[NEohioPAL] Unruly Grandeur holds auditions for a medieval theatre festival

[Charlene, Kelly, and Liam]

Unruly Grandeur is holding auditions for a pair of short medieval plays
that will travel to Toronto, Canada, for a one-day festival. We are taking
a troupe of professional non-equity Cleveland actors to participate in York
Plays 2025 <https://www.yorkplays.ca/>, an international, collaborative
effort to stage all fifty plays of the York Corpus Christi plays in a
single day hosted by the University of Toronto.

Unruly Grandeur will be producing Joseph’s Trouble about Mary, a poignant
domestic comedy about the importance of trusting women, and The Trial
Before Herod, a dark satire showing steadfastness in the face of a corrupt
political system. We see an opportunity to have a conversation through
these plays about violence—in particular, violence enacted by state and
religious hierarchies. Taking a feminist approach, we will ask who is
performing this violence, for what reason, and most importantly, who, or
what type of bodies, is the violence enacted against?

These productions will rehearse in the spring of 2025, with a local
performance for Cleveland audiences.

Travel to Toronto to take part in the international festival June 6-9th,
2025.

We are looking for five actors and four actor-designers to join us.

Joseph’s Troubles about Mary, directed by Kelly Elliott

5 actors: any gender, any ethnicity

Joseph

Mary

Angel

1 Woman

2 Woman

The Trial before Herod, directed by Charlene V. Smith.

9 actors: any gender, any ethnicity

King Herod

Jesus (non-speaking role)

1 Soldier

2 Soldier

1 Duke

2 Duke

1 Son

2 Son

3 Son

The project’s co-producer dramaturg is Liam Thomas Daley.


The two pageants make approximately 35 minutes of material so rehearsal
hours will be less than for a traditional two-act play. Participants will
be paid a stipend of $350 and receive three days of a $65 per diem. Housing
will likely be at the University of Toronto dorms and include breakfast.
Participants will be required to have up-to-date COVID vaccinations and a
valid passport. Financial assistance will be available to anyone for whom
that would create an access barrier.

Auditions will be held on Sunday, October 20 from 4pm-8pm and Monday,
October 21 from 6pm - 8pm. Auditions will take place at Pilgrim
Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113. Auditions
will be in half-hour slots and consist of sides from the scripts (available
below). Please bring a headshot and resume, if you have one. To sign up for
an audition slot, visit
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0448AAA62AA57-52227311-medieval

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

E-mail unrulygradeur at gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561361333616

https://www.yorkplays.ca/

AUDITION INFORMATION

Audition Notice:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TYJiY9nxS5NlEvuojRCtWALyxTOq5LtLObxzjfyAuDw/edit?usp=sharing

Audition Form:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmxBJF-l9O4kh0fYpU3YQPRnByy1Ocf7mXzZaXFvxJg/edit?usp=sharing

Audition Sides:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TX3lpdHWZB6wPHM4uxSnp6ZapJVEP_borEiRHTjXXjo/edit?usp=sharing
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