PCPA 2023 Summer Season - LA EPA PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre | Santa Maria, CA
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, February 13, 2023
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (P)
Lunch 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Members may sign up for appointments at the audition venue starting at 10:45 am PT.
URTA
$841 weekly minimum
Equity actors for PCPA's 2023 Summer Season (See breakdown).
Please prepare a short monologue and a short acapella song. Also, please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Madilyn Clark Studios
10852 Burbank Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601-2508
AMERICAN MARIACHI by José Cruz González
Directed by Robert Ramirez
Expected to attend:
Casting Director, Erik Stein
AMERICAN MARIACHI
First rehearsal 6/16/23
Opens 7/15
Closes 8/27
OTHER
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AMERICAN MARIACHI plays in both our indoor theatre in Santa Maria and our outdoor theatre in Solvang.
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.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and dressing rooms.
Holding/Audition room information:
The maximum capacity in the holding room is: 12
The maximum capacity in the audition room is: 6
PCPA is also producing EMMA, BRIGHT STAR and THE BOOK OF WILL during our 2023 season; however, those shows have been fully cast with our resident company and Conservatory students.
Directed by Robert Ramirez
PCPA has a year-round resident company and a two-year Conservatory; many roles are already cast. LUCHA MORALES: CAST
HORTENSIA PÉREZ: prefers to be called “BOLI.” Early to mid 20s, Mexican American. Bilingual. Works as a hotel maid and later at a cannery. LUCHA’s cousin. Hungry to learn about the world. She is fiercely loyal and protective of her family and friends. She loves to sing (alto, vocal range: G3-G5) and learns to play the guitar.
AMALIA MORALES: late 40s/early 50s. Mexican American. Bilingual. Mother of LUCHA, married to FEDERICO. She is battling early onset dementia and is mostly lost in the past except for a few moments of lucidity. She sees and speaks to her deceased aunt, TÍA CARMEN. She used to the play violin and she sings beautifully (soprano, vocal range: G3-G5).
FEDERICO MORALES: middle-aged Mexican. Immigrated to the U.S. as a young man. Bilingual, father of LUCHA, married to AMALIA. He works as a cook by day and sings (tenor, vocal range: A3- D4) and plays an instrument as a professional mariachi by night and weekends. Not coping well with his wife’s illness and haunted by the actions of his past; he has largely closed himself off to the world.
ISABEL CAMPOS: late 20s/early 30s. Mexican American. Bilingual. Married to MATEO. Shy and has a hard time speaking up for herself. Singing is her greatest passion. She sings (soprano, vocal range: G3- D6) in her church choir. Learns to play the trumpet.
MATEO CAMPOS: CAST
GABBY OROZCO: mid 20s. Mexican American. A Born-Again Christian. She lacks confidence, style, and experience in the world. Her Spanish isn’t so good either. Works as a baker at El Águila Panadería. She sings (alto, vocal range: G3-B4) and plays the electric bass at her church. Learns to play the guitarrón. She actively searches for guidance and companionship.
SOYLA REYNA: CAST
MINO AVILA: a middle-aged Mexican. Compadre of FEDERICO, but they haven’t spoken in years. Bilingual. A mariachi (any vocal range), he is very wise, a music historian. LUCHA’s godfather. A softspoken and humble man with a broken heart. He repairs music instruments in his garage. Plays guitar or vihuela (tenor or baritone range: E3-A4 or G2-A3).
TÍA CARMEN: (alto, range:G3-B4) Mexican. She is a spirit seen by Amalia. Strong Spanish speaker and a very strong Mariachi singer and violin player.
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