Virtual Auditions for Someone You Know – A New Musical

Virtual Auditions for Someone You Know – A New Musical

 

Written by: Lindsay Bartlette Allen (Co-Writer & Lyricist) & Rachel Page (Co-Writer, Lead Lyricist & Composer)

Directed by: Frankie Leo Bennett

Music Direction by: Alex Newkirk

 

Rehearsal schedule: Begins the week of Oct 7th, weeknights & Saturday afternoons

Rehearsal location: mostly Rogers Park & Edgewater areas

Performance space: The Berry Black-Box Space, Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N Clark St, Chicago

Performance schedule: Thursdays- Sundays (Nov 7th-Nov 17th), with filming and possible pick-up rehearsals Nov 11th-13th

**Someone You Know will also play a month-long run in April 2025 on Bramble Arts Loft’s larger thrust stage– possibility of extending casting to this future production.**

 

Online Submission Deadline: September 10th, 2024

In-Person Callback Dates: Mid-September 2024

Stipend: $250

Non-Union

 

How to Submit:

We are accepting video submissions until Tuesday, September 10th, at 11:59 PM.

Seeking FIVE Strong Actors/ Singers:

KAS (LINDSAY’s BOYFRIEND): Middle-Eastern or Racially Ambiguous, 30s

A WOMAN: 30s-60s, plays multiple roles

A STRANGER: 30s- 50s, plays multiple roles

+ 2 women lead understudies for the roles of LINDSAY & ABBI

 

It is strongly preferred that these actors read sheet music. All genders, ethnicities and encouraged to submit.

Include in your submission:

1. A video showcasing any newly/recently recorded videos showcasing your best contemporary (pop/rock style) musical theater song

2. A 1-min contemporary monologue

3. Your current headshot & resume

If you’re interested in being considered for this project, please make sure your availability matches the production schedule and submit your audition materials by the deadline. Send your video submissions with a Google Drive link shared with “anyone with the link” along with your current headshot and resume BY SEPT 10TH to info@wegotmoxie.org and cc theletteallen@gmail.com. For more information about the show, visit our website at www.wegotmoxie.org.

 

 

About the musical:

Someone You Know is a new musical based on the true stories of two women, Lindsay and Abbi, who survive sexual assault and rape. The ripple effect of this event not only influences their own individual lives but also the lives of those around them. Audiences see both stories unfold side by side. Although the two women inhabit the same spaces, meet the same people, and share similar experiences, they don’t know each other, illustrating we often suffer in silence next to someone you know.

Someone You Know is using the stage to recontextualize stigma and empower those who may be sitting in silence. What makes our show uniquely accessible is that Someone You Know is a show specifically written for everyone. There is no cursing or nudity in the show. We aim to reach not only survivors with our message, but also young people, friends and family of survivors, and people who don’t even know they have a connection to someone with a survivor story of their own. People don’t often have the language or the experience to connect with those who have gone through such traumatic experiences, so this musical is about the ripple effect that sexual assault and rape has on everyone. Thriving together is how we move through adversity.

Our musical has been workshopped and incredibly well received by audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles, Barcelona, and rural Illinois, proving that our message translates to typical theatre-going audiences as well as non-native English speakers and small-town farmers.

We will have an intimacy coordinator for this production.