[NEohioPAL] Auditions for "Love in a Time of Media" - part of the Big Box series at CPT

[Sasha Thackaberry]

Announcing auditions for the new play "Love in a Time of Media" (by Sasha Thackaberry) that will be produced as part of this year's Big Box series at Cleveland Public Theater. There are four characters, and we're looking for the right chemistry as it is an ensemble piece where all four parts are critical to the success of the piece. Amanda Lin Boyd is directing, and Peter Voinovich is doing coaching and assisting with the video portions. The piece will rehearse mainly in February and goes up for one weekend - February 28 - March 2.

Auditions will be from 6 - 9 on Monday, October 1 at the Metro Campus of Tri-C (MLA 101.) Directions to follow if you're interested.

Find a little bit about the piece and the characters below...

Love in a Time of Media is a piece about the complex nature of love in a world saturated with technology. At the core, however, the piece is not about the complications of technology –it is simply a story about a boy and a girl deciding if they are going to move forward through life together, with the temptation of comfort all around - comfort of habit, comfort of fantasy, comfort of believing in the correctness of an individual world view. The first act reveals the disintegration of their relationship, and the second act sees each of them struggling to avoid their independent self-evaluations. 
Act I

The vehicle for the first act is an interview conducted in a Storycorps van (http://www.npr.org/series/4516989/storycorps). Half of the entire first act is video. Boston, Jake's best friend, is interviewing Jake and Lola about their love story. The interview portions are displayed via video, and the events that they discuss are performed live. Minor betrayals become magnified in the stark circumstances of the interview, and complications are revealed. The act ends with Jake and Lola going their separate ways.

Act II

The second act sees both seeking confirmation for their own perspectives on their failed relationship. Lola immediately jumps into a new relationship, while Jake shutters himself with his best friend Boston interpreting away the 4 year partnership. Both Jake and Lola are tempted – by the allure of a life that confirms their views, and by lovers that facilitate that confirmation. They struggle to decide who they want to be and then both jump out of safety into what might be the best or worst love affair of their lives – a total blinding (and yet strangely open-eyed,) commitment to each other.

JAKE – a mid-thirties actor, talented and moderately successful but unambitious. He is mild-mannered, easy-going, but somehow distant. 

LOLA – a mid-twenties powerhouse, Type-A professional woman. High maintenance but clever and pretty, so she gets away with it. 

BOSTON - JAKE's best friend, lesbian rocker chick who – like JAKE – floats through life relatively unencumbered by reality and commitment. She lives with her dad to support her habit of fronting a local rock band, while successfully avoiding work.

BAILEY (aka Swing Dancing Guy) - Successful, published professor at a local college. Professional and kind, engaged in the world, everything that JAKE is not.

Please join us for these auditions. Thanks for considering it! (Unfortunately, no equity contracts are available.)
  
If you're interested, please RSVP to Sasha - sashatberr at gmail.com

With thanks! - The Project Team

Amanda, Sasha, Peter

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