Coronavirus Resources The campus is closed to the public, however services and instruction are still open and available online and by telephone.
Coronavirus Resources The campus is closed to the public, however services and instruction are still open and available online and by telephone.
Video submissions must be received by Monday, November 23rd. A secondary round of auditions may be held in January if necessary.
Callbacks materials for video callback will be emailed out by Wednesday, November 25th.
Please send a 1-2 minute video of you performing a contemporary comedic or dramatic monologue. YouTube links to your self-tape can be sent to: Karina Balfour
If you have a headshot or resume please attach these to your email. If you do not have a prepared monologue, please contact me for sides that you can use for your audition.
If you are cast you will need to enroll in TA40-40777 (3 units) which is the performance class. An add code will be provided for this class and the work on this project gives you the credit hours for this course.
The Line is a new play by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen created in the award-winning documentary style that brought you The Exonerated, Aftermath, and Coal Country. Crafted from firsthand interviews with New York City medical first responders during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Line cuts through the media and political noise to reveal the lived experiences of frontline medical workers in New York and their battle to save lives in a system built to serve the bottom line.
“In spring 2020, we conducted anonymous interviews with NYC frontline medical workers battling the COVID-19 virus. Through these interviews, we began to see care as a radical response to institutionalized violence and the systems that perpetuate it. Created from quarantine in ‘rapid response’ to this national emergency,The Line presents a fundamental redefinition of what it means to protect and serve, examining the fault lines in our system through the words of the brave people who show up every day to care for us all.”- Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
This show built around interwoven monologues written from Zoom interviews that the playwrights conducted. It is written to be done as a virtual production and actors will be recording their own performances from home which will be edited together to be presented as a pre-recorded, streaming show available only during the performance dates. This production will also be included in the Fresno Rogue Festival.
All rehearsals will be done virtually through Zoom. Rehearsal schedule will be flexible based upon actor and director availability. All actors who are cast are expected to enroll in TA40-40777 for Spring 2021.
Please email Karina Balfour with any questions or further inquiries.