Call Type
Equity Principal
Date of Audition
8/22/2011
Location
East/West Players-Henry David Hwang Theatre
120 N. Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Parking in pay lot or meters only. No parking at theater.
Time(s)
Monday, August 22nd
1pm-5pm
Sign-in begins at 12pm
· EPA Rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
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Contract
LOA
$336/wk (LOA/BAT)
Seeking
Please see breakdown.
Preparation
Sides will be provided at audition.
Other Dates
First Rehearsal: Oct. 4, 2011
Opening: Nov. 9, 2011
Closing: Dec. 4, 2011
Other
www.eastwestplayers.org
Personnel
Playwright: Julia Cho
Director: Jessica Kubzanski
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The Language Archive (Synopsis)
Meet George, a linguist, a master of languages, who cannot express his love for his wife--and ends up losing her. Follow this whimsical, stylized, and heartbreaking look at love and language that asks,"How do we save what is dying? How do two people create or destroy their own language?” Winner of the 2010 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
GEORGE: (Asian American male, late 30s-late 40s). A linguist who preserves dying languages. Intellectual, articulate, eloquent, except about expressing feelings, when he is completely inarticulate, taciturn. Inside his head, however (internal monologues), he is awash with passionate yearning need and fully articulate. Deeply charismatic in his flawed humanity.
MARY: (Asian American female, mid30s-early 40s). George’s wife, who needs to be told she is loved. Initially full of sadness and yearning, she decides to leave her husband with whom she has ceased to be able to communicate, and, lost, she goes seeking her life until she finds herself as a baker of astonishing bread. Quirky, smart, Bohemian, ultimately independent.
EMMA: (Asian American female, late 20s-early 30s). George’s assistant in the lab. Has been secretly in love with George forever, which makes her by turns wistful, self-abnegating, and eager. She is quirky, passionate, occasionally melancholy, always hopeful, able to live in the moment, a yearning person with a huge heart.
RESTEN/PLUS OTHERS: (Asian American male, late 50s-60s). Reston is married to Alta, and has traveled from his country to work with George, as Resten and Alta are the last speakers of their dying language. Resten is grumpy (because he turns out to be quite sick), curmudgeonly, and ultimately loves his wife. Actor must play multiple characters including a driver, a baker, a wise old philospher, so must have great specificity, comic timing, and affinity with accents.
ALTA/PLUS OTHERS: (Asian American female, mid 50s-60s). Alta is married to Resten and has traveled from her country to work with George. Alta and Resten are the last speakers of their dying language. Alta is hotheaded, passionate, quick to take offense, and loves her husband deeply. This actor plays multiple roles including a trenchant German instructor of Esperanto, a train conductor, various passersby, so must have great specificity, comic timing, and affinity with accents.
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