-45
MEN 40-55 YEARS OLD, OF ANY ETHNICITY to play a variety of roles — including:
- Handsome, Malleable Male Neurosurgeon
- Mild-mannered Male Accountant
- Arrogant Record Executive
- Stout Male with a Beer-Belly
- Psycho Tel-Com Field Tech