Outside Circle Theater Project is a non-profit company dedicated to supporting the art of storytelling and diversity by producing live theater works for and by women, girls, and underrepresented voices.
Leader
Charlita Anderson
Location
Lorain County Oberlin, OH 44074
The Outside Circle Theater Project (OCTP) will encourage, nurture, and champion works focused on history, social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions. OCTP gives women and girls an opportunity to express themselves in their own words in a safe, non-judgmental, and inclusive space
OCTP endeavors to educate and generate discussions by producing and casting live theater works that reflect the community's diverse voices. Participation is open to women and girls and community members of all ages, ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds, genders, and national identities.
OCPT is living up to its vision and purpose. Auditions for Molly McFaden's winning play, The Downside will be held on Saturday, January 6th from 12 pm - 5 pm at Lorain Public Library, 351 West Sixth Street, Lorain, Ohio. All interested actors are encouraged to audition. Consideration for all roles is open to any age, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, body type, abilities, or other identities. Any deviation must be specifically determined to be integral to the story at the discretion of the director.
Auditions are by appointment only and will consist of cold reading from the script. Please sign up at the link below. No acting experience is necessary.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080F48A5A62FA4FA7-46970597-auditions
Outside Circle Theater Project (OCTP) is dedicated to supporting the art of storytelling by producing live theater works for and by under-represented voices in the community. We endeavor to educate and generate discussion amongst the community by producing and casting live theater works that reflect the community's diverse voices. Participation is open to women and girls and community members of all ages, ethnic, social, and cultural backgrounds, genders, and national identities.
Currently, a forum such as ours, specific to the vision of OCTP does not exist in Lorain County. We can lend a hand in redirecting the shift away from ignorance and silence. In an open letter to American and community theaters on inclusion, the non-profit group “Black Theater Girl Magic” wrote the following: “In light of the recent injustices towards black people at the hands of police, a large number of theatres around the country have published statements in support of Black, Indigenous, and Non-Black People of Color (BIPOC).”
OCTP agrees! At a time when Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs are under attack, and the teaching of revisionist history has become the focus of legislators across the country, OCTP believes community theater goals can push the trend toward diversity, equity, and inclusion, one small theater project at a time.
