Jungle Theater
AUDITION DATES
Mon, Dec 16, 2019
11:00 am - 4:00 pm (CST)
Tue, Dec 17, 2019
3:00 pm - 8:00 pm (CST)
APPOINTMENTS
Actors who play an instrument strongly, regardless of how the instrument lines up with a listed role, should still be seen for consideration. You may sign up for a slot here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4aabac2fa7fa7-cambodian1
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 8 $562 Per week minimum
SEEKING
THEATER MU & JUNGLE THEATER seek
ACTORS/MUSICIANS for Lauren Yee’s CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND
Both Equity (AEA) and non-Equity
PREPARATION
- CHUM, TED/LENG, NEARY, DUCH Auditioners: Please prepare acting sides, plus the relevant music sides listed below.
- Neary: please prepare music side + cut of a song of your own choosing in the musical world of the show (rock/pop preferred). Accompaniment will be provided for all NEARY vocal auditions. You can find a practice and accompaniment mp3 in the Dropbox.
- Drummers: please prepare music side + a song of your choosing and put both on tape. (No vocals needed)
**Drummer Auditioners: All drum auditions need to be submitted via video (not in person). Please submit videos by Dec. 16 to sjanson@jungletheater.org and list your availability for a callback Dec. 18.
- Keyboards: please prepare music side + cut of a song of your choosing
- Guitar players: prepare music side + cut of a song of your choosing (instrumental & vocal)
- Bass players: prepare music side + cut of a song of your choosing
You can hear examples of the music on the Spotify playlist called “Cambodian Rock Band.”
LOCATION
Theater Mu
755 Prior Ave N,
Saint Paul, MN 55104
PERSONNEL
Director: Lily Tung Crystal
Music Director: Mark Christine
OTHER DATES
CALLBACKS
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019:
1st Rehearsal: May 26
Tech Rehearsals: June 17 – June 27
Previews: June 24 – June 26
Opening: June 27
Closing: August 2
OTHER
Please self-select what role you would like to be considered for and sign up for a timeslot.
All music and script sides (including the full script- please do not share) can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6dgpxkr019kxr7s/AABxHeIrgD6zH5Jjnv01WAnXa?dl=0
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of 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
CHUM Cambodian, 51 and 18 years old. Neary’s lovable, well-meaning, and wary father in 2008… full of charisma and dad jokes, purposefully withholding his history from Neary, and just trying to bring her back to safety in America. Unsettled by her interest in the dangerous Khmer Rouge. We also see him as a sincere, optimistic young man in the 1970s, caught between fleeing Cambodia and sticking with his beloved band The Cyclos. More of a fighter than we may initially expect. MUSIC: Guitar or Bass Guitar, vocals. Serves mainly as an actor but instrumental skill a necessity.
NEARY Cambodian-American, 26, (also plays SOTHEA). Headstrong, intelligent, and ambitious. Grew up in Massachusetts, and has spent the past two years investigating war crimes in Cambodia. There is also a vulnerable quality about her—she’s a little lost, because she hasn’t figured out a part of her own history. She’s a strong young woman, but also a child wanting to connect with her father. MUSIC: Lead vocals (powerful belter who can let loose vocally, and with personality), may play tambourine. Serves as both an actor and a singer.
LENG Cambodian, 20s, (also plays TED, Neary's supportive Thai-Canadian boyfriend). Chum’s best friend and bandmate in the 1970s, frontman for the band who focuses on the group's professional future as a way to avoid thinking about Cambodia's political turmoil and what it might mean for him. Will do anything to survive and can control the room, despite being conflicted by moral choices. Underneath his bravado, we find he's a bit of a coward. MUSIC: Guitar or Bass Guitar, vocals. Serves mainly as an actor but instrumental skill a necessity.
DUCH Cambodian, 30s/40s/maybe 50s. The physicality and presence of a spirited emcee and trickster. Vivacious, funny, mischievous. A leader. Incredibly educated and charming… but with a darkness underneath it all. The ability to suddenly transform into a terrifying and sadistic monster. We’re seduced by him in Act 1, before finding out he’s a war criminal in Act 2. Justifies his actions by saying he’s only following orders, but we see that he is haunted. Hides his true passions in order to amass great destructive power. MUSIC: No musical skill necessary, but music background a plus.
ROM Cambodian, can be of any gender identity, 20s-30s (also plays JOURNALIST). A bandmate in The Cyclos. MUSIC: Drums/percussion. Serves mainly as a musician.
POU Cambodian, can be of any gender identity, 20s-30s (also plays S21 GUARD). A bandmate in The Cyclos. MUSIC: Keyboard, vocals. Serves mainly as a musician.
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 audition.
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