DOGEATERS Equity Principal Auditions - Magic Theatre Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Monday, June 15, 2015
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Lunch is 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Contract
Bay Area Theatre
BAT Tier 4 pending; Prev Min - $552/wk

Location
Magic Theatre Lounge
2 Marina Blvd. Fort Mason Center
Building D, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94123
Pay Parking available at Fort Mason, free parking outside. Allow time.

Seeking
Filipino and Filipino-American actors for Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters, a sprawling tale of life in Manila during the Marcos regime.

Preparation
3 minutes of material. One monologue or two short contrasting.

Other Dates
First Day: Monday, January 4th, 2016
First Preview: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
Opening: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Closing: Sunday, February 28th, 2016
Closing With Possible Extension: Sunday, March 6th, 2016

Other

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Personnel
Playwright: Jessica Hagedorn
Director: Loretta Greco

· EPA Rules are in effect.

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
E-mail
auditions@magictheatre.org, Hilary Flynn will get back to you within two business days.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Some of these parts are tiny and will be doubled, tripled, and more, depending on which actors we find.

Senator Domingo Avila-leader of the opposition movement against the Marcos government; Daisy’s father.

Nestor Noralez and Barbara Villanueva-ageless soap opera stars; the play’s narrators.

Joey Sands-Afro-Filipino hustler and deejay; around sixteen.

Daisy Avila-Senator Avila’s twenty-year old daughter; a beauty queen.

Rio Gonzaga-young mestiza woman of Filipino, American and Spanish ancestry; born in Manila, now living in California.

Leonor Ledesma-General Ledesma’s deeply religious wife.

Father Jean Mallat-nineteenth-century Jesuit priest, explorer and author.

Freddie Gonzaga-Rio’s father; a suave middle-aged man.

Pucha Gonzaga-Rio’s flirtatious cousin; same age as Rio; lives in Manila.

“Uncle”-Joey’s mentor; a middle-aged drug dealer and pimp.

Santos Tirador-revolutionary fugitive; twenties to thirties

Lolita Luna-soft-porn “bomba” movie star; twenties.

Trinidad “Trini” Gamboa-ticket seller at the Odeon movie theatre; early thirties.

Romeo Rosales-struggling, starstruck waiter and wanna-be actor; twenties.

Man with Guitar-Santos’s companion.

The Waiter at the Jeefney Coffee Shot-middle-aged to old.

Andres “Perlita” Alacran-drag queen and owner of Studio 54, Malate, Manila; middle-aged.

Chiquiting Moreno-hairdresser to Imelda Marcos; Perlita’s friend; middle aged.

Pedro-janitor at Perlita’s disco.

Rainer Fassbinder-German film director, thirty-seven years old.

Imelda Marcos-First Lady of the Philippines.

Two “Skin White” Jingle Singers-backups for Nestor and Barbara’s show.

General Niasio Ledesma-chief of the Philippine military.

Lieutenant Pepe Carreon-General Ledesma’s protégé.

Severo “Church” Alacran-suave, powerful and ruthless tycoon; considered the richest man in the Philippines.

Mang Berto-shaman/snake catcher.

Tito Alvarez-popular “mega” action star; twenties to thirties.

Boomboom Alacran-only son of Severo Alacran; twenties to thirties.

Young Man and Young Woman-sex show performers.

Actors unable to attend this call may submit headshot and resume to:
Ryan Purcell

auditions@magictheatre.org