WISH YOU WERE HERE Submission - Playwrights Horizons Inc. Auditions

WISH YOU WERE HERE - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Playwrights Horizons Inc.

CONTRACT

Off Broadway $850 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway BB)

SEEKING

Equity actors for possible understudy and replacement roles in WISH YOU WERE HERE by Sanaz Toossi (see breakdown).

Full vaccination is required.

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare a monologue of your choice. A personal introduction would be appreciated, but not required. Total video not to exceed 5 minutes. Please submit tapes in Vimeo or Unlisted YouTube format along with a headshot and resume, preferably as a PDF. Please state your union status in subject line of email. Video auditions due by December 22, 2021 @ 6pm ET.

Deadline: Wed, Dec 22, 2021

SUBMIT TO

PHCastingSubmissions@phnyc.org

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions:
Casting Director: Alaine Alldaffer
Associate Casting Director: Lisa Donadio

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: Monday, March 7, 2022
Tech: Wednesday, April 6- Tuesday, April 12, 2022
First Preview: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Opening: Around Monday, May 2, 2022
Regular Run End: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Maximum Extension: Sunday, June 12, 2022

OTHER

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: It’s 1978 and protests are breaking out all across Iran, encroaching on this suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings, trades dirty jokes, and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy. But as the revolution escalates, each woman is forced to join the wave of emigration or face an equally uncertain future at home. With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit, Wish You Were Here chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.

WISH YOU WERE HERE by Sanaz Toossi

Director: Gaye Taylor Upchurch

ALL ROLES ARE CAST. ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR POSSIBLE UNDERSTUDIES AND REPLACEMENTS.

NAZANIN: Late 20s- 30s. Pronouns: she/her. Iranian. Sort of mean. CAST

SALME: Late 20s- 30s. Pronouns: she/her. Iranian. Peaceful; religious and hijabi. Even when she’s not paying attention, she is present. CAST

ZARI: Late 20s- 30s. Pronouns: she/her. Iranian. Happy-go-lucky, space case, but grows up a lot. CAST

SHIDEH: Late 20s- 30s. Pronouns: she/her. Iranian. Uptight, takes everything too seriously, but takes it much easier later in the play. Also NEW FRIEND. CAST

RANA: Late 20s- 30s. Pronouns: she/her. Iranian. Queen of cool; sophisticated and fun. CAST

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.