EXPIRES: May 9, 2025

Talent Needed for “Usus” Staged Reading

Theater
Paying up to $1,144/week
Description

Casting actors for “Usus” Staged Reading, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED.

About the project:
It’s 1318, and something’s amok with our Pope. Usus follows a group of Franciscan friars in a modest monastery near Avignon as they wrestle with faith, power, and survival under a shifting church. Hailed as one of the best plays of 2024 (The New Yorker, Vulture).

Additional info:
Rehearsals will take place during the following periods based on cast availability:
2 rehearsal between June 16 – 21
1 – 2 rehearsals June 22 – 27
Performance: June 28 | 6:00 PM

Please apply if interested.

6 Project roles
BERNARD
25
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39.
A scribe dedicated to preserving knowledge.
Application deadline closed.
MATTEO
35
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39.
A devout friar with intense religious convictions.
Application deadline closed.
PAUL
30
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59.
A practical thinker, caught between tradition and change.
Application deadline closed.
GILES
60
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69.
An elder with wisdom and weariness.
Application deadline closed.
AMBROSE
60
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69.
A skilled craftsman, deeply tied to the monastery. This role has limited spoken dialogue.
Application deadline closed.
LATIN X
18
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56.
A figure of authority and ritual, marking the passage of time.
Application deadline closed.