GOLDEN CHILD Equity Principal Auditions - Signature Theatre Company Auditions

GOLDEN CHILD - Equity Principal Auditions

Signature Theatre Company Off-Broadway Expected salary: $544/week minimum.

Artistic Director: James Houghton

Associate Artistic Director: Beth Whitaker

Author: David Henry Hwang

Director: Leigh Silverman

General Manager: Adam Bernstein

Casting Director: Telsey + Company

First Rehearsal: September 25, 2012.

Announced Run: October 23, 2012 through December 2, 2012.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1:00 – 2:00 PM New York City

Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue.

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled together.

GOLDEN CHILD: In 1918, businessman Eng Tieng-Bin returns to his polygamous Chinese household after three years working abroad in the Philippines. As he seeks to introduce Western ways and a strange new religion -- Christianity -- to his traditional family, Tieng-Bin sets off a dangerous power struggle between his three wives, witnessed through the eyes of his favorite daughter.

SEEKING:

ENG TIENG-BIN/ANDREW KWONG

Asian male, 35-50. Early 20th century Chinese businessman enamored with Christianity and Western ideas and the conflict with tradition. A good man. Also plays Andrew Kwong, present day New Yorker and Tieng-Bin’s grandson.

ENG AHN

Asian female, 18-mid 20's, plays a 10 year-old girl and an 85 year-old woman. Feisty, precocious, she is a force to be reckoned with. Daughter of Tieng-Bin and Siu-Young, and her father’s favorite child.

ENG SIU-YOUNG

Asian female, 30s-40s. Tieng-Bin’s first wife. Sardonic, articulate, a traditionalist trying to keep control of the house. Addicted to morphine.

ENG LUAN

Asian female, 30s. Tieng-Bin’s second wife. Scheming, manipulative, an opportunist who craves power.

ENG ELING/ELIZABETH

Asian female, 20s. Tieng-Bin’s third wife. Beautiful, sweet, a little naive. Also plays Elizabeth, Andrew Kwong’s present day wife.

REVEREND BAINES

White male, 40s-50s. An English missionary. Kindly, guileless. Must have facility with English accent.

SERVANT/GHOST 1

Asian female, any age. Non-speaking role

SERVANT/GHOST 2

Asian male, any age. Non-speaking role.