BLT Productions, LLC
CONTRACT
Off Broadway $976 weekly minimum (Commercial Tier C) - rehearsal weeks; over scale for performance weeks.
SEEKING
Equity actors for roles in GOOD ENEMY by Yilong Liu (see breakdown).
NYC actors encouraged to submit.
All stage managerial positions have been filled.
COVID SAFETY: All employees in this position must be fully-vaccinated (as defined by the CDC) and must also have a third booster vaccination (dated prior to two weeks of first date of employment, currently scheduled for September 27, 2022).
INSTRUCTIONS
Please slate with your name, pronouns, name of material, and your current location. Prepare a short contemporary dramatic monologue. Audition videos may not exceed 2 minutes total. Submit your headshot/resume and video submission at https://www.xcastingnyc.com/auditions . Submission videos will not be accepted via email, or if they are linked to an external website (such as Vimeo, Dropbox, We Transfer, YouTube)
Deadline: Wed, Jul 13, 2022
PERSONNEL
Directed by Chay Yew
Produced by Audible Theater
Casting Director, Victor Vazquez, CSA (viewing auditions)
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: 9/27/2022
First Preview: 10/25/2022
Opening: 11/7/2022
Closing: 11/27/22
Extension: N/A
OTHER
Venue: Minetta Lane Theatre
Project location: NYC
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
SYNOPSIS: Determined to reconnect with his daughter, Howard embarks on a cross-country road trip that forces him to confront his past as a young cop in China during the 1980’s, a period of rapid change in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. As he struggles to navigate new challenges brought about by economic reforms and the explosion of western music, literature, and lifestyle that followed, Howard finds himself caught up in an undercover mission that will change the trajectory of his life and set him forever adrift from the world he called home.
SEEKING:
[HOWARD] - 50s, Chinese, male-identifying, ex-cop who left China after the cultural revolution, runs a massage place in San Gabriel Valley, sarcastic, insecure. [THIS ROLE IS CAST]
[MOMO] 20-25, Chinese, female-identifying, Howards daughter, a college student, unenthusiastic New Yorker... enthusiastic Tik Toker.
[DAVE] 20s, Chinese, male identifying, sells pot to kids. Momo's ex-boyfriend, a screenwriter wannabe, Don Quixotesque.
[HAO] 30s-40s, Chinese, male-identifying, a young police officer in China in the 80s, nervous, troubled, lost.
[XIONG] 40s-50s, Chinese, male-identifying, a senior police officer in China in the 80s.
[JIAHUA] 20s - early 30s, young Chinese woman who frequents the underground music club, free-spirited.
[WHITE BOYFRIEND] - 20-25, White, male-identifying. Speaks in third person. Someone Momo’s seeing.
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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