Auditions -- Head Trick Theatre

Head Trick Theatre seeks actors of all races/ethnicities, ages, and gender identities for its Spring/Summer 2023 shows, INCIDENT AT VICHY and AGNES DE CASTRO!

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INCIDENT AT VICHY
by Arthur Miller

Ten people, rounded up off the street, sit in a detention center in Nazi-collaborationist France, suspected of being Jewish. Waiting to be called in to the room where they and their papers will be inspected and questioned, they confront the truth of what will happen to the people who do not come back through that door, and of the fear, hatred, and complicity that lie in the human heart.

Performances June 16-July 2 at 134 Mathewson St., Providence. Performers available for some dates but not others may audition as alternate/understudy arrangements may be considered. This play was originally cast uniformly with cis white men, but Head Trick seeks a diverse cast of actors of any race/ethnicity or gender, and would love for some audition submissions to come from Jewish actors or others who feel a connection to the subject matter.

AGNES DE CASTRO
by Catharine Trotter

Agnes de Castro. That’s the name on everyone’s lips: the Princess who loves her, the Prince who longs for her, the noble villains who lust for her. And Elvira, whose only thought is revenge on the woman who has everything that should be hers.

This will be a READING with performances August 5 and 8 in Providence, possible other dates TBC. Please note that the play contains mentions of sexual assault.

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Auditions will be held over video chat on Thursday, April 13 and Saturday, April 15. Please fill out this form and we will send you a video chat link and a timeslot: https://forms.gle/n7Mhrr6KRsJZmjQ56

Please prepare one or two memorized dramatic monologues. If you are interested in a role in AGNES DE CASTRO, one of these monologues must be a classical verse monologue (Shakespeare or similar). If you are unable to make these times, contact us at headtricktheatre@gmail.com or via the form and we will see if it is possible to accommodate you.

All actors must be vaccinated and boosted (bivalent), with no exceptions. In-person rehearsals will be masked if necessary. Participation is on a volunteer basis; an honorarium may be paid depending on available funding.

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ABOUT HEAD TRICK THEATRE

Head Trick Theatre is a performing group based in Providence, RI that puts on innovative productions of classic plays with a focus on the importance of liveness. Recent staged productions include "The Assemblywomen", Aristophanes’s chaotic farce about women turning government upside down; "Mrs. Dalloway," Virginia Woolf's dive below the surface of a day in the life of a London socialite and a war veteran, adapted for the stage by Hal Coase; and "Goblin Market", Polly Pen and Peggy Harmon’s otherworldly musical of memory and sisterhood adapted from the Christina Rossetti poem. Digital pandemic productions include our web series of "Dangerous Liaisons" and site-specific audio "Midsummer Night’s Dream". Fall 2023: coming soon!

For more information, or to sign up for our email list, visit http://www.headtricktheatre.org or email headtricktheatre@gmail.com.

[You can also check out the facebook page for this announcement at this link.]

Stress-Releasing/Self-Care Workshop with Susie Schutt!

*** 1 Month left in the Semester and School Year!! ***

 Does the above sentence make you feel tired, over-extended, emotional, stressed, etc.? 

If you could use a little support making it through the final weeks of the term, next week our program will be visited by Susie Schutt, who will lead a workshop/self-care session designed to help you tap into your inner resources. 

Susie is a therapist who specializes in drama therapy techniques. In addition to her therapy practice, Susie is a professional director (currently working on the Wilbury Group’s production of Indecent) and has helped RIC Theatre this year by working as intimacy choreographer for Spring Awakening and Small Mouth Sounds. 

This workshop/session will meet next Wednesday, April 5 from 12:30-1:30pm in the Little Theater. 

Sign up for the session if you need a moment to discuss self-care strategies, to feel support in community, or to simply vent in a safe space.  

Faculty and other instructors will not be present – this is expressly for the student body. 

Sign up at this link! 

(Please note -- since this is the first time we are offering this workshop, there will be a cap at 20 attendees. If more people wish to sign up, we will arrange for another session!)

END OF THE WORLD WEEKLY SCHEDULE 3/27 - 3/30

 3/27 - 3/30 End of the World Schedule 

Monday: Classroom 198

ALL CALLED 

RUN THE SHOW 

Tuesday: Classroom 188

ALL CALLED 

WORKSHOPPING / RECORDING DAY

Wednesday: Classroom 198

ALL CALLED

RUN THE SHOW 

Thursday: Classroom 198

ALL CALLED 

RUN THE SHOW 

Weekly Schedule: March 26th - April 1st

SUNDAY, 3/26

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal

            7:00pm - “Turn to You” with Gel / Scene II-5-B with Bill (Zee not called until 8:30pm) 

            8:30pm - Scene II-4 with Bill (All Called) 

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal

MONDAY, 3/27

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Music (Little Theatre)

      

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal

 

TUESDAY, 3/28

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal -All Called - Finale - II-6

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, 3/29

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Act II Review

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal

THURSDAY, 3/30

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Designer Run of Act II

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal

      

FRIDAY, 3/31

1:00pm - Head Over Heels Production Meeting

        ZOOM MEETING ID#892 5659 5092

        Password = Theatre22

3:00pm - End of the World... Production Meeting

        Meeting ID: 834 0461 3591

        Passcode: 3q0VaPUR

4:00-7:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - TBA - All Called

SATURDAY, 4/1

9:00am-4:00pm - hold for Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called

Resources from Rebecca Maxfield

Hello all --

Rebecca Maxfield sent us a great list that could serve as a starting point for anyone who is looking for plays and other resources:

Expand the Canon: Classic Women Playwrights

The Alternative Canon

Plays and Musicals by Black Playwrights

Lucian Msamati interview that touches on his playing Iago and Salieri as a Black actor.

The Other Canon: 10 Centuries of Plays by Women

Rebecca also invited students to follow HeadTrickTheatre on Facebook, or to write to her at headtricktheatre@gmail.com

Regarding the links, Rebecca writes: 

"I don't remember how I heard of Agnes de Castro. It might have been in the Cambridge Companion to Lesbian Literature and then I went out and read it.

The Lucky Chance, our March 2020 show, is in a book of Restoration comedies by women playwrights that I'd picked up secondhand at some poimt.

I'd seen the Goblin Market musical in college but don't remember how I started thinking about it again, or how I learned about this stage version of Mrs. Dalloway, or about (George Sands') Gabriel.

All I can say is that looking for anthologies/lists or googling stuff ("early modern women playwrights" or "black plays before 1950"or "pre-1900 lesbian theatre" or whatever) is a good starting point but that you basically just have to keep doing it and doing it until you find stuff that you're into!

If students happen to have weird specific queries I can see if there's anything on my radar, even if it's mot something I would have wanted to direct/produce myself!"

So there you go, folks. Another great resource in our community!

END OF THE WORLD REHEARSAL SCHEDULE 3/21 - 3/23

 SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK (3/20 - 3/23)

Tuesday, March 21st

• ALL CALLED 

• RUN SCENES 8 & 9

• BLOCK SCENE 10 

Wednesday, March 22nd

• ALL CALLED 

• CONTINUE BLOCKING SCENE 10

• KIT AND JESS SCENE 11 (maybe)

Thursday, March 23rd

• SCENES 11 & 12

• KIT, JESS, OLIVE, & GODFREY

New Time for Guest Artist: 12:30pm

Hello all -- 

Just a quick update. 

Guest Artist Rebecca Maxfield will be joining us this Wednesday at 12:30pm, 

immediately following the Theatre Org Meeting Updates.

Please spread the word and come welcome her to RIC!

Weekly Schedule: March 19 - March 25

SUNDAY, 3/19

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Finish Act I

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 7 & 8

MONDAY, 3/20

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Finish Act I

      

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 9

 

TUESDAY, 3/21

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal All Called - Finish Act I

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 10

WEDNESDAY, 3/22

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

12:00pm - Theatre Org Meeting - Special Guest: Rebecca Maxfield of Head Trick Theatre (Little Theatre)

1:00pm - TTG Meeting (Tech Classroom)

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal All Called - Finish Act I

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 11

THURSDAY, 3/23

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called - Designer Run of Act I

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Run Scenes 7-11

      

FRIDAY, 3/24

1:00pm - Head Over Heels Production Meeting

        ZOOM MEETING ID#892 5659 5092

        Password = Theatre22

3:00pm - End of the World... Production Meeting

        Meeting ID: 834 0461 3591

        Passcode: 3q0VaPUR

4:00-7:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal

                4:00 PM II-1

5:00 PM II-2

SATURDAY, 3/25

9:00am-4:00pm - hold for Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called

Growing Stage: 2023-2024

If you are interested in Directing on the Growing Stage next season, please email Nicki (nfrechette@ric.edu) for an application.

Application forms, with your resume, potential show choices, and letter of intent are due back by April 7th!

Please keep in mind that Growing Stage shows should have small casts and the production should not rely on spectacle.

Thank you!

Guest Artist Talk (3/22): Rebecca Maxfield of Head Trick Theatre

Rebecca Maxfield, artistic director of Head Trick Theatre, will be visiting the next Theatre Organization Meeting (Wednesday, March 22 at 12:00pm).

Head Trick Theatre's website can be found at http://www.headtricktheatre.org/.

Head Trick Theatre is a theatre company begun and operated by Rebecca Maxfield, created with a community-minded mission to amplify the voices of the female-identified. 

In addition to exploring different approaches to Shakespeare's canon, Ms. Maxfield has overseen productions such as the Goblin Market (a dramatization of the sensual Christina Rossetti coming-of-age poem), Queen Margaret (Jennifer Dick's play that tracks Margaret through Shakespeare's plays, giving her her own dedicated narrative), and Mrs. Dalloway (adapted from Virginia Woolf's novel -- if you've seen the movie The Hours, then you'll be familiar with the story and themes). 

Head Trick has also produced God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch -- this is the play that is the basis for Paula Vogel's Indecent!

Most recently, Head Trick Theatre produced Aristophanes' The Assemblywomen, in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade and other proposed legislation designed to curb reproductive rights. (This piece was performed in parks, libraries, and other free spaces across Rhode Island last summer.)

Rebecca has been very interested in working with students in our program. In addition to hearing how she has built her own company and continued to work through the pandemic, this visit will be a nice way to introduce her to our community of artists.

Please come and welcome Rebecca to RIC!

Auditions: Rhode Island Latino Arts & Trinity Repertory Company

Rhode Island Latino Arts & Trinity Repertory Company present a 90-minute English/Spanish production of La Luz Verde. 

The play has been adapted by Catia from the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and it will be directed by Leandro (Kufa) Castro. 

Seeking five (5) non-union actors; must be age 18 or older. Actors should be fluent in both English and Spanish. Stipend for each performer is $1,500 

Virtual Auditions deadline extended to Friday, March 24, 2023 at 10:00am 

Callbacks: Week of March 27, 2023 

Location: Trinity Rep, 46 Aborn St., Providence RI 02903 

Rehearsal: June 4 to July 5 | Eight total performances throughout the month of July 

Audition Requirements: 

• Please prepare two monologues (or poems) in Spanish, English, or a mix 

• You may also perform one minute of a song, piece of music, or a beat (there will not be an accompanist, so you will have to provide your own backup or sing a capella) 

• The first round of auditions will be virtual. 

Please submit a video audition to auditions@rilatinoarts.org by this new date: 

Friday, March 24th at 10:00 a.m.

Weekly Post: March 12 - March 17

SUNDAY, 3/12

6:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called for Music (Little Theatre)

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 2 (Room 188)

MONDAY, 3/13

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal 

                    I-2 (Little Theatre)

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scenes 3 & 4 (Room 188)

 

TUESDAY, 3/14

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal (Little Theatre)
                7:00 PM I-3-A
    8:00 PM I-3-B

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 5 (Room 188)

WEDNESDAY, 3/15

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal 

                I-11 “Vacation” with Gel (Dance Studio)

   Leads with Bill/Scott (Little Theatre)

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Scene 6 (Room 188)

THURSDAY, 3/16

10:00-4:00pm - Scene Shop open for hours 

7:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal

                I-11 “Vacation” with Gel (Dance Studio)

   Leads with Bill/Scott (Little Theatre)

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - Run first half (Room 188)

      

FRIDAY, 3/17

Happy St Patrick's Day!

1:00pm - Head Over Heels Production Meeting

        ZOOM MEETING ID#892 5659 5092

        Password = Theatre22

3:00pm - End of the World... Production Meeting

        Meeting ID: 834 0461 3591

        Passcode: 3q0VaPUR

4:00-7:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal

             4:00 PM I-4 and I-5

5:00 PM I-6 and I-7

5:30 PM I-10

Weekly Schedule: March 4 - March 12

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 12

6:00-10:00pm - Head Over Heels rehearsal - All Called for MUSIC (Little Theatre)

7:00-10:00pm - End of the World...  rehearsal - All Called for Scenes 1 & 2 (Room 188)

Congratulations!

After the visit from our KCATCF respondent, we can announce the following for Small Mouth Sounds:

• Irene Ryan nominee is Ashley Aldarondo
• Certificate of Merit for Stage Management -- Sara Mulligan
• Certificate of Merit for the Ensemble -- Cast and Crew

Congratulations to everyone for a wonderful ensemble show!!