AEA Special Appearance Contract and non-AEA.  Stipend for non-Equity.

Open Call, Saturday, April 19
10:00 am - 12:00 noon for THE THEATER PROJECT

The Theater Project is updating its files prior to casting its summer and fall productions; casting for both shows will be completed by May 15

The Theater Project, Union County College’s Professional Theater Company is located on the Cranford campus, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ  07016.  TheaterProject@aol.com

Actors from New York should take the 113 NJ Transit bus from Port Authority leaving at 9:00 am, arriving in Cranford about 9:45 am.  Disembark at the train station in downtown Cranford and Theater Project stage manager will provide transportation to and from audition.

FLAMING GUNS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Jane Martin, runs July 10-August 3

DEFYING GRAVITY by Jane Anderson, runs September 25 -October 12.

CAST BREAKDOWN

Purple Sage: spoofs rodeo queens, cowboy movies, bad guys, true love and grotesque true crime dramas. three women, four men, 20s -- 50s,

Women: 

• Big 8, a former rodeo queen with a skill for taking very good care of young cowboys with back problems
• Shirl, Big 8's sister, works down at the local slaughterhouse, and is always bringing home "treats."
• She Devil, recovering biker girl, with hair the color of "throwed up strawberry milkshake."

Men:

• Rob Bob, a young aspiring rodeo star and old western movie fanatic -- Big 8's latest patient.

• Black Dog, a one-eyed Ukrainian Hells Angel. Requires extreme physicality - he dies a lot.

• Baxter Blue, overaged Boy Scout who serves as the town sheriff and Shirl's and main squeeze.

• Donnie Pride, young cowhand and aspiring rodeo star - small role, could possibly double as Black Dog

Defying Gravity,  for women, three men , 20s – 60s, A fantasy reflection on the 1986 Challenger explosion, exploring human kind’s thirst for the world beyond our grasp.

Women: 

• Elizabeth, the adult daughter of someone very like Christa McAuliffe

• Teacher, someone very like Christa McAuliffe

• Donna, a bartender at a NASA hang out- THIS ROLE IS CAST

• Betty, a retiree who is driven to Florida to watch the Challenger take off

Men:

• CB, a NASA mechanic, 40s or up

• Ed, Betty’s husband, a retiree

• Monet, the French painter, whose spirit appears to be floating through Cape Canaveral. THIS ROLE IS CAST