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EQUALITY PRODUCTIONS announces the auditions for THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson. Four beautiful badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. This grand and dream-tweaked play is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.

Four Female-Identifying Roles Available:

• OLYMPE de GOUGES— 30s-50s. Badass activist playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom.
• CHARLOTTE CORDAY—20s-30s. Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious, hardened by righteousness, never been kissed.
• MARIE ANTOINETTE—30s-50s. Less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend.
• MARIANNE ANGELLE—20-40s. A badass black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a free woman, a spy working with her husband, Vincent. Tough, classy, vigilant. The sanest one of them all.

Equality Productions encourages submissions from artists with a broad range of backgrounds, including all races, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities, ages, and gender/gender identities.

Non-union. This production will be done as a fundraiser and therefore these roles will not be paid. All rehearsals will take place online in a Zoom format. The show will be recorded and released in late August.

Cast members’ minimum technical requirements include:

1. A computer, smartphone, or tablet with a working microphone and camera that can be used without a headset
2. A stable high-speed internet connection (https://www.speedtest.net/) and the ability to connect your device directly via ethernet cable, and
3. A quiet space with good/controllable lighting to rehearse and record.

Auditions are on Monday, July 6th, and Tuesday, July 7th from 7-10 pm EST each night via Zoom (Zoom link on audition sign up page). Sign up for your audition no later than Sunday, July 5th at 5 pm EST at https://tinyurl.com/y94u5snt

Actors are asked to prepare sides for their character(s) of choice. These sides can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yay8j8nr

Please email these items to Lana Sugarman, the director, at lanasugarman@gmail.com, no later than 5 pm EST on Sunday, July 5th.

1. Your headshot (file name should be first_last_hs – e.g., Mary Jones HS)
2. Your theatre resume (file name should be first_last_resume – e.g. Mary Jones Resume)
3. Which role(s) you’d like to read for; if more than one list them in order of preference, and,
4. Which rehearsal dates and times you can NOT attend from July 12th to August 30th (weekday evenings from 7-10 pm, Saturdays from 10 am – 6 pm and Sunday from noon – 9 pm).

Rehearsals will take place 4-5 times per week from mid-July to mid/late August on weekday nights and weekends or during weekdays depending on the actors’ availability.. Actors will be responsible for their costumes, hair, props, and makeup. The director will assist if needed.

Equality Productions announces auditions for virtual recordings of two episodes from the TV series: THE GOLDEN GIRLS in honor of LBGTQ Pride Month. The productions will benefit Ohio LGBTQ organizations and therefore these roles are non-paid.

Sign up to audition for one or more roles on Thursday, July 2nd. The script will be emailed to you prior to the audition. Both men and women will be considered for casting for female roles.

• Dorothy 7p – https://tinyurl.com/y72kmqul
• Blanche 7:30p –  https://tinyurl.com/y7x3qbvz
• Rose 8:00p – https://tinyurl.com/y94k8kx3
• Sophia 8:30p – https://tinyurl.com/y7zsevs2
• Clayton 9:00p – https://tinyurl.com/y9qt7vpy

BLANCHE is a vivacious, slightly promiscuous Southerner with a flair for younger men.

CLAYTON is Blanche’s younger brother. According to Blanche, he is just as “great looking, charming and irresistible to men” as his sister. Clayton, a divorcee, came into his own and proudly so as a gay man.

DOROTHY is a no-nonsense woman who worked as a teacher. She often delivers stinging insults and sharp punchlines.

ROSE is a well-intentioned but very daffy woman who didn’t always understand the intricacies of speech.

SOPHIA is Dorothy’s mother and is as sharp-tongued as her daughter.

Questions? equalityproductionscincy@gmail.com

Equality Productions announces auditions for virtual recordings of two episodes from the TV series: THE GOLDEN GIRLS in honor of LBGTQ Pride Month (June):

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC: Dorothy’s college friend Jean comes for a visit and Dorothy decides not to tell Blanche and Rose that Jean is a lesbian. Jean confides to Dorothy that she’s in love with Rose. Meanwhile, Sophia rents X-rated movies.

SISTERS OF THE BRIDE: Blanche’s brother Clayton arrives with a big surprise: his boyfriend, Doug. Blanche claims to have accepted Clay’s sexual orientation, but witnessing his relationship throws her for a curve. Meanwhile, Rose is determined to win the “Volunteer of the Year” award.

CHARACTERS:

• BLANCHE is a vivacious, slightly promiscuous Southerner with a flair for younger men.
• CLAYTON is Blanche’s younger brother. According to Blanche, he is just as “great looking, charming and irresistible to men” as his sister. Clayton, a divorcee, came into his own and proudly so as a gay man.
• DOROTHY is a no-nonsense woman who worked as a teacher.. She often delivers stinging insults and sharp punchlines.
• JEAN is intelligent and warm, but quiet compared to the lead quartet.
• ROSE is a well-intentioned but very daffy woman who didn’t always understand the intricacies of speech.
• SOPHIA is Dorothy’s mother and is as sharp-tongued as her daughter.

All the characters are in their 60’s, except for Clayton who is 45-55 and Sophia who is in her 80s. All gender identities are welcome to audition for any role.

The productions will benefit Ohio community theaters and therefore these roles are non-paid. The director, Richard Zenk, expects to begin rehearsals the week of June 29 with recordings the week of July 12th. Actors will be responsible for their costumes, hair, and makeup. Some assistance can be provided with wigs.

Email your theater resume and 1-minute video audition by June 24 to equalityproductionscincy.com.  State your name and the role for which you are auditioning at the start of the recording. Then record yourself in the character you chose. Do an internet search for inspiration.

“Let me tell you girls the three most important things I learned about life: number one, hold fast to your friends; number two, there’s no such thing as security; and number three, don’t go see Ishtar. Woof.” – Sophia

“Boy, I remember when I was a little girl we’d get depressed. Grandma could always cheer us up. She’d take out her dentures and she’d take a healthy swig from the aquarium, and then she’d put a flashlight under a chin, and we could watch the goldfish swim from cheek to cheek. We could have watched it all day… but visiting hours were only from ten to four.” – Rose

“My first was Billy. Oh, I’ll never forget it! That night under the dogwood tree, the air thick with perfume, and me with Billy. Or Bobby? Yes, that’s right, Bobby! Or was it Ben? Oh who knows, anyway, it started with a B.”  – Blanche

“Rose, he left me 38 years later for a stewardess that he met on a business trip to Hawaii. It was her first flight. They said, ‘On arrival, give the passengers a lei.’ She got confused, he got lucky, and they now live on Maui.” — Dorothy