ALLEGIANCE - Los Angeles Appointments
East West Players
APPOINTMENTS
Appointments will take place on August 4th and 5th in Los Angeles.
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $393/wk
SEEKING
East West Players, the longest running theater of color in the US, with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, the Nation’s largest AAPI Cultural Arts Center is seeking actors to play Asian American, Pacific Islander & Mixed Race for ALLEGIANCE, music and lyrics by Jay Kuo and a book by Marc Acito, Kuo and Lorenzo Thione
INSTRUCTIONS
Please send ATTN: Casting - Allegiance
Deadline: Wed, Jul 26, 2017
SUBMIT TO
Casting - Allegiance
120 Judge John Aiso
Los Angeles, CA 90012
PERSONNEL
Directed by Snehal Desai
Musical direction by Marc Macalintal
Choreography by TBA
OTHER DATES
Rehearsals begin January 16th, 2018.
Previews begin Febuary 21st, 2018.
Opening Febuary 28th, for a five week run (6 performances a week) through April 1st, 2018.
OTHER
www.EastWestPlayers.org
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
ALLEGIANCE is set against the backdrop of Japanese-American internment during World War II. ALLEGIANCE is the story of the Kimura family, whose lives are upended when they and 120,000 other Japanese-Americans are forced to leave their homes following the events of Pearl Harbor. Sam Kimura seeks to prove his patriotism by fighting for his country but his sister, Kei, fiercely protests the government’s treatment of her people. A testament to the power of the human spirit, ALLEGIANCE follows the Kimuras as they fight between duty and defiance, custom and change, family bonds and forbidden loves.
SAM KIMURA/OJII-CHAN – [Role has been Pre-Cast]
KEI KIMURA – [Role has been Pre-Cast]
MIKE MASAOKA – [Role has been Pre-Cast]
SAMMY KIMURA - Male, Asian, to play early to late 20s. Sammy is an industrious and dutiful son but longs to find his own way in the world. Whip-smart and irrepressibly friendly, he secretly fears he will never measure up, particularly since he disappoints his father when he doesn't get into law school. The internment provides him the opportunity to become an enthusiastic and effective community leader. He goes on to face unthinkable carnage as a platoon sergeant in World War II, earning him a Purple Heart.
Strong tenor. Solid A. PRINCIPAL
FRANKIE SUZUKI - Male, Asian, to play early 30s. A Japanese-American graduate student, bookish and serious. A natural-born leader, his inherent sense of justice is catalyzed by the internment to the point of open rebellion in the name of liberty.
High baritone to Ab. PRINCIPAL
HANNAH CAMPBELL - Caucasian Female, 20-29, a small-town girl with big dreams, Hannah's sense of justice motivates her to volunteer at the internment camps; her forthright bravery bonds her with Sammy, in whom she finds an unexpected kindred spirit.
mezzo with belt to D/Eb; classic Broadway with a contemporary twist; strong mix to E. ENSEMBLE
TATSUO KIMURA - Male, Asian, to play 50s. A Japanese-born (Issei) farmer, father of Kei and Sammy. Striving to uphold what he believes are American ideals, his resistance to their internment drives a wedge between him and Sam, and leads to his segregation from his family.
Classic baritone to F. ENSEMBLE
ASIAN FEMALE ENSEMBLE - Female, Asian, 20s – 40s. Strong singers. Excellent movers.
ASIAN MALE ENSEMBLE - Male, Asian, 20s – 40s. Strong singers. Excellent movers.
CAUCASIAN MALE ENSEMBLE - Male, 20s – 40s. Strong singers. Excellent movers.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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