Our Loving Companions

Bay Area

A Grief Dialogues Immersive Experience

Cast for truth and range.

Our Loving Companions is an immersive evening of short plays, poetry, and music about the animals we love, the human animal bond and the particular grief of losing them. It is part of Grief Dialogues’ ongoing work using theater to open honest conversations about dying, death, and loss. What follows isn’t a typical audition. It’s the beginning of a conversation, and here is how it works.

Non-Equity Paid Engagement

An Independent Contractor Fee of no less than $1200 will be offered for the full commitment. Estimated a total of 30 hours of rehearsal time  over 2-3 weeks and 24 hours over 2 weekends of performance time totaling 54 hours. 

Roles

5 - 6 Ensemble Performers

Any age, gender or ethnicity.

Ideally. the cast will represent the multiplicity of the Bay Area.

Availability

Performances:

6pm Call Thursday - Sunday, October 15-18, The Marsh SF

6pm Call Thursday - Sunday, October 22-25, The Marsh Berkeley

Tech:

5pm Call Wednesday, October 14, The Marsh SF

5pm Call Wednesday, October 21, The Marsh Berkeley

Rehearsal:

Please provide your availability for rehearsal from 10am-5pm Monday-Friday from September 28 - October 13. If you are not available during the day, please let us know your evening and weekend availability.

Due to the nature of the piece - many short plays and monologues, we can be flexible with rehearsal calls. However, it will be ideal to rehearse in the performance spaces which are typically only available during the day.

Headshot & Resume

Please send your headshot and resume, along with your availability to the director:

Pamela Hollings pamelahollingsworks@gmail.com

By Saturday, July 25.

Pamela will get back to you, sending the audition process and questions for you to complete.

The Audition Process

- by Invitation after reviewing headshot, resume & availability 

Casting conversation with the actors

Our auditions are invitation-only and intentionally low-pressure. This isn’t a cold read, and there are no sides to prepare. Because this show asks performers to hold space for grief, their own and the audience’s, we care less about a polished audition than about who you are, what you bring into a room, and why this work matters to you.

1. A short self-tape (no sides). Just you, talking to camera. Relaxed, unscripted, about two to three minutes. Introduce yourself and answer one or two of the questions that we will send you in your own words. Nothing to memorize and no character to play; we want to meet you, not a performance.

2. A conversation. A warm, unhurried chat (video or in person) where we get to know each other: your relationship to the material, how you like to work, and whether this feels like the right fit for both of us.

3. A follow-up, if it feels right. A chance to talk specifics: the piece, the immersive format, and the rehearsal dates.