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CALL FOR AUDITIONS
Open call for actors for the Bryan Wade Brave New Play Rites festival!
Please submit a headshot, resume, and 50-word bio as well as a self-tape of a one-minute contemporary monologue of your choice by December 1st, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.
Actors must be available for two rehearsals in February 2025, totalling 6 hours, and 1 festival performance at the Dorothy Somerset Studio at UBC on one of the festival dates, which are March 11th - 15th 2025 from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Please include availability for these dates in your application. Casting notifications will be sent out in January 2025.
Non-union required. Casting 30-35 actors to play various roles. All ages and backgrounds are welcome. $50 honorarium.
Celebrating its 39th year, the Brave New Play Rites is an annual festival of new plays written by UBC Creative Writing students. We particularly encourage submissions from Indigenous people, people of colour, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, and people from other intersectional and underrepresented communities. Actors will have the chance to collaborate with our directors, have their work showcased in front of a live audience, and gain new play development experience. We look forward to hearing from you.
CALL FOR STAGE MANAGERS
We are seeking one stage manager who will be responsible for the Brave New Play Rites staged reading series. This position will include coordinating with the BNPR producing team, actors, and directors. Experience in calling shows is preferred but not necessarily required. The stage manager must be available for all performance dates.
The stage manager will receive an honorarium of $250. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Only those invited to be interviewed will be contacted. We particularly encourage applications from Indigenous people, people of colour, people with disabilities, LGBTQQIA+ people, and people from other intersectional and underrepresented communities. We look forward to hearing from you.
Essential Dates:
Monday, March 20 to Saturday, March 25 – performances.
How to Apply:
Email crwr.bravenew@ubc.ca
Please include your name, phone number, a 50-word biography, and your curriculum vitae.
Please put ‘STAGE MANAGER SUBMISSION’ in the email subject line.
If you would like to include self-identification, please do so.
Please also indicate three potential interview times that you are available between the week of Saturday, Dec 3 to Saturday, Dec 10.
Deadline for Applications is Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 11:59 PM.
Sincerely,
2024 BNPR production team