Horizon Theatre Company | Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

REVISED

Breakdown revised. Role of ESTELLA is not cast at this time.

AUDITION DATE

Monday, April 7, 2025

1:00 PM - 10:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 6:00PM - 7:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

To request an audition appointment & access

sides: https://airtable.com/appcPpJMJ...

CONTRACT

SPT

$605 weekly minimum (SPT 6)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in LAUGHS IN SPANISH (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare one side from the show for each character you are auditioning for. Sides

can be found at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive...

If you have not auditioned for Horizon before, please also prepare a contemporary monologue.

LOCATION
Horizon Theatre Company
1083 Austin Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30307-1940
Room 101

PERSONNEL
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Co-Artistic/Producing Director, Lisa Adler
Director, Erika Miranda

OTHER DATES
LAUGHS IN SPANISH
First Rehearsal: April 22, 2025
Opening: May 30, 2025
Closing: June 22, 2025
Performance Schedule: Wed-Sat at 8pm, Sat
at 3pm, and Sun at 5pm

OTHER
www.horizontheatre.com

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The
producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

LAUGHS IN SPANISH

SYNOPSIS: Art Basel is about to begin in Miami, and Mariana, the director of a swanky modern art
gallery, has a serious problem on her hands. Her showroom is an active crime scene. And when
Mariana’s larger-than-life movie-star mother shows up, stealing the spotlight yet again, things get even
more complicado. Part caper comedy, part telenovela, a fast-paced, joyous story of art and success,
mothers and daughters.

ON CODE-SWITCHING: All characters except JENNY, are bilingual in Spanish and English and code
switch throughout the play affecting their dialect, style, and vocabulary based on who they are
speaking to.

SEEKING:

MARIANA (Mari) Female. Half Colombian/Half Jewish. Late 20s. Born in Miami. The ambitious
Director of Studio Six, an art gallery, currently preparing for Art Basel. The daughter of Estella, a
movie star and oft-absent mother, Mari has chosen to forge her own path selling art. Reconnects with
Jenny, an ex-fling and her mother’s newest assistant, when Estella makes a surprise visit to Miami.

CAROLINA. (Caro) Female. Cuban-American. Late 20s. Born in Miami. A passionate, unconventional
and optimistic painter, and an intern at Studio Six. She is currently pursuing her MFA; her most recent
series of paintings is called “Puertas: Doors of Cuba” which she hopes will catalyze her success. She
is dating Juan, a Miami-Dade police officer, and recently found out that they are expecting.

JUAN. Male. Colombian. Late 20s. Born in Medellín but moved to Miami with his grandmother at a
very young age. Miami-Dade police officer. CARO'S boyfriend. Warm, goofy, easy-going.

ESTELLA. Female. Colombian. 50s (or mid 40s). Born in Medellín, lives in LA. A movie star
and MARIANA'S mom, often absent. Charismatic, sense of humor. Visits Miami seeking help from her
daughter at a time when both mother and daughter are in crisis.

JENNY. Female. Caucasian-American. Mid 20s. Born in Westchester, is now a vegan in LA pursuing
a career as a screenwriter. ESTELLA's assistant. Went to boarding school with Mari, where they

SALARY

SPT $605 weekly minimum (SPT 6)

UNION

AEA