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Call Type
Equity Principal
Time(s)
Monday, November 17, 2014
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Contract
Bay Area Theatre
BAT Intro - Salary Pending - Prev Min $221/wk
Location
Thick House
1695 18th St.
San Francisco, CA
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Seeking
2 principal actors, 3 ensemble/support actors
Preparation
2-min monologue and 1 jazz/standard song
Other Dates
Rehearsal 3/8/2015
Previews 4/29/2015 - Opening: tba
Runs through 5/24/2015
Other
www.goldenthread.org
Personnel
Playwright - Torange Yeghiazarian
Casting Director - Nakissa Etemad
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Casting Director Nakissa Etemad
ncetemad@yahoo.co.uk
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
ISFAHAN BLUES is a world premiere by Torange Yeghiazarian co-produced with the African American Shakespeare Company, slated for spring 2015. It will feature L. Peter Callender and Vida Ghahremani. Directed by Laura Hope; dramaturgy by Nakissa Etemad, music composed by Marcus Shelby.
"Inspired by Duke Ellington Orchestra’s 1963 tour to Iran, Isfahan Blues imagines an unlikely friendship between an American jazz musician and an Iranian actress. As they travel together to Isfahan, “the most beautiful city in the world,” Jazz inspires them to test the limits of freedom, creativity, and experimentation."
Open EQUITY roles:
YOUNG BELLA – 30, Iranian film star & night club owner living in 1963 Tehran. Free spirit, complex, sultry. She is in a complicated marriage with children, and is caught between her stardom and cultural expectations as a wife and mother. Her look is 1960’s voluptuous and stunningly beautiful. She is called the Iranian Elizabeth Taylor.
FARID – 30, Iranian night club headliner who lives in 1963 Tehran, plays the piano, and sings. Political activist, but also strives to portray an image of being a hip, western-style jazz guy. His look is mixed-race Persian/African with dark skin and thick wavy hair.
Open NON-EQUITY roles: 3 male ensemble 20-50’s, versatile, with singing and musical abilities preferred.
MALE ENSEMBLE 1:
SARHANG – late 40s-50s, chief of security of SAVAK (Iran’s CIA)/ established/ elegant/ evil/ respectful/ stance & presence of a military general
CAFÉ OWNER – Iranian owner of the Kaleh-Pazi in the village of Saveh, a café specializing in the Iranian dish called kaleh-pacheh. Surprisingly refined/ humble/ kind/ dedicated to his work/ family-oriented
MAN 1 – Iranian man of village of Murcheh-Khort/ menacing/ entitled/ aggressive/ lude/ feisty
Musician/patron/audience
MALE ENSEMBLE 2:
LOAN SHARK – 40s or older/ bitter/ resentful/ righteous
RAJ – Iranian doorman of Club Cuccini/ tall and hefty/ faithful/ hard-working
GENDARME – military police captain of the Gendarmerie Murcheh-Khort/ like a young version of Sarhang, who wants to be Sarhang someday/ empty person-thinks he's better & smarter than he is
Musician/patron/audience
MALE ENSEMBLE 3:
MIRZA – head waiter of Club Cuccini/ good physicality/ graceful/ like a dancer with his movements/ pride in his job/ loyal/ caring
POLICEMAN – Iranian policeman in Tehran/ mousy/ apologetic
OFFICER – an Iranian officer ranking under the Gendarme at Gendarmerie Murcheh-Khort/ sincere/ committed to the law, wants to do a good job/ simple/ can be sweet/ stupid-to think he's caught Young Bella’s attackers
MAN 2 – Iranian man of village of Murcheh-Khort/ menacing/ entitled/ aggressive/ lude/ feisty
U.S. SECURITY OFFICER – a staff member of the U.S. State Dept. Tour, assigned to the protection and disciplining of touring American musicians while on foreign soil/ follows the rules/ very little sense of humor
Musician/patron/audience
Actors unable to attend this audition can submit their Headshot and Resume to Casting Director, Nakissa Etemad at
ncetemad@yahoo.co.uk
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