Theatre Evolve
Krugozor

Pay: Stipend

Description:

A note about casting (adopted from language with consent originally created by Kevin Kantor and Emaily Traquin of Actors Theatre of Louisville):
Most characters we encounter currently are on the binary and are written with he/him or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the descriptions below. However limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-confirming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to sumbit for the roles thet most identify with.

We will also list race/ethnicity when specific to the character but are otherwise seeking all races and ethnicities!

Theatre Evolve presents the World premiere of Krugozor! by Katie Coleman. Krugozor! is the story of Svetlana and Vitaly who grow up in the waning days of the Soviet Union, obsessed with Western Rock music, trying to find their place in art, life and government, and reconcile their dreams with reality. Krugozor! brings the real life story of one magazine and its impact on a generation through music.

Character Breakdown:
ALREADY CAST - VITALY ALEKSANDROVICH ALKAEV
Male, 20s-30s. Plays the drums (kinda), kind and gentle, a follower who finds his own path

ALREADY CAST - SVETLANA OLEGOVNA LEKOV
Female, 20s-30s Plays the guitar, rebellious and daring, takes matters into her own hands

LYUBOV PETROVNA ALKAEV/ VALERIA STEPANEVNA LEKOV
Female, 40s-50s Vitaly's Mother; a kind soul, selfless / Svetlana's Mother; practical and level headed

OLEG ABRAMOVICH LEKOV/ ALEKSANDR IVANOVICH ALKAEV
Male, 40s-60s Svetlana's Father; a dreamer who encourages Svetlana's love of music / Vitaly's Father

FEMALE ENSEMBLE TRACK-- 20s-30s
GALINA ALEKSANDROVNA ALKAEV - Vitaly's younger sister, a gymnast; youthful and bright
PATTI SMITH
CATHERINE THE GREAT
MALE ENSEMBLE TRACK-- 30s-60s
NIKOLAI SERGEYOVICH VANZIN - The best friend of Vitaly and Svetlana, in the band - an anarchist.
EVGENI FYODOROVICH DENIKIN - A friend of Svetlana's father
LENIN
JOHN LENNON
JOHN F. KENNEDY

VOICE OF KRUGOZOR 1
VOICE OF KRUGOZOR 2
The backbone of the story. They are part narrator, part subtext.

Auditions will be AUGUST 13th from 10AM-6PM at The Edge Theatre.
Callbacks will be AUGUST 20th from 11-3PM at The Edge Theatre

There is a $225 Stipend.

Other things of note:
We follow "Not in Our House" guidelines.
We are following CDC protocols.
All cast and crew members must be fully vaccinated.
There is live music in the show - a lot of it!

Time Commitment:

Rehearsal: 4 days a week from Nov 4 - Jan 5th with ample holiday breaks for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Tech: Jan 7th - 12th
Production Dates: Jan 13th - Feb 4th

Where:
Rehearsals will be at The Edge Theatre
The show is at The Factory Theatre

Material To Prepare:

1 60 second monologue - No accents, please
One 16 Bar or 30 second cut of a song in the style of rock, punk, or folk.

Please be prepared to play and sing as we are looking for instrumentalists, although we will consider actors who only sing. There will be a keyboard provided for those who play piano.

Contact Info:

Please email headshots and resumes to theatreevolvecasting@gmail.com
For video submissions please email an unlisted YouTube or Google link to a video to theatreevolvecasting@gmail.com by 8/12/22

Reply To Email: theatreevolvecasting@gmail.com