BASURA Equity Principal Actors - Alliance Theatre a division of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. Auditions

BASURA - NYC EPA

Alliance Theatre a division of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc. | Atlanta, GA

REVISED

Casting Director Lindsay Levine added to expected to attend.

AUDITION DATE

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B) - until 6/28/26
$1213 weekly minimum (LORT B) - after 6/29/26

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in BASURA (See breakdown).
World Premiere.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short cut of a contemporary pop/rock song that shows your style and vocal range. Also, please bring a stapled headshot and resume.

LOCATION

Ripley-Grier Studios (520)
520 8th Ave
New York, NY 10018-6507
Holding room - Studio 17E

PERSONNEL

Michael Greif (Director)
Karen Zacarias (Book)
Gloria Estefan & Emily Estefan (Music & Lyrics)
Alex Lacamoire (Music Supervisor)
Cynthia Meng (Music Director)
Patricia Delgago (Choreographer)
Jody Feldman (Producer & Casting Director, Alliance Theatre)
Brant Adams (Producing & Casting Assistant, Alliance Theatre)
Kristian Charbonier, Alex Cortinas (Casting, The Telsey Office)
Expected to attend:
Kristian Charbonier, Alex Cortinas, Lindsay Levine (Casting Directors, The Telsey Office)

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: 04/14/26
First Day Onstage: 05/19/26
First Preview: 05/30/26
Opening: 06/12/26
Closing: 07/12/26

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

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BREAKDOWN

BASURA

SEEKING:

Please Note: All Characters are Latine.

NAMBÍ - character portrayed is female, 18+ to play 16, Latine. A dutiful, hard-working teen with an extraordinary gift. The only child of an unstable ganchera mother. Things have gotten harder and more volatile since Nambís father left. She is an anxious perfectionist; her need to have order in the midst of a landfill is palpable. Violin playing skills a plus.

SOFÍA – ROLE IS CAST. character portrayed is female, 18+ to play 16, Latine. Nambí’s fun, flighty best friend. Her mother is a likable hairdresser, and her dad runs a small store out of the crowded family home. She has three older sisters and six nieces and nephews, all of whom live in the small family house. Feeling lost in the family shuffle, Sofía seeks attention elsewhere. Violin playing skills a plus.

BLANCA - ROLE IS CAST. character portrayed is female, 18+ to play 16, Latine. Nambí’s wry, sardonic, other best friend. A soccer player who needs to bang on things. Her doting ganchero father/welder is kind and religious. Blanca lost her faith and moorings after the death of her mother from a hit-and-run and has not dealt with her grief. Drum playing skills a plus.

NUNU - character portrayed is male, 19, Latine. Guileless, unhoused older boy who works as a ganchero in the landfill and whose mind follows a different rhythm. He reads the world but not the room. Nunu is his own family but longs for more. Cello playing skills a plus.

JOSÉ - character portrayed is male, 18+ to play 16, Latine. Flirty bad-boy who is really a teddy bear. José’s dad is a ganchero who adores Phil Collins; his older brother Tito is an addict. Like Sofía, José is trying hard not to fall into bad family traps. Saxophone playing skills a plus.

DANI - ROLE IS CAST.- character portrayed is male, 18+ to play 17, Latine. Grandson of a well-to-do family of famous musicians from Favio’s hometown. His grandfather played the same harp he now plays and takes care of like his own child. Unlike the other teens, Dani reads music and has already developed a true musician’s discipline. Harp playing skills a plus.

MÓNICA- character portrayed is female, late 30s-late 40s, Latine. Nambí’s needy and codependent mother, a ganchera who once had other dreams. She has become increasingly angry and difficult since Nambí’s father left them. She recognizes Nambí’s musical dreams but can’t find a way to support them.

MARIO- character portrayed is male, 30s-50s, Latine. Earnest, eager, nerdy, oversharing, environmental engineer and musician who gets fired from one job to discover he’s better at another. After his sustainable trash recycling program in Cateura fails, he begins teaching music lessons to the kids in the community, which evolves into the world-famous Recycled Orchestra. Guitar playing skills a plus.

ENSEMBLE:- Latine actor/singer/dancers for various ensemble roles. Instrument playing a plus.