LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS Equity Principal Audition - The REP Pittsburgh Playhouse Auditions

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS

– Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in Pittsburgh

The REP, Pittsburgh Playhouse SPT (2011-12 approval/salary level pending; 2010-11 weekly minimum: $293).

Author: Tammy Ryan

Dir: Sheila McKenna

1st reh: 8/30/11. Runs 9/29–10/16.

Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:

Monday, June 20, 2011 Pittsburgh Playhouse

11 AM – 7 PM 222 Craft Avenue

Break from 4 – 5. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

For an appointment, please call PSM Alicia DeMara at 412/392-8141, or e-mail
ademara@pointpark.edu. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.

Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue (one to two minutes long).

Please bring a picture and resume, stapled back-to-back.

Callbacks, if needed, will be held on 6/21. Actors must audition to be seen at callbacks.

Seeking (all roles are available):

Gabriel:

Sudanese, early - mid 20s. Refugee; member of the Dinka of Southern Sudan; one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan”. Attends community college part-time, and works full-time at Whole Foods.

Christine:

Mid - late 40s. Recently divorced. At a turning point.

Alex:

Girl, 16. Christine’s daughter, a sophomore at Pittsburgh Catholic School for Girls.

Panther:

Sudanese man, 30. Gabriel’s roommate, also a refugee. Works various minimum-wage jobs --although he seems to carry around a lot of cash, and a cell phone that rings continuously.

Michael Dolan:

Mid - late 30s. Stay-at-home dad. Catholic activist. Works for different local causes. Used to work for Catholic Charities; now looking for a new job.

Segel Mohammed:

Somali-born, Arab-raised woman, late 30s. Director and founder of the Pittsburgh Center for Refugee Relief. Single mother.