Auditioning actors for a Staged Reading titled Geographies during the Fertile Ground Festival. Performance dates :Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00 pm and Saturday, April 20th at 2:00 pm, at Portland Playhouse, 602 NE Prescott. We anticipate 3 rehearsals and 1-2 run throughs. Schedule depends on who is cast. No one is being paid in this production. The project will be videoed and all cast members will be given access to the video to download for resumes.
Uruguayan writer Benedetti wrote about exile and the effects of torture on victim, abuser, and the society in general. He was exiled for 12 years. His dark sense of humor and surprising approaches to this material bring out the poignancy and humanity of those affected.Leading Characters
Teenage girl (CTZ) 14
Quinones (CTZ) 40
Captain Montes (LM) 35 – 45
Colonel Ramos (LM) (35-55)
Resident (Stars) 40 – 70
Investigator (Stars)40 – 60
Police Commissioner Oliva (Stars) 35+
Arroyo (Stars) 30 – 50
Roberto (Geo) 30
Delia (Geo)30
Bernardo (Geo) 30
Protagonist (Ojos) 55 – 70
Old Woman (60 – 80)
Stage Directions Narrator
There are multiple secondary characters
Producer/Writer Melissa Marsland
Directors: Julie Akers, Sophina Flores
Please send head shot and or resume in advance to melissamarsland@gmail.com. Please prepare a 1-2 minute monologue or contrasting 1 minute monologues. Actors may arrive anytime between 2 and 3:30 pm. You may request a half hour window of time.
