SWAMP DWELLERS Equity Principal Actors - Theatre For A New Audience Auditions

SWAMP DWELLERS - NYC EPA

Theatre For A New Audience | New York, NY

AUDITION DATE

Monday, December 23, 2024

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)

BREAK: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1011 weekly minimum (LORT C)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in SWAMP DWELLERS (see breakdown). No roles will be understudied.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a contemporary monologue of your choosing. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217

PERSONNEL

Text: Wole Soyinka
Director: Awoye Timpo
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Jack Doulin, Casting Director

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: February 25th
Tech: March 25th
1st Preview: March 30th
Open: April 10th
Close: April 20th

OTHER

www.tfana.org

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided. 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 attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

SWAMP DWELLERS

SYNOPSIS: In this rarely produced masterwork from 1958, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka finds stunning universal resonance in a quietly tragic tale steeped in Yoruba myth and lore and set in a rustic hut in the Niger Delta. An ageing couple living on chronically flooded land, awaiting one of their twin sons from the city, is visited by a complacent Yoruba holy man and a blind Muslim beggar who trigger a terrible crisis of faith and trust. Corrupt religion, family betrayal, environmental disaster, post-colonial exploitation, urban modernity encroaching on rural tradition: the themes of this searing and heartbreaking drama are both timeless and palpably contemporary. Director Awoye Timpo (Obie Award winner, Wedding Band) returns to collaborate with TFANA for another seminal mid-century work.

NOTE: The play is set in the Niger Delta. All characters are Nigerian.

SEEKING:

ALU Female. An old woman, around 60 years old. Strong-willed and equally strong-minded. Yearning for the return of her son. Playful spirit.

MAKURI Male. Husband to Makuri, male, around 60 years old. Sense of humor.

A BEGGAR Male. 30s to 50s. Charming and mysterious. Able to fade into the crowd but also holds the room as needed. Trustworthy and hardworking.

KADIYE Male. 40s-60s. A priest. A large man who likes to take up space. Indulgent, deliberate, and chief. Moves with an air of confidence and pride.

IGWEZU Male. Son to Alu. A man of contradictions that come from a hard time. Aloof at times, passionate at others. Weary yet strong. A hard worker. A problem solver with a very nimble mind.

A DRUMMER Male. Any age - an attendant to Kadiye. Expert in Yoruba drumming styles.

ATTENDANT TO KADIYE (1) Young male. Late teens to mid 20s.

MUSICIANS (2-3) 2-3 other musicians who play throughout the event along with the DRUMMER.