Audition for WIT’s election satire “POTUS Among Us”
WIT’s quadriennial show POTUS Among Us is casting the next leaders of the free world! The show, which will be co-directed by John Carroll and Meghan Faulkner, will be holding auditions on Sunday, June 30 and Tuesday, July 2 at Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW). Exact locations will be shared when schedule is complete.
Sign up to audition by Wednesday, June 26 at 11:59 PM!
Before signing up, please review the following eligibility requirements for auditioning. We are seeking improvisers with at least one year of experience on stage and/or in classes. We are also seeking improvisers interested in collaborating on this show which is still in development. Performers will not be walking into a set format, and should expect the format to grow and change between now and the show’s debut. Finally, we are seeking performers who can attend at least 75% of rehearsals and performances (see schedules below), given the importance of developing the show and rehearsing the format we create. People who are not eligible will be removed from the auditions. We will endeavor to include as many people as possible in auditions, but if response exceeds capacity, preference may be given to those who signed up ahead of time. Preference may also be given to performers who help satisfy the goals of the WIT’s Director Series, which endeavors to cross-pollinate players who are both familiar with and new to WIT’s stage.
- making clear choices
- making agreeable, playful choices (i.e. yes and)
- immediately developing a point-of-view or “deal”
- delivering monologues from this point-of-view
- quickly pivoting from this point-of-view to support another “deal”
- making support moves as background characters
- impressions of real-life political figures
- characters inspired by, or mimicking, specific living real-life political figures
- speeches in favor of figures currently running for election
- characters who hew closely to current party platforms