Auditions for The Great Privation at Company One Theatre & Woolly Mammoth Theatre Position Available In Suffolk, Massachusetts

Company One 539 Tremont St. Studio #211
Boston, MA 02116

Date Posted:

June 20, 2025

Region:

Eastern Massachusetts Category:

Artistic/Programming Type:

Part-Time
Auditions for The Great Privation at

Company One Theatre & Woolly Mammoth Theatre Description:

Company One Theatre is seeking AEA and non-AEA actors for The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) by Nia Akilah Robinson, directed by Mina Morita. This is a co-production between Company One Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, DC Philadelphia’s African Baptist Church, 1832: a mother and daughter guard the grave of their husband and father to deter resurrectionists from pillaging it for science. Today, on the same grounds: another mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a summer camp. Timelines collide, reminding us to find joy in our present even as we exhume our nation’s buried past. The Great Privation will rehearse and perform in Washington DC on the following dates Rehearsals begin

• August 14, 2025
  Tech begins
• September 5, 2025
  Previews begin
• September 11, 2025
  Opening
• September 18, 2025
  Closing
• October 12, 2025 The Great Privation will then be remounted in Boston on the following dates Rehearsal/tech
• January 3-8, 2026
  Preview
• January 9, 2026
  Opening
• January 10, 2026
  Closing
• January 31, 2026 We will be casting abination of actors from Boston and DC for the production.

All actors must be available for both sets of production dates to be considered. Actors from Boston will be housed while in DC but must have local housing for the Boston dates. Actors will be on an SPT 9 contract ($859 weekly minimum) for both productions.

AVAILABLE ROLES

Charity & Modern-Day Charity(she/her)
Black. 16. Of Darker skin tone.
In 1832

• funny, busy, intense.
  In Modern Day
• very hyperactive and bubbly. Slightly hood-whimsical. Mother (Missy Freeman) & Modern-Day Mother (Minnie)(she/her)
  Black. 34. Six feet tall. Of Darker Skin Tone.
  In 1832
• Private. In Control. Funny.
  In Modern Day
• Seemingly Open and Older. Suspicious of Others. Loud. John & John “Modern Day”(he/him)
  White. 25. Shorter than Mother
  In 1832
• Outgoing. Lacks Empathy. Avoidant.
  In Modern Day
• His anxiety shows through his speaking patterns. Cuffee (Janitor) & Cuffee Modern-Day(he/him)
  Black. 32.
  In 1832
• Loud. Unapologetic. Bold.
  In Modern Day
• Huggable.

Lovable. Shy. Silly. Just wants everyone to have

STRUCTURED FUN.

Qualifications:

Previous experience acting in regional theatre required