March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
Employment

Moonbox Productions Seeks Actors for 

HOW TO KILL A GOAT- a reading

A part of the Boston New Works Festival 2025

Performing: JUNE 26-29, 2025

First Rehearsal for FESTIVAL: Mid MAY, 2025/TBD

NON- UNION Boston Local Actors Only

KEY PERSONNEL:

Playwright: Mireya Cosima Sanchez-Maes

Director: Daniela Luz Sanchez

Producer: Sharman Altshuler

Casting Director: Davron Monroe

SYNOPSIS:

“The best way to get to know New Mexico is through its music!” In How to Kill a Goat, Mariana takes the audience on a journey through her life as a bilingual Chicana in the borderlands. Spanning decades, and packed with humor, music, and vivid characters, Mariana shares stories of slaughtering goats, fitting bras, falling in love, and facing loss. With each vignette, the play asks: Why do we tell stories? And how do we keep our culture alive? 

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

MARIANA -Latin(e) female,  New Mexican Mestiza. An enormous capacity to notice. (Actor age range: 20-70)

AL HURRICANE – Latin(e) female, Mariana’s musical chorus. The “Godfather” of New Mexican music. A Chicano legend with an eye-patch. Should be versed in Mariachi-style singing. Guitar skills are a plus  (Actor age range: 20-60)

AL HURRICANE JR. – Latin(e) female, Mariana’s musical chorus. Al Hurricane’s son. Actor should be versed in Mariachi-style singing! Guitar skills are a plus. (Actor age range: 18-40)

MAMA ROSE – Latin(e) female, Mariana’s Grandma. An enormous capacity to love. (Actor age range: 30 – 80)

DOÑA DORA – Latin(e) female, Mariana’s neighbor. An enormous capacity to give (Actor age range: 30-70)

SAMUÉL – Latin(e) male,  A troublemaker turned loving husband (Actor age range: 20-50)

ACTOR 6 – Plays multiple roles. Latin(e) female, Margaret, Teacher, Doctor (Actor age range: 20+)

*Ages of the characters above are relative. If you feel compelled by a character but are unsure about the age, please audition!

1st Round VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Please prepare a 1 min monologue of your choosing.  If  auditioning for AL HURRICANE or AL HURRICANE JR.,  Please include a 30-second excerpt from a song of your choice. (Guitar skills for both ALs are encouraged but not a must) Share your video via a file-sharing link (Google Link, YouTube, Vimeo, etc).  Please send your links to Unfortunately we are unable to accept large video attachments via email.  
If you have any questions about the audition please reach out to BNWFCasting@gmail.com

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

March 30, 2025

Please UPLOAD your Audition Submission to THIS LINK

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

CALLBACKS: 

Date 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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