Welcome to Perseverance Theatre’s Auditions Portal
Apprenticeship Educational Lab
CASTING CALL
THE REVOLUTIONISTS BY LAUREN GUNDERSON
Perseverance Theatre is officially accepting auditions for an upcoming staged reading of
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Allison Dincau and stage managed by Gabriel Conesa Caquias. Those auditioning will read sides from the show and will be asked to sign up for an in-person audition or submit a self-taped video for consideration.
EXPECTATIONS AND COMPENSATION
This is an educational setting for actors to learn with and support an up and coming director and stage manager. This is not a fully produced show, and actors will not be expected to be off book. Compensation for the actors is provided through voluntary donations from the audience or a modest stipend, following one free presentation.
AUDITIONS
Auditions will be held in-person on March 18th from 6pm-9pm.
All video submissions will be due on March 18th at 6pm.
Sign-up for a time or submit a video submission at this link
If you require technical assistance or a space to capture your audition, please
email casting@ptalaska.org to make a reservation for our Phoenix Black Box space.
KEY DATES AND SCHEDULE
Rehearsals: April 12th- 16th, 6-10pm
Presentation: April 17th, 7:30pm
The full rehearsal schedule can be found here!
SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection that ends in a song and a scaffold.
CHARACTERS:
OLYMPE DE GOUGES
| 38 | Any race/ethnicity
Badass activist, playwright and feminist. Theatre nerd, excitable, passionate, a showman. Widowed and never remarried to ensure her personal freedom.
CHARLOTTE CORDAY
| 25 | Any race/ethnicity
Badass country girl and assassin. Very serious and hardened by righteousness, never been kissed. Has a pocket watch she keeps checking. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask.
MARIE-ANTOINETTE
| 38 | Any race/ethnicity
Less badass but fascinating former queen of France. Bubbly, graceful, opinionated, totally unaware, unintentionally rude, and oddly prescient. Never had a real friend. Also plays FRATERNITE in a mask.
MARIANNE ANGELLE
| 30s | Black
A badass Black woman in Paris. She is from the Caribbean, a free woman, a spy working with her husband, Vincent. Tough, classy, vigilant, the sanest one of them all.
You are welcome to generally submit to Perseverance Theatre.
All skill and experience levels welcome.
To submit as an actor to be considered for any production or project on a rolling basis, please fill out the following form.
You must use a Google account to complete this form, even if your preferred email address is not Google.
Questions/concerns? Email casting@ptalaska.org