[cid:image007.jpg@01D583FF.ABE04B00] Seeking Actors/Performers ages 18+ for a four-person company to perform Get on the Bus [cid:image008.png@01D583FF.ABE04B00]Auditions: Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in Studio 1. 901 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402 Desired skills include: Acting, vocal training; ability to work well with children. Auditionees are asked to arrive 15 minutes early to the audition and plan to stay for the full two hours. Auditionees may be released early as necessary. Please bring a head shot and resume and come prepared with a 1-minute monologue as well as a verse and/or chorus from a song of your choosing to be sung a capella. Actors may also be asked to read from the script during auditions. About the play: Thomas and Julia face a modern question about civil rights as Thomas is about to board a bus to stand up for immigrants facing discrimination. The questions of human dignity and justice are explored further when they meet Ms. Vivian, a veteran of the original Freedom Rides of the 1960s. Through Vivian’s memories, the students consider how the challenges and lessons of the Civil Rights Movement could influence their actions today. The play challenges students to think critically about the Civil Rights Movement, civic engagement, American identity and freedom of expression in relation to the urgent issues of our own times. This production tours to K-12 schools, museums and community centers in the South Sound and potentially state-wide. The primary audience is students, teachers and families. The production is 35 minutes long, with a scripted 10-minute audience reflection led by the actors following each performance. Tour Dates: January 8 - February 7 Compensation: Performers will be hired as part time employees of Tacoma Arts Live at a rate of $14/hr, for an estimated 180 hours. Performers are required to study on their own time and come to rehearsals and performances prepared. You will be paid for the time you are in rehearsal, traveling to performance sites, loading in and setting up at each site, performance and loading out at each site. There may be long breaks within a given performance day, should scheduling demand, where the performers will be off the clock until their second performance of the day. Character Breakdown: * Friend 1, teen, Latinx, may speak some Spanish, faced with the choice to participate in civil rights activities in support immigrant rights * Friend 2, teen, any ethnicity, Friend 1’s best friend and confidant, a bit of a know-it-all, caring and brave * Vivian/Victor, any gender, late 70s-early 80s, African American, a veteran of the Freedom Rides of the 1960s and is participating in the civil rights activities of the present for immigration rights, wise, patient, soft but very strong * The Bus Driver, any gender, any ethnicity, 20s-30s, plays multiple roles throughout including Bus Driver, Vivian/Victor’s mother (in flashback sequence), Friend 1’s mother/father, Narrator, Police Officer, and more, speaks some Spanish Tacoma Arts Live: The non-profit Tacoma Arts Live is a leading regional performing arts center located in downtown Tacoma, WA. Tacoma Arts Live consists of three performing arts theaters, three studios, the Tacoma Armory, and Jones office building; it anchors the Broadway Theater District, a neighborhood which includes other artistic activities and enterprises. Programs at Tacoma Arts Live include musicals, theater, dance, opera, concerts, film, lectures, children's shows and other arts events performed by touring and community organizations. Attendance at Tacoma Arts Live is over 300,000 per year derived from over 1,100 event days. We are committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment, and to fostering creativity, excellence and collaboration. We honor and value the dignity of all individuals, and want all qualified individuals to apply for our positions. Learn More here: https://www.tacomaartslive.org/about/employment-opportunities-careers<https://www.tacomaartslive.org/about/employment-opportunities-careers?fbclid=IwAR1jU0MXKSv_t2tbawkynMWlnGY54fIMPElao4u-eqNxWu--ZVh5AsZewd8> Vanessa Cadungug Marketing Manager [cid:image009.jpg@01D583FF.ABE04B00]<http://www.tacomaartslive.org/> Tacoma Arts Live O: 253.591-5939 C: 253.686.2443 TacomaArtsLive.org<https://www.tacomaartslive.org/> * Box Office: 253.591.5894 Pantages Theater ● Rialto Theater ● Theater on the Square ● Tacoma Armory Energize Your Passion.