DUE TO THE CORONA VIRUS, AND THE VALUE OF OUR NOW-GLOBAL AUDIENCE, WE ARE HOLDING THIS EVENT VIRTUALLY.
Theater Resources Unlimited
in association with Write Act Repertory
presents
TRU 2022 COMBINED AUDITION WEEKEND
(now including film and virtual producers, as well as live theater)
September 17 and September 18 on ZOOM
10am to 6:00pm eastern time
Be seen by over 40 theater companies, producers, writers, directors, agents and casting directors in one 2-minute audition! Download the application packet: AE22-Audition_Packet MASTER6 - read carefully, then fill out the application on-line here: https://forms.gle/m18B2LTsXJy4tGc56
All TRU members and AEA members will be accepted, and then remaining applicants will be selected based on type, training and experience. We strongly encourage diversity - we are inviting a range of 50 or more theater companies and indie producers with a range of casting needs, including live performance, film and virtual. So yes, they want to see YOU.
CLICK HERE for what actors have said about the TRU Audition!
Your registration includes:
- MEET THE COACHES on Sunday August 28, 2pm to 6pm eastern time
- required VIRTUAL AUDITION TECHNIQUE AND PROTOCOL session - Thursday 9/8, 7pm-9pm with agent Valerie Adami and casting director Bob Kale (click here to reserve); also Tuesday 9/6, 7pm-9pm with casting director Jamibeth Margolis (click here to reserve)
- ONE-ON-ONE VIRTUAL TECH COACHING the week before the event - dates tbd
- TECH TUTORIAL to guide you in placement, camera quality, optimal Wi-fi, mic, background and more.
Click here to read what others have said about the TRU Audition.
WHO WILL BE COMING TO SEE YOU
Confirmed companies (as of 9/17/22): Antonia Arts, Barter Theatre, Brazen Light Theatre Company, Break a Leg Productions, Blake Avenue Productions, Cooper Jordon Entertainment, CreateTheatre Play Festival, Creative Equilibrium, Cross-Eyed Bear Productions, En Avant Productions, Face to Face Films/ALM Entertainment, Felice Lesser Dance Theater, Filmus Inc., From Now on Productions, Goodlight Productions, HME Productions, Hudson River Repertory, Killing Kompany Dinner Theater, Marko Mako Productions, Me and You Productions, Mind the Gap Productions, Mixing It Up Productions, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, New Tune Entertainment, New York New Works Theatre Festival, Next Act 2 Follow, Nickel City Opera, NSR Productions, NY Artists Unlimited, NYLon Fusion Theatre Co, Open Hydrant Theater Company, Osparations, Peculiar Works Project, Polaris North, Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Rhymes Over Beats, Ripple Effect Artists, Sacred Ground Productions, Sanford Silver Productions, Shoestring Virtual Theatre, Spoken Word Entertainment, Synergy Arts, Triangle Theatre, The Actors Project NYC, TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series, ViOp Productions, vMHF Theatricals, Wildly Productive Productions, Write Act Repertory.
Confirmed Industry (as of 9/17/22): agents Valerie Adami (SW Artists), Albert Bramante (BE Artists); casting directors Robin Carus (Robin Carus Casting), Wayne Chang(Wayne Chang Casting), Helene Galek (Helene Galek Casting), Bob Kale (MKA Casting), Sara Koch (Sara Koch Casting), Scott Powers (Scott Powers Casting); managers Deborah Dotoli of AAG Talent, Susan Campochiaro Confrey of CBU Management, Inc., Bobby Holder of Bright Artists Management (BAM), Evelyn Franciso and Lorna Rainey of The Talent Express.
• TRU Audition application
• Payment
AUDITION DATES AND DETAILS
- Saturday & Sunday, September 17 and 18
- Non-singing Auditions: Saturday 10AM-6PM
- Singing Auditions: Sunday 10:00AM-6PM (you will be required to perform a monologue, too)
- Let us help you do your very best. Prepare with these pre-event workshops, included in your event registration fee:
- Meet the Coaches (plus Orientation) - Sunday August 28, 12:45-5pm ET - a chance to meet 5 monolog and 5 music coaches
- Virtual Audition Technique & Protocol (Plus Orientation) - Thursday September 8, 7pm-9pm ET - $10 to reserve your spot, with your Audition registration ($45 for unregistered actors) - led by agent Valerie Adami and casting dirctor Bob Kale; also Tuesday September 6th (date subject to availability of Jamibeth) 7pm-9pm led by casting director Jamibeth Margolis of Jamibeth Margolis Casting
- Tech Tutorial and Mandatory Tech Check prior to the event - Saturday September 10 to Thursday September 15
IT PAYS TO APPLY EARLY! The first 80 applicants are automatically accepted. After that, only TRU members and Equity members are automatically accepted; non-member applications will be passed in after the final submission date of September 8, subject to availability. If we do not have room for you, we will issue a check refund of your submission fee. If you cancel after we schedule you, and you do it with more than 3 days notice, we will issue a refund minus a $10 processing fee. Cancellations less than 3 days before the event will be considered on a case by case basis.
Download the application packet: AE22-Audition_Packet MASTER6 - read carefully. It includes a pdf application, but we prefer that you fill out the application on-line here: https://forms.gle/QZ7Uk7Gym8AbQPBs6
Electronic submissions are preferred emailed to TRUActors@gmail.com, but you may hard-copy mail your check and materials (application, headshot, resume, check or money order) to:
Theater Resources Unlimited/Audition Event
115 W. 29th Street, Suite 1200, NYC NY 10001
(please email TRUActors@gmail.com to let us know you mave mailed materias)
Standard (early) registration thru 8/28
TRU members and AEA, $45 | Non-members, $60 |Audition/Membership Package, $125
You may audition on both days for an added fee of $35 - contact TRUActors@gmail.com for payment instructions.
Late registration thru 9/8
TRU members and AEA, $80 | Non-members $95 | Audition/Membership package Standard Registration, $160
You may audition on both days for an added fee of $60 - contact TRUActors@gmail.com for payment instructions.
If available, last-minute spots may be purchased for $110, after 9/9.
If you want to be guaranteed a slot, you may purchase a standard Membership/Audition Package for $125 before 8/28, $160 after 8/28.
STUDENT DISCOUNT AVAILABLE - email TRUStaff1@gmail.com for code, and provide your student ID.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. If you have genuine financial need, fill out our scholarship application at
https://forms.gle/xuvG5Q1T4CnZX6Rm6FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 9/8 (postmark). Audition times will be assigned around 9/10-11.
AE22-Audition_Packet MASTER - download and read carefully. (still being finalized - come back for application)
YOU MUST FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND SEND IT WITH YOUR HEADSHOT & RESUME BEFORE BEING OFFICIALLY PASSED INTO THE EVENT. PAYMENT ALONE DOES NOT COUNT AS REGISTRATION. THE APPLICATION PACKET IS AVAILABLE ABOVE AS A DOWNLOADABLE PDF.
* The presence of a casting director is absolutely not a guarantee or promise of employment.
