Affairs of Face (audition information)

(For a corporate brief presenting an overview of the project, please read our previous post here.) Affairs of Face is a largely-improvisational series of one-act plays addressing contemporary concerns. In addition to performances, characters will interact online during non-performance times via character pages on social networking sites. Rehearsal times will be spent developing characters and improvising those characters in different situations. The main story arcs are set in advance; arriving at the main points will be up to the individual performers. This project has been selected as part of the Arts Sonoma '09 Fringe Festival.

Auditions:
Auditions will be held Wednesday, July 22, from 7:00-10:00pm in Rohnert Park, CA (street address will be e-mailed to you with your audition slot confirmation). Advance signups for audition time slots are strongly encouraged. Audition slots will be no more than ten minutes in length, and will be scheduled in fifteen-minute increments. Drop-ins will be audited on a first-come, first-seen basis.

Please prepare a contemporary monologue no longer than 2 minutes in length. Your character should possess at least one physical mannerism not your own. (This may be as subtle as the way they stand or walk, or as outward as fidgeting with a lock of hair or cracking their knuckles. Physical composition of the characters will be very important in this production.) Be prepared to discuss why you made the decisions to perform the piece as you delivered it (motivations, backstory, physicalization, etc.).

Actors should be over the age of 21 and non-union (apologies to union actors). Please bring a headshot and resume, and arrive with any possible conflicts to the below dates.

Callbacks:
Callbacks will be held Wednesday, July 29, from 7:00-10:00pm in Rohnert Park, CA (street address will be e-mailed to you with your callback information). Callbacks will be longer in length, and will be conducted in groups. You will be expected to use the character you chose for your audition piece. There will be no sides, but there will be situations (think "What's My Line", but dramatic rather than comedic). This is an ensemble piece, so characters (chemistry between, but primarily devotion to) will be important.

Rehearsals:
Affairs of Face will rehearse Monday and Wednesday nights, 7:00-10:00pm, for the month of August, beginning Wednesday, August 5. We will also rehearse two Saturdays, August 8 and August 22, from 9:30am-12:30pm.

Shows:
Care has been taken to schedule performances specifically when other theaters are not doing shows, with only a couple of exceptions. In addition, not all characters/actors will be called for every show.

Performance Schedule (exact locations TBD):

Episode 1: Monday, August 31 - 5:30-6:30p
Location: bar in Santa Rosa
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Eric (see below for character descriptions)

Episode 2: Saturday, September 5 - lunch or dinner (time TBD)
Location: restaurant in Sebastopol
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Eric, Meadow, Kelly

Episode 3: Friday, September 11 - 5:30-6:30pm
Location: bar in Santa Rosa
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Eric, Meadow, Kelly

Episode 4: Tuesday, September 15 - 5:30-6:30pm
TWO Locations: coffee bar / bookstore in Santa Rosa
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Marshall / Carrie, Sara

Episode 5: Sunday, September 20 - day (time TBD)
Location: wine tasting in Healdsburg area
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Eric, Meadow, Kelly, Marshall

Episode 6: Thursday, September 24 - 5:30-6:30pm
Location: Coffee shop in Rohnert Park area
Characters: Steve, Carrie

Episode 7: Wednesday, September 30 - 5:30-6:30pm (tentative)
Location: Coffee shop in Santa Rosa area
Characters: Eric, Meadow, Kelly

Episode 8: Sunday, October 4 - day (time TBD)
Location: outdoors in Petaluma area
Characters: Steve, Carrie, Eric, Meadow, Kelly, Marshall, Paul

Characters (working names--not final):
Steve: (late 20's). Steve is personable and outgoing, and initiates everyone going out after work.
Carrie: (mid-late 20's) Works in HR at the same company as Steve. She is very PC until she has had a drink or two.
Eric: (late 20's-mid 30's) Works tech support at the same company as Steve & Carrie. Quiet, but very deep.
Meadow: (mid-late 20's) Over-the-top earth lover, but with an upper-social-class air. Also Eric's girlfriend.
Kelly: (early 20's) Waitress at a local healthy eating establishment. Lonely and a little shy, but hungry for friends.
Marshall: (mid-late 30's) Out-of-towner with a slight accent. Looking for things to do and people to do them with, but clearly likes his own company just fine.
Sara: (late 40's-early 50's) Carrie's mother. Looks much younger than she is. Independent, intense and successful.
Paul: (early-mid 30's) One of Marshall's new friends. Recent divorcee.

Other supporting characters may be added at a later date.

Pay:
A stipend will be paid to all participants (amount TBD).

Appointments:
To schedule an audition time, please submit your contact information (name, e-mail address, phone number) and your preferred time slot to apogeetheaterco@hotmail.com (please type "AOF Audition" in the subject line). If you are interested in auditioning, but cannot make the scheduled audition time, please contact us and we will attempt to work out an alternate time.