Kismet Collaboration, Inc.
CONTRACT
LOA Contract/salary TBD
SEEKING
Equity actors for principal roles in KISMET (see breakdown). We strongly encourage submissions of MENASA performers.
Please note all actors must be COVID vaccinated no later than 2 weeks prior to the 1st Rehearsal to be hired.
The Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA.
Produced in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Symphony and State Street Ballet.
INSTRUCTIONS
SEE PREPARATION IN BREAKDOWN. Please send your video via a non-expiring link with the option to download no later than Friday, July 16th at 6PM EDT. Please put “SUBMISSION – YOUR LAST NAME” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please include your name, contact info, and role you’re auditioning for. Please also attach a copy of your picture and resume to the email.
Deadline: Fri, Jul 16, 2021
SUBMIT TO
KismetMusicalCasting@gmail.com
PERSONNEL
Music by: Alexander Borodin, adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest
Lyrics by: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Book by: Charles Lederer and Luther Davis, based on the play by Edward Knoblock
Producer: Sara Miller McCune
Executive Producer: Ken Davenport
Director: Lonny Price
Associate Director: Matt Cowart
Music Director/Conductor: Nir Kabaretti
Choreographer: William Soleau
OTHER DATES
Principal Rehearsals in New York: 9/6/21 – 9/18/21
Ensemble Rehearsals in Santa Barbara, CA: 9/20 – 9/25
Full Company Rehearsals in Santa Barbara, CA: 9/27/21 – 10/20/21
4 Benefit Performances in Santa Barbara, CA: 10/21/21 – 10/24/21
OTHER
General Manager: Ryan Conway/Architect Theatrical
Associate General Manager: Robert E. Schneider/Architect Theatrical
Cultural Consultant: Naila Al-Atrash
Casting Director: Peter Van Dam, CSA (viewing auditions)
Casting Associate: Afsheen Misaghi
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
PREPARATION INFORMATION:
To submit, please tape the assigned song in the folder at https://tinyurl.com/KismetMusical for the role you are auditioning for.
For the role of Caliph – please prepare both cuts of the song.
For the role Omar – please prepare either or both sides (no song). If you do not have someone to read the sides with you, please feel free to speak the lines without the other characters.
A note regarding self-tape quality: Please film your audition in front of a clean background, with no backlighting. As much as possible, limit ambient noise. We recommend you do not use Bluetooth headphones, as it can sometimes cause a delay in the audio. Use a secondary audio source to play the accompaniment music so that it is audible in the tape.
KISMET takes place in a fictionalized 11th Century Baghdad in a fantasy world of the Arabian Nights. KISMET tells a story with imaginary characters who belong to their own universe with its own laws and logic. This story, and all its characters, locations, and allusions, are the result of the authors’ admiration of the literary heritage of the MENASA cultures. This extraordinary heritage abounds in themes that blend tragic with comic, reality with illusion, prose with poetry, and we are deeply indebted to the literature that inspired this story and the characters in it. And further, we acknowledge our profound cultural responsibility in the re-imagination of those respected and beloved cultures that inform this fantasy.
HAJJ, THE POET (40s – 50s) Principal. Male. A poet who assumes the guise of Hajj, a beggar. Charismatic, cunning, and sharp-witted, he leads the story and adventures that ensue. Father to Marsinah. Seeking an actor with great comedic instincts and an outstanding bari-tenor voice.
LALUME (Mid 30s - 50s) Principal. Female. The first wife of the Wazir. A fascinating and fabulous presence, lusty and seductive. Seeking an excellent actress and singer with a terrific mezzo voice.
MARSINAH (20s) Principal. Female. Hajj’s young daughter who falls in love with Caliph. Beautiful, innocent, and winsome. Seeking an actress with a gorgeous legit soprano voice.
CALPIH (20s) Principal. Male. The handsome young Prince of Baghdad who falls in love with Marsinah. Romantic, idealistic, and sensitive. Seeking an actor with an excellent legit tenor voice.
THE WAZIR OF THE POLICE (Late 30s – 50s) Principal. Male. A comical role. An evil and crooked autocrat. Menacing and petulant, but dim-witted and clumsy. Seeking an actor who sings with a baritone vocal range.
OMAR (40s – 60s) Principal. Male. Caliph’s elder advisor and friend. A mathematician and poet. Spry and witty. Role is not required to sing.
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.
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