About this Event
Raw Naked Souls
How do you allow theater to show your Raw Naked Soul?
Join us for an intimate segment of live storytelling, theater, and lived experiences featuring Dana O'Neal, a participant in Breaking Even: Cohort One. This production is second on the list. On this stage, you are all the casting directors.
Raw Naked Souls is not a class on how to audition. It is a performance that exposes the work of finding the soul of the piece before the memorizing, before the audition, and before the audience ever sees the finished work. Through each monologue, Dana reveals the emotional preparation, personal truth, and courage that lives beneath the words.
Whether you are a theater lover, aspiring actor, storyteller, poet, or someone who simply appreciates powerful live performances, Raw Naked Souls offers a meaningful connection between professionals and the stage.
Live & Virtual
This event will be live streamed to invite casting directors and prospective students to view this performance as an audition. Join virtually or live and see this amazing actor show what he can bring to a production.
You are all invited to see what it takes to be Raw on Stage.
"This performance is meant to be raw. Even if the lights or sound don't work. I just want to be able to stand on the podium where I am able to perform, share a presentation and walk up to speak with the audience. My acting and skills will present the work as needed."
Agenda
🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:10 PM
Check In
Host: Front of House Team
Info: Check in view the gallery, meet some people while finding your seats.
🕑: 07:10 PM - 07:15 PM
Blessings From Your Host
Host: Laugh Sanchez
Info: Founder of The Rooftop Poets LLC and program manager for Breaking Even. He will share a few words and introduce Dana ONeal and Breaking Even.
🕑: 07:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Raw Naked Soul
Host: Dana ONeal
Info: Raw Naked Soul is a lived audition. Meaning experiences between monologues are shared between character and actor. A place in which Dana believes acting derives from. Watch what happens when an actor explores literature to find themselves further. A reflection of one's self written from the eyes of others. A selection of monologue that reveals ones Raw Naked Soul. To live in truth is to be able to live to the fullest. Dana invites you all to see how to prepare for being yourself in life through an audition.
🕑: 07:45 PM - 08:00 PM
The Talk Back
Host: Laugh Sanchez
Info: If you had anything you wanted to ask someone who puts their Raw Naked Soul on stage, what would it be?
🕑: 08:00 PM - 08:10 PM
The Shuffle Out
Host: By You
Info: The Shuffle Out is when an audience takes the breaths they need to before exiting the space to be changed for the next performance. We know you wish to chat and sing your praises, but unless you are also supporting the next production we gotta leave space for those who are.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Loft Events, 266 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, United States
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