Players Workshop Auditions: Calling all actors

ACTORS AUDITION CALL
PLAYERS WORKSHOP welcomes all interested people who are, or aspire to be, actors.

This call is for MATURE persons (40+) for: the MEXICAN PREMIERE of a new play by Australian, Matthew Whittet

Artistic Director Michael Dobbin is holding auditions for the PLAYERS WORKSHOP Winter 2023 production.

NOTE: you must be available to rehearse all throughout January and perform from late January through February 12th, 2023

The play is SEVENTEEN, by Matthew Whittet. It’s a funny, raw, moving and insightful look at the  perils of youth and the many parallels to a much older generation, the boomers.

This will be the Mexican premiere of the play which has had huge success in Australia, England and Canada.

The “theatrical device” that makes this play a little different is that it requires a sextet of mature actors  ranging in age from forties through seventies to portray a group of rowdy teenagers celebrating their  freedom on the night after finishing their High School finals. We need men and women with a sense of playful adventure, and filled with spirit.

Whatever your age, your size, your”look”, you must be fearless and physical and ready for risk-taking,  as an actor.

This will not be easy but it will be great fun and, we think, a very rewarding project

·      If you have worked with Michael Dobbin before, simply send an email to me expressing interest and note your most recent acting work for reference. Be sure to include your contact info and a photo, please. (address below)

·      If you have not worked with Dobbin, your initial auditions will be by submission of a video
done with your phone or laptop camera and emailed in MP4 or .mov format

Please prepare a SHORT (3 minutes) monologue from any contemporary play or story.

You may read from the script if necessary but prepare sufficiently well that you can actually play to the camera on occasion. I want to hear your voice clearly and see your face. At the end of the monologue, please do a long shot of yourself facing front and another in profile. Please clearly state say your name and your height in feet and inches.

(The video quality need not be sophisticated so long as the sound is of sufficient quality.Be brave and have fun with it)

Send your video including your name and contact information, along with a short written “bio” or  resume to:

dobbin.playersworkshopsma@gmail.com

ALL ENTRIES WILL HEAR BACK FROM ME. I will be in touch with you about “next steps”

Michael