[Capdist-auditions] Deadline extended: Auditions for "Lifespan of a Fact" at Theater Voices

[Tony Pallone]

*Deadline extended, email address corrected, alternate submission method
added!*

Seeking actors for "The Lifespan of a Fact," the first show of Theater
Voices' 2022 season! To view this audition notice in a visual format,
please click here:

https://mailchi.mp/c831ea2cd0b0/lifespan_auditions

*AUDITIONS DUE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19*
*MORE INFO: *info at theatervoices.org

***

*Theater Voices announces auditions for a staged reading of *
*"The Lifespan of a Fact"*
By Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
Based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal

*Directed by Margaret E. Hall*, Associate Artistic Director at Capital
Repertory Theatre (theREP)

*Performances Feb. 18-20* at Steamer No. 10 Theatre in Albany

*The story:*
Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact-checker for a prominent but
sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a
transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could
save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact-check
D’Agata’s essay, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle
over facts versus truth. Based on a true story, this critically acclaimed
2018 Broadway play, which featured Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby
Cannavale, offers fast-paced comedy with a provocative undercurrent of
timely relevance.

*The characters: *
Jim Fingal - mid-20's; male-identifying actor; intern working as a
fact-checker for a magazine; very rule/fact-based

Emily Penrose - 40s-60s; female-identifying actor; editor-in-chief of a
magazine; strong; knows that facts matter and that sometimes creative
license makes a better article/essay

John D'Agata - 40s-60s; male-identifying actor; essayist; writes for the
magazine Emily runs; takes creative license where facts are concerned and
views himself as an essayist, not a journalist; stubborn; polar opposite to
a fact-checker

*If you're interested in auditioning: *
To ensure everyone's safety, we are requesting video submissions for the
initial auditions. Any necessary callbacks will be done in person.

To audition, please visit the audition materials link below. There you'll
find a contact form to fill out. You'll also find a selection of audition
sides; two of them will feature whichever character you'd like to audition
for. Please record yourself performing BOTH scenes in which your character
appears, with an off-screen partner reading the voice of the other
character in the scene. Please be sure to slate your video submissions with
your name.

Audition materials are located here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17sVC-k7Ws8R5Kfq1Z78IsQSz6y8V792m?usp=sharing

Once complete, upload your video submissions and audition form onto Google
Drive (sign-in may be required):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-u-EpbthfFmWlQVIvooOdqgWsv-RazcV?usp=sharing

*NEW! *If you prefer, you can now send us a link instead of uploading
files! Get your recorded file onto YouTube, then send a link to it (along
with your audition form) to info at theatervoices.org. You can also use this
email address to contact us with any questions, or if you need help with
the audition process. Thanks for your interest in auditioning!

*AUDITIONS DUE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19*

*Coming later this season:*
*"Tiny Beautiful Things," *directed by Michael Kennedy, April 8-10, 2022
*"Camping with Henry and Tom,"* directed by Patti Bunce, May 20-22, 2022

*Here's hoping for a safe and healthy return to live theater. We've missed
you!*
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