Audition Listings

 ANTI/SOCIAL:  A Comedy

to be performed at the InspiraTO Festival, Toronto:

Produced by WATERCOURSE THEATRE

Producer: Catherine Frid

Director: ML Dodick

Written by Catherine Frid & ML Dodick

Our website: 

https://www.watercoursetheatre.com/auditions.html

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THE STORY:

​Welcome to Aleesha’s world, her Social Work paper is due –
​and Aleesha desperately needs to find the perfect “Human Subject” to write about.
Enter a woman who’s a panhandler in the City Park. Perfect!
If only Aleesha could convince her to co-operate.
Things get messy – and then there’s the Police Officer…

PRODUCTION INFORMATION:

PLAY REHEARSALS

• There are 10 Play rehearsals (rehearsals are approx. 1.5 – 2 hours)
• Play rehearsals begin in March 2020 and continue until the end of May 2020.

TECH & CUE-TO-CUE REHEARSALS

• There are 2 Tech rehearsals at Alumnae Theatre (Thurs. May 21 at 1:00pm, and  Sun. May 24 at 11:00am).
• And there is 1 Cue-to-Cue "dress rehearsal" at Alumnae Theatre (Wed. May 27 at 1:30pm).

• Tech Rehearsals & Cue-to-Cue “Dress Rehearsals” will be at Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street

PERFORMANCES 

• There will be 7 performances
• Performances will be at Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley Street, Toronto
• Performances will run May 28 – June 6, 2020
• The play is 10 minutes long and is a part of a 1-hour show, comprised of 6×10-minute plays.

AUDITION DATES/TIMES:

Auditions are by appointment.

AUDITIONS 

Tuesday, March 3, 2020
4:30pm – 8:30pm

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
4:30pm – 8:30pm

CALL BACKS

Thursday, March 5, 2020
6:30pm – 8:30pm

A copy of the play will be on reserve at the Information Desk, 5th Floor Arts, Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St.

COMPENSATION:

This year, the InspiraTO Festival works on a profit-sharing model. 
Our show's 3 Actors will share equally with the Director and Producer in the play’s profits from InspiraTO. 

 
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:

ALEESHA: Stage age is early-20s. Any ethnicity. Any gender.
Seeking an excellent comedic actor.
​She’s like Alexis from the TV series Schitt’s Creek.
And Aleesha livestreams her life on Social Media – she’s a Social Media star.

 
WATERCOURSE THEATRE encourages submissions from all ethnicities & genders.
 
WHO CAN BE CAST:

• Non- Union Actors can be cast
• “Apprentice  Members” of ACTRA/Equity can be cast.

 
Please Note:
“Full Union Members” of ACTRA/Equity are not able to be cast in this production.

 
TIME COMMITMENT:

Please assess whether you are able to make this time commitment before you audition.
The success of our production requires actors who are able to give this their full attention.
Thank you –
WATERCOURSE THEATRE

 
HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit your Resume and Headshot to:
WatercourseTheatreCasting@gmail.com
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• Our Team will contact you to schedule an Audition
• Audition Sides will be emailed to you ahead of the Audition
• Auditions will be held in Downtown Toronto, audition location will be confirmed in our response email
• Please bring your headshot and resume to the Audition​