East West Players
CONTRACT
SPT $465 weekly minimum + pension & health
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in East West Players 2021-2022 season (see breakdown).
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please refer to the online submission form at https://forms.gle/xBVaiQ94dtXJ1gkB8 for submission instructions. Please no telephone calls or personal deliveries.
Deadline: Mon, Nov 1, 2021
PERSONNEL
ASSASSINS:
Directed by, Snehal Desai (viewing auditions)
Musical direction by, Marc Macalintal (viewing auditions)
Choreography by, Preston Mui and Jasmine Rafael
INTERSTATE:
Directed by, Jesca Prudencio (viewing auditions)
Musical direction, by Marc Macalintal (viewing auditions)
Choreography: TBA
Casting Director: Andy Lowe, Casting Associate Janel Javier, Special Programs AJ Rafael (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
ASSASSINS
Rehearsals begin January 18, 2022
Previews begin Thursday February 17, 2022, opening Sunday,
February 20, 2022 for a five week run (5 performances a week) through March 21, 2022.
INTERSTATE
Rehearsals begin April 26, 2022
Previews begin Thursday, June 2, 2022, opening Sunday June 5,
2022 for a four week run (5 performances a week) through June 26, 2022
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS :
You may use this provided accompaniment to record your audition https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FTsleAI77woI8h9fP_5DZHIiouu4XnG2?usp=sharing
OR you may audition with one full song of your own choosing (with your own accompaniment) in the style of Broadway, pop, or contemporary musical theatre that is character appropriate for the role you are submitting for.
- Please try to stay less than three and a half minutes and highlight your ability to make character decisions, complete an arc, and tell a story through the music.
- Please record your self tape in 3 quarters to full frame horizontal orientation.
- Slate your full name, the character you are portraying, and the song you will be singing.
ASSASSINS:
SEEKING :
UNDERSTUDY MALE (20'S - 40'S, tenor, baritone) Will play a variety of Asian or Pacific Islander roles.
UNDERSTUDY FEMALE (20'S - 40's, alto to mezzo) Will play a variety of Asian or Pacific Islander roles.
MALE TOWNSPEOPLE (30s – 50s, tenor, baritone, or bass-baritone) Will play a variety of to play Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx, and MENA roles.
CAST :
The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald: Male, 18-36. Tenor C3-G4. Woodie Guthrie/Pete Seeger type folk singer; ability to play guitar a plus. The Balladeer is the conscience of America and the champion of the American Dream. He acts as a foil against the assassins and their warped perspectives and actions. Slight to average build; rural Louisiana twang. Asian, Pacific Islander or South Asian. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
The Proprietor: Male, 30+. the Grim Reaper, handing out weapons and overseeing the demise of presidents and assassins alike. His power is in his omnipresence and indifference; he exudes dramatic irony and restrained wit; tenor, Gb2-F4. (This Role has been Pre-Cast).
John Wilkes Booth: 18-49. tall and distinguished; character will need a genteel Southern accent. A political zealot, Wilkes is the pioneer of American assassination and acts as leader and twisted mentor to the other assassins; baritone, F2-G4. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Leon Czolgosz: Male, 25-35. (pronounced CHOL-gash), slight of build. Czolgosz was an anarchist who, in killing William McKinley, decided to take matters of government into his own hands for the sake of the common man; bass baritone, G#2-G4. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Guiseppe Zangara: Male, 18-49. possibly has short stature; has a heavy Italian accent. Zangara blamed capitalists and kings for his medical conditions and attempted an assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt—instead killing Mayor Cermak of Chicago. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Sara Jane Moore: Female, 18+. middle-aged and frumpy. Moore, a former FBI informant five times married, nearly assassinated Gerald Ford in 1975 — the second such attempt on his life in three weeks. Moore provides much of the comic relief; soprano, F3-Eb5. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Lynette Squeaky Fromme: Female, 25-35. slender and pretty. Fromme, a flower child and member of Charlie Manson’s cult family, attempted an assassination of Gerald Ford in 1975. She is the lunatic foil to Sara Jane Moore’s airheadedness; mezzo, A3-G5. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
John Hinckley: Male, 25-30. husky; ability to play guitar a plus. Hinckley used a sociopathic obsession with Jodie Foster as his excuse to attempt an assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981. Hinckley’s clinical insanity and love-sickness add dramatic weight to this character; baritone, A2-G4. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Charles J. Guiteau: Male, 30-59. average in stature. Guiteau was a multi-careered charlatan with delusions of grandeur who assassinated James Garfield in 1882. This intense libertine has a multi-personality characterization and a flair for the dramatics; tenor, A2-Ab4. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
Samuel Byck: Male, 30-59. heavy set; blue-collar Philly accent. Byck was disgruntled at government and all it stood for when he attempted to hijack a plane with the intent of crashing it into the Nixon White House. Tenor, baritone, or bass-baritone. (This Role has been Pre-Cast)
INTERSTATE :
Casting Note from the authors of Interstate
For Dash and Henry, actors who self-identify anywhere on the trans and gender nonconforming/non-binary spectrum including, but not limited to, transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, nonbinary, or gender questioning are encouraged to submit.
We encourage transgender/non-binary actors to audition for the other cisgender roles as well.
We recognize the gender limiting language of voice and musical theater and encourage people of all unique vocal ranges to submit.
DASH KOI: (This role has been Precast, Accepting submissions for understudy to cover this and other roles.) Asian-American transgender man (24). A charismatic spoken word artist who has been on testosterone for about five years. Thrives in the spotlight and feeds off of the energy of his fans. A lover and a fighter. The passion and visionary of their band Queer Malady. Reads as clearly older and a role model and idol to Henry. Dash and Adrian have competing stage presence and star quality.
HENRY AHUJA: (This role has been Precast, Accepting submissions for understudy to cover this and other roles) South-Asian transgender teenager on the masculine spectrum (18+ to play 16). Not on testosterone. Sweet, sensitive, thoughtful. A budding blogger. Queer Malady’s biggest fan.
MOM: (This role has been Precast, Accepting submissions for understudy to cover this and other roles) Asian-American cisgender woman in her early 50s. Adrian’s mom. Born in China, raised in America. Sharp and overbearing, focused on her daughter achieving her American dream. (also plays internet fan Noise #1, a festival Emcee, and an exasperated Teacher.)
ADRIAN TONG: Asian-American femme lesbian cisgender woman (22). A captivating singer-songwriter and guitar player*. Exudes an effortless confidence and beauty. A people pleaser. The brains and soul of their band Queer Malady. Dash and Adrian should have competing stage presence and star quality. *Note: Should be comfortable playing basic-to-intermediate acoustic guitar (chords) and rocking out to the instrument. There will not be complex fingerpicking or lead electric guitar.
DAD: Asian immigrant cisgender man in his early 50s, with a Chinese accent. Dash’s Dad. Warm, friendly, cheerful, supportive, overly positive. (also plays internet fan Noise #3, college radio DJ Kevin “K Dawg” Nguyen, and dudebro Seth.)
PASTOR FRED: White cisgender man in his 30s. A leader of a small Kentucky church community. Warm and unassuming. (also plays internet fan Noise #2, teenage bully Jason, and dudebro Brett.)
MADISON: White cisgender teenage girl (16). Quirky and kind. (also plays internet fan Noise #4 and no-nonsense executive Jordan Speller.)
CARLY: African-American cisgender butch lesbian woman (25). She is Adrian’s girlfriend, has a big physical presence, potentially threatening to Dash’s masculinity. (also plays internet fan Noise #5 and teenage bully Ashley.)
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 submit.
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