EL-MANSHIYYEH — Principal Actors Auditions
Golden Thread Productions
EL-MANSHIYYEH - SAN FRANCISCO, CA EPA
Golden Thread Productions | San Francisco, CA
Notice: Audition | Call Type: EPA
AUDITION DATE
Monday, November 9, 2026
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM (P)
APPOINTMENTS
To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://calendly.com/reyes97wendy/golden-thread-auditions?month=2026-11. Once you have secured your audition appointment, please fill out this audition form at:
https://airtable.com/appHPPycOcRo9BQv9/pag0CyQzJ0i7ZHwdI/form. Please submit for an audition by November 6th, 2026, at 11:59pm PT.
CONTRACT
Bay Area Theatre
$404 weekly minimum (Intro Tier)
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in EL-MANSHIYYEH (See
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).Actors of all ages, races, genders, ability and experience levels are welcome to audition.
We are a company focused on the Middle East, so we do have numerous roles in productions and staged readings for actors of Middle Eastern heritage. Actors looking to showcase physical movement experience, such as clowning; dance; ensemble, devised work; and musicians are encouraged to audition.
Local (Bay Area) actors are encouraged to audition.
PREPARATION
Please select a Side from EL-MANSHIYYEH to perform on the day of your audition. Sides are available at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LLGJngzN0f5YXO-k77RKdG2Fz_g4hjN9. To read the full scripts, please go to:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TqGvp9J2lF6_sNpCWDkk6W8ZFgzJMs21.
LOCATION
Potrero Stage
1695 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94107-2376
PERSONNEL
Expected to attend:
- Nabra Nelson, Artistic Director
- Salim Razawi, Artistic Producer
- Wendy Reyes, Company Manager
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For other questions, reach out to
auditions@goldenthread.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity's
CONTRACT
s 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
EL-MANSHIYYEH
Fall Mainstage
Rehearsals: 8/17-9/5/2027
Performances: 9/17-10/10/2027
SYNOPSIS: El-Manshiyyeh, by Samer Al-Saber, takes audiences on a journey through time, memory, and the Palestinian neighborhood of El-Manshiyyeh in Yafa. Moving between the life of the community before 1936, the Nakba of 1948, the present day in 2025, and an imagined future, the play brings a neighborhood erased from the landscape back to life on stage.
Most characters appear as the same person across multiple periods: 1936, 1948, 2025, and the imagined future. All performers besides Ali and Stage Manager play actors 1-6 for a brief moment in Act 2. All characters are Palestinian. We welcome Palestinian performers and also invite performers from across MENA/SWANA communities to audition.
SEEKING:
- Stage Manager: any gender, 40-70, a hakawati: a storyteller and guide through the world of the play.
- Sanniyeh: woman, 20-40
- Maryam: woman, 30-50
- Aisha: woman, 30-50
- Ali: man, 20-40
- Zahran/Abu Shamsiyyeh/Police Officer: man, 30-60
- Mustafa: man, 30-50
- Ahmad/Journalist: man, 20-40
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