Theater of Possibility
AUDITION DATES
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
10:00 am - 5:00 pm (PST)
Lunch: 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sun, Mar 15, 2020
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (PST)
APPOINTMENTS
http://castingmanager.com/audition/info/7D1uZX5hwJGcxw9
CONTRACT
SPT Agreement Pending.
SEEKING
Actor-singers of all ethnicities for original music-theater work that tells a human story set against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
PREPARATION
please bring 1-2 minute monologue and 16-32 bars of a song. Accompanist provided Sheet music must be in the correct key. Recorded back-up tracks permissible, but sheet music preferred. No a capella singing please.
LOCATION
Theatre Puget Sound
305 Harrison St.
Seattle, WA 98109
4th floor, Armory Building, Seattle Center. Studio B
PERSONNEL
director: John Vreeke
music director Paul Linnes
assistant director/choreographer Crystal Dawn Munkers
book & lyrics by Lauren Goldman Marshall; music by Roger Ames
additional book material by Hanna Eady additional music by David Nafissian & Joan Szymko
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: Augustt 3, 2020; rehearsals will likely be weekday afternoons & evenings & weekends, 6 days/week, 30 hrs/week. Load in and tech begin Sept 7 Preview Wed Sept 16. Performances Sept 17-27 (Thu, Fri & Sat at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2 PM. Brush-up rehearsal or extra performance Wed, Sept 23. ( Possibility of adding Saturday matinees and/or Sunday evening performances.) Performances at Broadway Performance Hall, 6125 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122.
OTHER
Invited callbacks will take place on or around March 22
AEA members unable to attend may submit video audition by March 15, via Casting Manager.
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
Set in Israel & Palestine during the First Intifada. An Israeli sergeant (Yitzhak) fatally shoots a Palestinian young man (Ismail) during a street demonstratin in Jerusalem, only to realize that his victim was unarmed. Haunted by Ismail's ghost, Yitzhak journeys to the victim's home in a Gaza refugee camp to return his identity card and ask his family for forgiveness. Originally developed and produced by New Image Theatre, Seattle, in 1992, as a Jewish-Arab collaboration between Marshall, Eady & Nafissian and further developed and performed in 1999 with Israeli and Palestinian teens at Seeds of Pace camp in Maine, this new incarnation features a substanially revised libretto and exciting new score by Pulitzer-nominated composer Roger Ames. Earlier versions have been workshopped at Village Theater and Nautilus Music Theater. Supported by a grant from 4Culture.
YITZHAK (bari-tenor) - an Israeli army sergeant, serious & well-intentioned, but doesn’t always live up to his own high standards; age range 18-30;
ISMAIL (high tenor) - a Palestinian philosophy student; an idealist and pacifist; aims to diffuse tension with humor; age range 18-30;
AMIRA (mezzo with high belt) - Ismail's sister, a teacher; intelligent, principled and strong; age range 18-30:
FAT'HI (lyric baritone) - Ismail's & Amira's cousin; engaged to Amira by arranged marriage; a construction worker; self-educated; cynical, but with a tender heart; age range 18-35
ABU SALIM/ MOSHE (bass-baritone) - Palestinian father of Ismail & Amira; Israeli (Syrian-born Jewish) father of Yitzhak. Abu Salim, a patriarch who feels stripped of his authority; Moshe: a retired army officer who puts duty first. (The fathers' roles are intentionally doubled); age range 40-60
HANAN / HADAS (alto) - Palestinian mother of Ismail & Amira; Israeli mother of Yitzhak. Hanan: calm & resilient; Hadas: a Holocaust survivor; compassionate. (The mothers' roles are intentionally doubled); age range 40-60:
SALMA (lyric soprano with strong middle range) - Ismail's college classmate; idealistic & vulnerable; age range 18-30:
YAEL (mezzo belt) - Female Israeli army corporal in Yitzhak's squad; feisty; pragmatic; cuts corners; age range 18-30:
MALE ENSEMBLE 1 (tenor) - SABIR (Fat'hi's friend, a militant) & other roles, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 16-30;
MALE ENSEMBLE 2 (baritone or bass-baritone) - URI (Yitzhak's commanding officer, paternal & understanding, but country comes first) & other roles, likely including Puppet Voices, 1st Market Vendor & others, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 30-60:
MALE ENSEMBLE 3 (bass-baritone or baritone) - GIL (an Israeli soldier, somewhat conscientious) & other roles, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 16-30:
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 1 (lyric soprano or mezzo) - SALMA's MOTHER (Palestinian) & other roles, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 35-60:
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 2 (mezzo or lyric soprano) - SHIRA'S MOTHER (Israeli) & other roles, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 30-55:
FEMALE ENSEMBLE 3 or MALE ENSEMBLE 4 (alto or flexible) - depending on need, may play a Soldier, Miriam (an Israeli intelligence officer) and/or various other roles, Israeli & Palestinian; age range 16-40;
CHILDREN (3-5 total) - play various roles including JAMAL (one of Amira's students, age 9-10); SHIRA (an Israeli girl, age 7-10); young versions of Yitzhak, Ismail, Amira & their siblings, and other children, Israeli & Palestinian; children have a few spoken lines and some singing as a group; age range 9-14:
We may cast ADDITIONAL ENSEMBLE, ages 16-60, to fill out crowd scenes ALL ACTORS may double in ensemble roles as needed.
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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