[NEohioPAL] Seeking queer male actors for new play at Test Flight at CPT

[Kari Barclay]

Seeking actors for a new play, *How to Live in a House on Fire, *at Test
Flight, a new work development program at Cleveland Public Theater. The
play is a spell to guide us through climate grief. It asks how we survive
times of trouble and reaches to queer history to see how we've survived
before.

Show information:
As a queer couple sorts through their belongings to prepare for a wildfire
evacuation in California, they look back to their history and consider what
to take with them and what to leave behind. They remember the night they
first met at a queer commune in Berkeley, CA in 1970, when another fire
shook the community. Full script available on request.

Characters:
ANAND – an activist looking for purpose, 20s or 30s, always trying to
organize his peers, South Asian
DREW – grad student looking to care for others, 20s or 30s, written as a
wheelchair or cane user, but can be rewritten for another actor with a
disability
BENNY, a bit of a mess, wracked by nostalgia, 60s or 70s, partners with
Jeremy
JEREMY, organized, always on his phone, 60s or 70s, a daydreamer, partners
with Benny

Commitment and dates:
Rehearsals will occur from Feb. 12-Mar. 21, with shows March 21-23.
Rehearsals will be on weekday evenings with the occasional weekend
afternoon. The show will be a fully staged, off-book workshop but will not
have as demanding a rehearsal schedule as a full production (likely 2/3
times per week).

Compensation:
At least $150 per actor

To get involved:
Email kari.barclay at gmail.com with your interest, resume or theater
experience (if applicable), and a photo. If it seems like a good fit, we'll
organize a more formal audition via Zoom or in real life.

Thank you!

Best,
Kari

-- 
*Kari Barclay*
They/them or he/him
Director - Writer - Educator
Assistant Professor of Theater, Oberlin College

*"Maintenance: preserve the new; sustain the change; protect progress;
renew the excitement; repeat the flight; show your work--show it again;
keep the contemporary art museum groovy."--Mierle Laderman Ukeles*
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