February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
Employment

Moonbox Productions Seeks Actors for 

CHOOSE and CELEBRATE- a reading

A part of the Boston New Works Festival 2025

Performing: JUNE 26-29, 2025

First Rehearsal: Mid MAY, 2025/TBD

NON-UNION, Boston Local Actors Only

KEY PERSONNEL:

Playwright: Catherine Giorgetti

Director: Devon Whitney
Producer: Sharman Altshuler

Casting Director: Davron Monroe

SYNOPSIS:

In 1973 Boston, Teresa is working overtime as a journalist and trying to make ends meet, while volunteering with burgeoning newspaper, Gay Community News. When violence permeates the Boston queer community, Teresa’s activism and personal life converge and her relationships are thrown into disarray. She and her community must find a way forward. Inspired by true stories from the first three months of Gay Community News, and the queer Boston writers who shared them.        

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

TERESA-  A Lesbian in her late 20s-30s, white. Fierce, passionate, driven, and stringent in her values. This character is a cisgender woman, but can be played by a trans or nonbinary actor.

ERIC-  A gay man in his late 20s-early 30s, any race. Romantic, hopeful, and visionary. This character is a cisgender man, but can be played by a trans or nonbinary actor. 

CHRISTOPHER- A gay man in his late 20s-early 30s, any race. Eric’s partner. Practical, a realist. This character is a cisgender man, but can be played by a trans or nonbinary actor. 


DEBRA- A very straight woman in her late 20s-early 30s, white. Teresa’s childhood friend. WASP. Loving her life as a housewife, but clinging to the good old days.This character is a cisgender woman, but can be played by a trans or nonbinary actor. Most queerphobic rhetoric in the play that comes from a character comes from Debra. 

The most important part of this casting process, for us, is to gather a group of people together who have care and interest in this slice of local queer history, and who are excited to workshop this new play! We welcome your artistry AND your critical thoughts, questions, and contributions to this story. 

This will be a COVID-conscious process.

1st Round VIDEO SUBMISSIONS***

Please prepare either a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue, OR choose one of the CHOOSE AND CELEBRATE- SIDES provided. Share your video via a file-sharing link (Google link, YouTube, Vimeo, etc). Unfortunately we are unable to accept large video attachments via email.  

If you have any questions about the auditions please reach out to BNWFCasting@gmail.com

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

March 8, 2025

Please UPLOAD your Audition Submission to THIS FORM.

Please make sure that your resume and headshot are attached as 1 file/ 1 pdf

All submissions must include: 

  1. COMPLETED FORM
  2. HEADSHOT/RESUME uploaded as 1 PDF
  3. VIDEO LINK

***Director Devon Whitney and Playwright Catherine Giorgetti will also be available for a limited number of Zoom audition timeslots between 6:45pm-9:45pm on March 8th. Please email catgiorgetti@gmail.com AND devontwhitney@gmail.com to schedule a time slot. These Zoom auditions will be recorded. 

CALLBACKS: 

TBD

COMPENSATION: 

$15/hr for both rehearsals and performances

Rehearsal hours per week: 15 hrs/wk for up to 4 weeks 

Paid in full at the end of the festival

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TIME COMMITMENTS: 

  • First Rehearsal:  Mid to late MAY/TBD
  • Rehearsal Days: TBD  
  • Total Rehearsal: 15 hrs per week for up to 4wks
  • Tech week up to 30 hrs for the week .
  • Tech Week Schedule: June 20th-26th. Exact schedule TBD
  • First Performance: Festival opens June 26th 
  • Closing: Festival Closes June 29th 

ACCESSIBILITY: 

Moonbox is committed to working with actors of all abilities and backgrounds. If you need assistance in submitting your audition (i.e., ASL interpretation or English captioning for Deaf or HoH artists, OCR text documents of sides for visually-impaired artists, or other accessibility services) please contact kacrumrine@gmail.com, our Director of Community and Accessibility Initiatives, as soon as possible.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At Moonbox, we believe that the stories we tell are important. They sustain and preserve our community, our history, and our values. Telling racially diverse stories allows us not only to reflect – but also to reflect on – the complexities of our past. When we join together in the act of storytelling, we are united in ways that transcend the everyday. Together, we can use the power of storytelling to honor our commonalities, celebrate our differences, and address historical discrimination and injustice. We pledge to take this power seriously, and to use our voices and the stories we tell to dismantle the systemic racism and white supremacy engulfing our culture, our country, and our industry .We believe in creating spaces that reflect the diversity of our shared community, both on and off the stage, where under-represented voices, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and people living with disabilities feel valued and important. We believe that accessibility is a human right.  We are devoted to providing performances and work spaces that can be experienced and enjoyed universally, and to incorporating accessibility planning into our production, design, staffing, and budgeting processes from day one. More on our antiracism plan here https://moonboxproductions.org/about/#antiracism

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