MONSTER Equity Principal Audition - Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Auditions

MONSTER – Equity Principal Auditions

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre LOA-NYC (approval/salary level pending)

Artistic Producing Dir: Tisa Chang

Author: Derek Nguyen

Dir: Kaipo Schwab

Runs March-April 2011 at the West End Theatre.

Equity Principal Auditions

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 Pearl Studios NYC

10:30 AM – 6:30 PM 500 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor

Lunch from 2 – 3. New York City

Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted):

Detective Tang Tran:

Mid 30s, Vietnamese American man. Young LA private eye. An adoptee. Very"American”. Emotionally distant, reserved.

Flora Bonnard:

40s, Caucasian. Mother to Jonny Bonnard. Working-class waitress living in a trailer outside of Sun Valley. Slightly nervous, with a drinking problem.

Rosa Martinez:

Latina/black, 40s. School counselor for Sun Valley High School. Very professional. Guarded. May double with Shawna.

Shawna Washington:

30s, African American. Administrative assistant at Hoyt Adoption Agency. Very Southern. Outspoken. May double with Rosa.

Eric Henderson:

Seeking actor 18+ to play 17. Character is Caucasian. High-school football star. Cocky. Half-witted.

Katie Van Dorph:

Seeking actress 18+ to play 15. Caucasian character. Jonny’s girlfriend. Bookish, soft-spoken. May double with Molly.

Molly:

30s, Caucasian. Tran’s former wife. Emotional; in mourning over her child. May double with Katie.

Khoi Nguyen:

Seeking actor 18+ to play 15-year-old male. Khoi is a recent Vietnamese immigrant. Victim of a beating. Speaks in broken English. In pain with a head injury.

Wray Ballard:

40s, Caucasian. Ex-husband to Flora. Veteran of the Vietnam War. Sensitive, suffers from post-war trauma and Agent Orange-related health problems.

Woman / Mai Vi Pham:

40s, Vietnamese American. College professor. Strong. Professional.