KISS Equity Principal Audition - Shotgun Players Auditions

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Shotgun Players

AUDITION DATE

Mon, Oct 16, 2017

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm (PDT)

APPOINTMENTS

Please email casting@shotgunplayers.org

CONTRACT

Bay Area Theatre Minimum - $395/wk

SEEKING

Actors of all ethnicities, 25-40. See breakdown.

PREPARATION

Actors will be sent sides along with the script for preparation.

LOCATION

Shotgun Studios

1201 University Ave

Berkeley, CA 94703

PERSONNEL

Artistic Director - Patrick Dooley
Casting Director - Trish Mulholland and Brady Brophy-Hilton
Director: Evren Odcikin

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal : Monday July 9, 2018
Previews: Monday March 18th, 2018
Opening Night: Thursday August 30th, 2018
Closing Date (with Extension): Sunday September 30th, 2018

OTHER

Local hires preferred. https://shotgunplayers.org

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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 attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

All ethnicities encouraged

The play uses three styles:

-- Act I is melodrama based on Syrian soap operas (comedic chops are essential)

-- Act II is realism

-- Act III is movement-based and emotionally intense (physical theatre or dance training is essential)

Andrea/Hadeel: 20s-30s, female, any ethnicity. Andrea is part of the acting troupe putting on KISS. Andrea is quieter,gentle, and emotionally open. She plays Hadeel, who is a strong young woman passionately in love with her boyfriend's best friend.

Youssif/Daniel: 20s-30s, male, any ethnicity. Daniel is part of the acting troupe putting on KISS. Daniel issimple-minded in his acting, well-meaning, wants to get it right. He plays Youssif, who is an dark, moody artist type. He is passionately in love with his best friend's girlfriend.

Ahmed/Martin: 20s-30s, male, any ethnicity. Martin is part of the acting troupe putting on KISS. He is opinionated andtalkative. He is a pushy actor, always wanting to get his way. Martin plays Ahmed, who is Hadeel's boyfriend. Ahmed is bright-eyed and in love.

Bana/Laura: 20s-30s, female, any ethnicity. Laura is the artistic director of the acting troupe putting on KISS. Strong,comfortable public speaker, leading lady type. She plays Bana within the play, who is a TV star. Bana takes up a lot of physical and psychic space in the room.

Additionally, we have two other roles that are on video:

Woman: Syrian woman, 30s-40s. Lives in a refugee camp. She been through a lot of loss, which has made her to thepoint and direct. Speaks in fluent Arabic and in English with an accent. Sings at the end of the show.

Interpreter: Volunteer at Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. White. 20s-30s. Any gender. Speaks fluent Arabic.

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.