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the last days of judas iscariot

Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis

Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult content

Director: Becca Parker
Stage Manager: Liam Waya
Producers: Rich Hammett and Andrea Hermitt

Production dates: July 13-21, 2024
Rehearsals begin on: May 6, 2024
Strike date: After final performance
No conflict dates: May 6, July 6-7 2024, July 13-14, July 20-21

No rehearsals on: May 12, 2024, May 24-27, 2024, June 14-16, 2024, June 29-July 5, 2024

Submissions open: July 1, 2023
Audition Workshop: July 31, 2023 and April 15, 2024
Show Audition dates: April 18, 2024 6:30-9pm
Callbacks: To be arranged in April 2024 if needed

Pay: $50 stipend

Please prepare: A contemporary dramatic monologue
Please bring: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between May 6-July 21, 2024

Audition disclosures: Callbacks if needed will be sides from the script sent at least 24 hours prior to the audition. Callbacks may include the use of severe adult language including slurs, religious cursing, and the f-word.

Show description: Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT reexamines the plight and fate of the New Testament’s most infamous and unexplained sinner. 

This show will be semi-immersive, with audience members serving as part of the jury. The feel of this show will be putting the audience in the courtroom. Most actors will interact with audience members at some point during the show.

Roles being cast:

Many roles will be doubled.  LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described is invited to audition and may be cast.

The roles of Jesus, Judas, Satan, Gloria/Mother Teresa, Yusef, Fabiana, Judge Cunningham/Caiphus, Butch Honeywell and Simon/Bailiff have been cast from our 23-24 season auditions.

Henrietta Iscariot: the mother of Judas Iscariot, she is described as a “well built woman”. This role will be played by a female presenting actor and should appear older than the actor playing Judas.

Loretta/Mary Magdalene/Sister Glenna: Loretta is a member of the jury. Mary Magdalene was a friend to Jesus. This role will be played by a female presenting actor.

Pontius Pilate/Uncle Pino: This role will be played by a male presenting who is black.

Sigmund Freud, Saint Thomas, Soldier 1: This role may be played by any actor.

Matthias of Galilee/Saint Peter/Soldier 2: This role may be played by any actor.

Disclosures:

It is highly recommended that actors familiarize themselves with this play prior to auditioning. It contains cursing, religious, ethnic, and other slurs, and will be performed as written.

Judge curses a lot, including the f word, religious cursing and slurs.
Saint Monica curses a lot, including the f word and ethnic slurs. Portrays smoking onstage.
Gloria: portrays smoking onstage.
Loretta: portrays smoking onstage.
Butch Honeywell curses. Portrays drinking. This actor sits onstage for almost the entire show, and will interact directly with the audience.
Saint Peter curses, including the f word
Yusef El-Fayoumy curses and will interact directly with the audience.
Simon the Zealot curses. This actor stands onstage for a long period of time.
Fabiana Cunningham curses, including the f word and will interact directly with the audience
Judas, curses a lot including the f word. Portrays drinking and smoking. Briefly removes shirt onstage
Satan- Curses, including the f word and slurs. Portrays drinking and smoking. Briefly removes shirt onstage.
Jesus- Silent the first half of the show, so the actor in this role must be able to speak without speaking. Onstage almost the entire show. Removes his shirt onstage.
Saint Thomas curses, including the f word.
Pilate curses, including the f word

Clyde’s

Playwright: Lynn Nottage

Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult content

Director: Andre Eaton Jr.

Production dates: June 15, 2024
Rehearsals begin on: 2-3 rehearsals on zoom to be scheduled in May and early June.
No conflict dates: June 15

No rehearsals on: May 12, 2024, May 24-27, 2024

Submissions open: April 1, 2024
Show Audition dates: Videos due by April 30, 2024

Pay: no pay

Please prepare: A contemporary monologue, dramatic or seriocomic. Please film yourself performing and submit it to auditions@liveartstheatre.org by April 30, 2024. Please slate at the beginning of your video, stating your name and the show you are auditioning for. Please also state your availability on June 15 between 1-5pm.
Please send: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between May 1-June 15, 2024

Audition disclosures: This audition is for a staged reading that will take place outdoors at Jones Bridge Park in June. There is no pay.

Show description: In CLYDE’S, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them down, the staff members learn to reclaim their lives, find purpose, and become inspired to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.

Roles being cast:

LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described is invited to audition and may be cast. Descriptions are provided by the playwright.

CLYDE (she/her 30’s-50’s, Black) Formerly incarcerated. Owner of the sandwich shop. Frighteningly charming. Her way or the highway. Knows she’s the shit and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. Her tough love is heavy on tough and very light on love. Invulnerable. Insensitive. Tyrannical. Fire and ice. Sees the worst in people. Delights in humiliating others. Dangerously funny.

MONTRELLUS (he/him 50’s-60’s, Black) – Formerly incarcerated. Head sandwich chef. Mindful. Smooth as silk. Guides others to find their own way. Accepts himself fully and needs no one else’s approval. Patient. Kind. Inspiring. Experiences sandwich making as necessary healing. Sees the best in people. Relishes in empowering others. Wit as sharp as his wisdom.

RAFAEL (he/him, 20’s30’s Latinx)— Formerly incarcerated. Recovering addict. A romantic. In love with Letitia. Big personality. Bigger heart. Full of charm. Shows off and shows out with machismo and bravado. Takes everything a little too seriously because he fears no one takes him seriously. Sensitive but defensive. Needs this job to stay clean.

LETITIA (she/her 20’s -30’s, Black) — Formerly incarcerated. Single mother to a child with health issues. A dreamer. Likes Rafael. Loves to laugh. Quick witted. Sharp tongued. Independent to a fault because she fears being vulnerable. Trust issues. Wants stability. Hopeful but impatient. Needs this job to stay afloat.

JASON (he/him, 20’s-30’s, white) – Formerly incarcerated. White supremacist affiliation. A survivor. Proud. Hard. Standoffish. A lone wolf. Quick to anger. Keeps his distance from people because he fears he is the monster they see. Wants someone to really see him. Earnest but lost. Needs this job to stay alive.

Disclosures:

This play will be presented as a staged reading as part of our annual Juneteenth celebration. There is no pay. The performance will take place outdoors under a covered pavilion at Jones Bridge Park.