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Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
12/3/2012
12/4/2012
Location
East/West Players-Henry David Hwang Theatre
120 N. Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parking in pay lot or meters only. No parking at theater.
Time(s)
Monday, December 3, 2012
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- EPA Rules are in effect.
- A monitor will be provided.
Appointments
EPA rules in effect.
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Contract
LOA
LOA to BAT - minimum $347/week
Seeking
See breakdown.
Preparation
Please prepare a two minutes dramatic monologue. Please bring a resume and headshot stapled together.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal: January 8, 2013
Opening: February 13, 2013
Closing: March 10, 2013
Other
www.eastwestplayers.org
Personnel
Director: Jeff Liu
Playwright: Eddie Borey
Director of Production: Meg Imamoto
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Breakdown
The world premiere of an original play revolving around a mixed-race family that returns to Vietnam, one year after the death of the strong willed mother. Siblings Winnie and Lou travel with their Irish American father and Vietnamese grandfather to re-connect with their roots, haunted by family ghosts and by the phantoms of Vietnam's long history.
WINNIE GANLEY, Early 30’s. Female. Half-Asian and half-white. Winnie is successful, responsible, and organized. A doctor. She’s also uptight and deeply unhappy. However, no matter how irritable she gets, she loves her family and it should show. There’s a deep vulnerability to her that she hides behind very thick walls.
OANH GANLEY, 50-60’s. Female. Asian. Vietnamese speaker preferred. Oanh is the strong-willed mother of Winnie and Lou. She was married to Philip for forty years, but is now a Ghost. She has a sly sense of humor and tends to dote on Lou, but her relationship with Winnie is much more complicated. She also plays numerous parts throughout the play: a Retiree on vacation, a Driver, a Honeymooner, a Spirit Medium.
GIA “GEORGE” TRAN, 70-80’s. Male. Asian.
Ability to speak both accented and unaccented English preferred. George doesn’t speak perfect English, but the actor must for scenes when George is either “speaking Vietnamese” or addressing the audience directly. He is insightful, caring, and very indulgent of his grandchildren’s faults. He is very good friends with Philip – over the years, they’ve become something of a team.
LOU GANLEY, Late 20’s to early 30s. Male. Half-Asian and half-white.
Lou is charming and carefree. Life’s been good to him – thanks to his looks, no one’s ever been mean to him. He lives in San Diego and surfs, and after years of wandering now earns a good income as an acupuncturist. While Winnie is often irritated by Lou, Lou is never irritated by Winnie. He is somewhat naïve and tends only to see the good in people.
PHILIP GANLEY
50-60’s. Male. Caucasian.
Winnie and Lou’s father. Irish-American from Boston, ex-CIA. He’s taken to drinking since Oanh’s death. He is literally and figuratively haunted. He is now financially dependent on his children and still grieving for his wife.
CAUCASIAN GENTLEMAN
30’s to 40’s. Male. Caucasian. Able to speak with a Polish/French accent.
This actor plays many parts, including two different Expats, the Ghost of a CIA agent, a Honeymooner, and a Malevolent Phantom.
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