WHAT: Auditions for Lovey Lee by Moses Goods
WHERE: Zoom Meeting
WHEN: 6:00 pm Friday, August 7, 2020
INFO: 808-536-4222,
kumukahua.org and
officemanager@kumukahua.org Open auditions will be held to cast the World Premiere of Moses Goods’s Lovey Lee. The show will be directed by Reiko Ho and runs September 17 – October 4, 2020. Both the auditions and performances for this production will be held on Zoom. A Hotel Street prostitute’s harrowing journey chronicles the highs and lows of 1970s life on the outside of convention. Hawai`i in the 1970s. A time of reclamation, discovery and pride. For Lovey Lee, a young queer Hawaiian, the 70s is about finding a place where they can just be. With Hawai`i’s cultural renaissance at its peak and with the sexual liberation movement booming throughout the nation, there is perhaps no better time to explore life, identity and freedom. But the journey of any brave pioneer is often complicated and fraught with challenges. In this coming of age story, Lovey finds themself journeying from their safe island home to the invigorating streets of San Francisco to the dark alleys of Hotel Street and back again in their search for place.
Director Reiko Ho is looking for actors to fill the following roles.
Lovey: Queer male. Hawaiian (20?s) – Introspective. Searching for place and acceptance.
Sheila: Transgender female (40 to 50) – Longtime prostitute. Hardened by the streets.
Rolange: Transgender female (40 to 50) – Warm and loving but also very firm
Calvin: Queer male (20’s) – Japanese twink. Sassy and confident.
Fred: Queer male. Hawaiian (20?s)
Alika: Queer male. Hawaiian (20’s)
Jermaine: Androgynous (20’s) – Very centered
Mama: Cisgender female. Hawaiian (40 to 50) – Affectionate and motherly.
Lorna: Cisgender female. Hawaiian (20’s) – Bold and very sure of herself.
Sargent: Cisgender male (Early 30’s) – Brash and attractive. All actors should be familiar with the story. A partial script can be found
here.
Audition Information: If you would like to audition, fill out this
audition sheet and contact
officemanager@kumukahua.org to receive the audition Zoom meeting link.
NOW AVAILABLE:
Electronic scripts for all 50th season Kumu Kahua productions. Auditions will consist of readings from the script.
For further information, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office at 536-4222, or email
officemanager@kumukahua.org. Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai`i, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, PoiPlanet, Hawai`i Public Radio, The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, Edric Sakamoto, John Mazur and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons.
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