THE KITE RUNNER (Tour) - Equity video submissions Kite Runner North America LLC | ,
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
11:55 PM - 11:59 PM (E)
As part of a pilot program in the new Touring agreement the employer will accept 126 video submissions from Equity members. Members will sign up online for one of the 126 slots. Only members who get one of the 126 slots will receive a confirmation e-mail with the preparation and submission information. After members' submissions have been viewed, the employer will notify each member who viewed their audition.
Touring Agreement
$884 weekly minimum (Level 7)
Equity actors for roles in the national tour of THE KITE RUNNER (See breakdown).
Please prepare a short monologue of your choice.
Via Submission
New York, NY 10036
Executive Producer: Daryl Roth
Producers: Victoria Lang, Ryan Bogner, Tracey McFarland, Jayne Baron Sherman, Hunter Arnold, Kayla Greenspan
Director: Giles Croft
Music Supervisor: Jonathan Girling Movement/Choreography: Kitty Winter Associate Director: Damian Sandys Resident Director: Arpita Mukherjee Writer: Matthew Spangler from Khaled Hosseini's novel
Casting Director: Wojcik Casting Team
Viewing submissions:
Casting Directors: Scott Wojcik & Fiona McIntyre Sucher
Rehearsal: 3/6/2024-3/27/2024 in NYC Tech 3/28/2024- 4/3/2024 in San Jose, CA Preview: 4/3/2024
Opening: TBD
Closing: 6/30/2024
OTHER
General Manager: DR Theatrical
Management, Grant A. Rice, Megan Dettmer
Only fully vaccinated individuals will be considered for the production.
POINT OF ORIGIN: New York City, NY An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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THE KITE RUNNER (Tour)
SYNOPSIS: One of the best-loved and most highly acclaimed novels of our time, THE KITE RUNNER is a powerful play of friendship that follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption. Afghanistan is a divided country and two childhood friends are about to be torn apart. It’s a beautiful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full of the excitement and joy of a kite flying tournament. But neither of the boys can foresee the incident which will change their lives forever. Told across two decades and two continents, THE KITE RUNNER is an unforgettable journey of redemption and forgiveness and shows us all that we can be good again.
Although the character of Amir is on stage for the entire performance, this is an ensemble piece. The ensemble will be used as much as possible to fill the stage with movement and sound in necessary scenes and to embody many of the descriptive passages. All performers must be willing to populate the worlds of Kabul, Pakistan and the United States. After stunning West End and Broadway productions, THE KITE RUNNER now embarks on a US tour.
[AMIR] 35 to 45 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan. Amir is the narrator of the novel. A charismatic, deeply intelligent and attractive young man whose essential failing is a desperate need for approval from his withholding widowed father. Bullied from a young age, he cannot find either the bravado or the true courage to face his father or to stand up for his best friend. Deeply human. Able to play the character from age 10 through his late 30s. On-stage for the entire evening. Afghan accent except when narrating, then Amir has an American accent.
[HASSAN / SOHRAB / AS CAST] Both tracks are an adult playing a child. 18+ to play 12-year-old and 30 to 40 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan. HASSAN - Amir's closest childhood friend. 12 years old. Open, funny, deeply vulnerable, loyal and instinctively courageous. Witty but due to his station, uneducated. SOHRAB is the son of Hassan. Much in common with his father but physical and mental abuse after the fall of Afghanistan creates deep psychological trauma. Capable of great warmth but also of conveying great damage without being either maudlin or playing the victim. Both roles require an Afghan accent.
[BABA / AS CAST] 45 to 60 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan. Amir's father and a wealthy and influential businessman, charitable, envied. Charismatic and dominating. Courageous with a will of iron. A widower, he is the biological father of Hassan, a fact he hides from both of his children. He naturally gravitates towards Hassan’s spirit much to the dismay and confusion of his legitimate son, Amir. Flees to America after the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 with Amir, leaving behind Hassan and rebuilds his life in a far humbler way, never revealing his secret. Afghan accent.
[ASSEF / AS CAST] 25 to 35 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan. We see him as a teenager and a young man. Committed to the belief that the dominant Afghan ethnic group, Pashtuns are superior to Hazaras. As a teen, the neighborhood bully, violent and ruthless. He is a true sociopath, capable of great charm and incredible violence. As an adult, he joins the Taliban and sexually abuses Hassan's son, Sohrab. A truly nasty piece of work. Afghan accent.
[RAHIM KHAN / DR SCHNEIDER / OMAR FAISAL / AS CAST] 40 to 50 years old to play 30s to early 60s, Middle Eastern male. A chameleon with exceptional language skills and a dry sense of humor. RAHIM KHAN – Afghan, Baba’s business partner and surrogate member of the family. Sympathetic to Amir, perceptive, understands the dynamic between father and son A keeper of secrets. In Act II, Rahim Khan becomes the conscience of Amir and the play. DR SCHNEIDER – an American oncologist of Russian descent. OMAR FAISAL – an American/Pakistani immigration attorney. Speaks in Russian as well as English with a Russian accent as well as Afghan and American accent.
[SORAYA / AS CAST] 25 to 35 years old, Middle Eastern female. Afghan. Warm and sympathetic, attractive, intuitive and strong. Daughter of an Afghan General, has also emigrated to the US and wants to become an English teacher. Before meeting Amir, she ran away with an Afghan boyfriend in Virginia, which in the eyes of many of her countrymen and women, tainted her and her family's name. Strong enough to not let either tradition or opinion color her sense of self-worth. Afghan accent. Sings.
[GENERAL TAHERI / AS CAST] 40 to 55 years old, Middle Eastern male. GENERAL TAHERI is an upper class, well-educated Afghan. Has a dry sense of humor, Soraya’s father and perhaps more compassionate than most. Afghan and American accent.
[KAMAL / ZAMAN / AS CAST] 18+ to play 12-year-old and 30 to 40 years old, Middle Eastern male. KAMAL is a 12-year-old Afghan and one of Assef’s gang. A follower, not a leader. ZAMAN 30s – 40s Afghan, director of an orphanage in Kabul. ZAMAN makes deals with the devil every day and rationalizes the treatment of the children in his care to excuse the desperate conditions and abuse they are subject to under his watch. He is not genuinely evil and is tortured by not being able to do better. Ability to sing a plus. Afghan accent.
[ALI/ FARID / AS CAST] 45 to 60 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan. Servant to BABA and father in name to Hassan. Loyal, dignified, kind, warm and honorable. Carries Baba’s secret and protects Hassan at great personal risk. FARID Afghan, working class, has survived the Soviet invasion and the takeover of the Taliban but at a great price. Fierce, a survivor with courage and a moral center. Afghan accent.
[WALI / DOCTOR / AS CAST] 25 to 35 years old, Middle Eastern male. Afghan, Wali is one of Assef’s gang. DOCTOR – Pakistani ophthalmologist, any age. Has an excellent ear for dialects. Afghan and Pakistani accents. Extremely helpful but not required for this actor to sing.
[ENSEMBLE / MERCHANT] 20 to 35 years old, Middle Eastern male. MALE PRESENTING. Physically agile, good ear, central to creating the world of kite running and the soundscape of the piece. Understudies. Speaks in Russian as well as English with a Russian accent. Comfortable singing.
[ENSEMBLE / POMEGRANATE LADY / RAYMOND] 25 to 35 years old, Middle Eastern female. FEMALE PRESENTING. Physically agile, good ear, central to creating the world of kite running and the soundscape of the piece. Understudies Soraya. Comfortable singing. RAYMOND - American Embassy official in Pakistan. Afghan and American accent.
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