EAST WEST PLAYERS 2022-23 SEASON Submission - East West Players Auditions

EAST WEST PLAYERS 2022-23 SEASON - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

East West Players

CONTRACT

SPT $476 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in East West Players 2022-23 Season (see breakdown).

East West Players, the longest running professional theater of color in the US, is seeking Actors for Asian, South East Asian, Asian American and African American roles for it's 56th season.

INSTRUCTIONS

SEE PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS IN BREAKDOWN. Please submit your headshot/resume and link to your video submission (unlisted on Youtube) at: https://forms.gle/W9m16CdynCweMkKP7 . PLEASE no telephone calls or personal deliveries.

Deadline: Mon, Jun 6, 2022

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions:
Andy Lowe - Director of production & Casting
Snehal Desai - Artistic Director
Jeff Liu - Director (Brothers Paranormal)
Scarlett Kim - Director (The Great Jheri Curl Debate)
Inda Craig Galvan - Playwright (The Great Jheri Curl Debate)
Prince Gomolvillas - Playwright (Brothers Paranormal)

OTHER DATES

The Great Jheri Curl Debate
1st rehearsal: August 16, 2022
Previews: Thursday, September 15, 2022
Opening: Sunday September 18, 2022
A three-week run through October 9, 2022

The Brothers Paranormal
1st rehearsal: October 18, 2022
Previews: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Opening: Sunday November 20, 2022
A three-week run through December 11, 2022

OTHER

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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:

Please record your self tape in FULL FRAME (particularly full body for movement).

Please perform ONE (1) contemporary monologue of your choice. You may also prepare the sides of up to TWO (2) character roles from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FTsleAI77woI8h9fP_5DZHIiouu4XnG2?usp=sharing .

If you are auditioning for the role of JAI in THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL, please prepare a one-minute movement piece based on the stage directions located in the side for JAI to show off your physicality.

THE GREAT JHERI CURL DEBATE

SEEKING:

VERALYNN JACKSON - 42, Female. African-American. Long-time resident of this neighborhood. Knows a little something about hair.

MR. KIM - 50, Male. Korean immigrant. Business owner. Lives somewhere else.

JHERI REDDING - 67, Male. White. Born Robert William Redding. Hairdresser, chemist, inventor of The Jheri Curl. Lives in a poster.

LORRAINE - 30, Female. African-American. Female model on all the packaging for the S Curl. Lives in the same poster hugged up with Marvin. Would like to kill him one day.

MARVIN - 30, Male. African-American. Male model sporting the exact same S Curl as Lorraine. Uses way more activator. Also wants out of this arrangement.

THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL

SEEKING:

MAX: 25, Thai American; Born in the U.S. and runs a paranormal investigative business with his brother. Smooth talking. Doesn’t believe in ghosts, but has no problem taking money from people who do.

DELIA: 50s; African American; Born in the U.S. and believes she’s being haunted by a ghost. In a very loving marriage. Displaced after Katrina. Movement background a plus. Character has some physicality in response to haunting sequences.

VISARUT: 39; Thai American; Born in Thailand; immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 13; speaks with a Thai accent; Max’s brother. Very pragmatic with a good sense of humor. Knowing Thai language a plus.

TASANEE: 60; Thai American; Born in Thailand; immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 33; speaks with a Thai accent; Max’s mother. Wise. Mischievous. Has a connection to the spirit world. Knowing Thai language a plus.

FELIX: 50s; African American; Born in the U.S.; Delia’s husband. Has a troubled past. Protective of his wife. Wary of scam artists.

JAI: 20s; a Thai woman. Has dance, acrobatic or other movement background. A ghost. Very few speaking lines, but is facially expressive, ranging from terror to sorrow.

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.