Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
6/20/2011
Location
Stageworks/Hudson
41A Cross Street
Hudson, NY
Time(s)
Monday, June 20, 2011 by APPOINTMENT.
11 AM - 6 PM
No scheduled break.
Equity Members without appointments will be seen
throughout each audition day, as time permits.
· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Appointments
Please call 518/828-7843 or e-mail
staff@stageworkshudson.org.
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Contract
SPT
$368/week minimum.
Seeking
Actors (m/f). See Breakdown for details.
Preparation
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue (two - three minutes long).
Please bring a picture and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Other Dates
1st reh: 8/15/11. Runs 9/7-9/25 (16 perfs total).
Other
If unable to attend, e-mail pic/resume (see Appointments) or mail to Stageworks/Hudson, 41-A Cross St, Hudson, NY 12534.
Personnel
Laura Margolis, Artistic Dir / Stage Dir
Phil Elman, GM
Ismail Khalidi, Author
Jen Schilansky, Producing Assoc
John Sowle, Assoc Artistic Dir
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| Breakdown
Regional premiere.
Seeking (all roles are available):
Ambara:
Palestinian woman, 30s. Writer. Wife of Yusef al Qudsi. Modern, but not necessarily Western. Never melodramatic or sentimental.
Yusef:
Palestinian man, 46. Notorious rebel. Old school. Wears a salt-and-pepper beard, trimmed short. Has a swagger, but with humor and childishness.
Tariq:
Palestinian man, 35. Successful businessman. Yusef's nephew. Modern and Western in dress. Speaks with a hint of a British accent.
Michael O’Donegal:
Irish, mid 20s."Criminal" serving in the British army in Palestine.
Rajib:
Indian man, 30s. Conscript in the British army. Wears a turban, but other than that is in British army attire.
General Falbour / Hajj Waleed:
Falbour: Man, mid 60s. Has a large, well-groomed white mustache. Not entirely brilliant, but loves Britain, and that’s enough. Waleed: Man, 70s. Servant who works for and lives with Ambara and Yusef. He’s been there long enough that he is more an uncle than a servant. Does chores easily for a man of his age.
Lieutenant Douglas Duff:
British, 30s. Preppy officer. Lives to please the general.
Samuel Hirsch / Soldier / Emiliano Zapata:
Hirsch: German Jew, 40. British-educated. Respected member of the growing Jewish community in Palestine. Soldier: British. Zapata: A ghost.
Reggie:
British businessman, young and energetic. Only recently arrived in Palestine.
Theater’s statement: “Roles are open to Non-Traditional Casting. The Theater encourages all performers to audition.”
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