WILD SWANS Submission - The American Repertory Theater Auditions
The American Repertory Theater
WILD SWANS – Photo/Resume Request
The American Repertory Theater LORT $882/week minimum.
Co-produced with Young Vic Theatre, London UK
Playwright/Adaptor: Alexandra Wood
Based on the novel by Jung Chang
Dir: Sacha Wares
US Casting Dir: Zoe E. Rotter
UK Casting Dir: Julia Horan
1st rehearsal (London): On/about 12/12/11. Travel to Boston: 2/5/12. 1st reh (Boston): 2/7/12. Boston run: 2/11 – 3/11/12. 1st reh (London): On/about 4/10/12. London run: 4/13 – 5/13/12. All dates subject to change.
NYC appointment audition- will begin on 9/28/11.
FOR THESE AUDITIONS, SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FROM AEA MEMBERS ONLY.
To be considered, e-mail photo/resume ASAP (with “WILD SWANS – Equity Member” in the subject line) to
Seeking the following only (read notice carefully; submit only if you are right for one or more these roles and you are free to work throughout the contract dates):
Shou Yu:
Chinese man. Character ages in the story from 28 – 51; actor should read early 30s/40s. Shou Yu is stubborn, moral, but also very engaging and charismatic. Self-educated.
De Hong:
Chinese woman. Character ages in the story from 17 – 41; actress should read youthful 30s. De Hong is a very persuasive, sympathetic character with a lot of energy and emotional depth. Educated.
Yu Fang:
Chinese woman. Character ages in the story from 40 – 58; actress should read 50s. Extremely well- mannered. Capable of quiet sarcasm and wit. Educated.
Er Hong:
Seeking actress 18+ to play a young Chinese teenage girl. Jung is gentle, afraid, but quietly determined.
Jian:
Seeking actor 18+ to play a young Chinese teenage boy. Jin Ming is defiant, angry, confused.
Heng:
Chinese man, 30s/40s. Likable character – friendly face.
Lo:
Chinese man, 30s. Peasant-class. Not educated. Strong physically. Judgmental. Needs actor with sense of comic timing.
Mrs Ting:
Chinese woman, late 30s. Attractive, educated, sexually and intellectually confident. Needs an authoritative actress.
Bolin:
Chinese man, looks 40s. Peasant-class. Man of few words, hard-worker, suspicious of politics and very hard to win over.
Huifen:
Chinese woman, looks 40s. Peasant-class. Hard-worker. Dominated by her husband, but has a sense of her own mind.
Dr Wan:
Chinese man, 50s-60s. Has a strong sense of experience and professional confidence. Warm, likable.
Commissar Li:
Chinese man, 30s-50s. Over-promoted, cowardly man in a position of authority.
Dai:
Seeking actress 18+ to play a teenage Chinese girl. Dai is an angry young woman, embittered and hardened by experience. Capable of real cruelty.
Ensemble:
Characters are Chinese men and women of various ages. Seeking actors (m/f) to play multiple parts throughout the play.
Theatre’s statement: “The American Repertory Theatre is committed to an inclusive casting policy of non-traditional casting and encourages all actors to [submit] regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, or the presence of a disability.”
EPA will be held in NYC on 9/27; Local Equity Auditions will be held in Cambridge MA on the same date. See separate notices.
