Upcoming Casting Opportunities
STAGE KISS AUDITIONS
STAGE KISS by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Robert Chapel
Performances: Jan. 23, 24, 29, 30, Feb. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8,11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Auditions: November 2 (7pm-10pm) and November 3 (7pm-10pm)
Callbacks (if necessary) November 6 (7-10 pm)
PLEASE NOTE: If you are unavailable on the audition dates listed, please let us know. We will consider accepting video auditions, under certain circumstances. Callbacks need to be in person.
Rehearsals begin Sunday, November 16.
Rehearsals are scheduled Sunday-Thursday evenings from 7-10 pm.
Please bring a list of any conflicts you will have to your audition. These would be for any of the following dates from 7 pm-10 pm:
November 16-20, 23-25, 30-December 4, 7-11, 13-18, January 4-8, 1-15, 18-22. As well as, of course, the performance dates listed above.
Play Description:
Ruhl’s loving tribute to and sendup of theatre, Stage Kiss is a charmingly “wink-wink” combination of romantic fantasy and backstage farce. Two actor4s with a steamy past are cast as lovers in an overwrought 1930’s melodrama. After the pair share an infamous stage kiss – or two or three – reality evaporates, onstage blurs with offstage, and are and life and love all become just a little jumbled.
“Is life imitating art? Or is art imitating life? Ruhl in her gleeful counterpoint, gets to have it both ways.” – The New Yorker
To Audition: Please email volunteer@livearts.org with any questions or if you are interested in auditioning and would like to reserve a time slot. We encourage you to read the play before auditioning.
Please contact Aldrian Argante (aldrian@liverts.org) and/or Bree Luck (bree@livearts.org) if you need assistance and/or would like access to view the script.
What to Prepare: A one-two minute monologue from a modern comedy. It would be fine if you choose a piece from Stage Kiss.
Additional Preparation and Character Breakdown (All roles are open to diverse casting. Ages are playing ages and flexible):
SHE – A woman in her early-mid 40s. SHE also plays the role of Ada Wilcox in the “play within a play” as well as the role of a whore in the Final act. SHE is an American actress. Ada is an upper crust British woman. The whore has a Brooklyn accent. It would be good if you could demonstrate those accents as well.
HE – A man in his early-mid 40s. Plays the role of Johnny Lowell in the “play within a play.” HE is an American but as Johnny Lowell, he plays it with a British accent. Later in the play, he plays an IRA Northern Irish gunrunner.
THE DIRECTOR – Preferably an older man who is in love with himself in the theatre and everything he directs.
KEVIN – The Director’s gay assistant as well as Johnny’s understudy as well as playing two cameos – a doctor and a butler (British accent).
HUSBAND (Ada’s husband in the “play within a play, British accent), and HARRISON (SHE’S husband, American.) Mid-40s.
ANGELA – SHE’s teenage daughter. Also plays Millicent (British) and Laurie (hard-bitten 20s-something New Yorker).
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Future 25/26 Season of Passion AUDITIONS
EMMA
Auditions: Nov. 15 & 16
Callbacks: Nov. 20
BLOOD AT THE ROOT
Auditions: Dec. 13 & 15
Callbacks: Dec. 18
More Ways to Get Involved!
Check out our volunteer page for more opportunities to get involved!
Check out our more opportunities page for information on year-round programming
Meet Our Production & Volunteer Manager Aldrian Argante!
Looking to get involved, but don’t know where to start? Aldrian Argante will get you signed up for an audition, help you find volunteer resources, or chat about what volunteer opportunities might be a good fit for you.
If you are interested in auditioning this season, reach out to aldrian@livearts.org.
