POOR YELLA REDNECKS - NYC EPA Manhattan Theatre Club | New York, NY
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Thursday, May 11, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
Break: 1:00-2:00pm
LORT Non-Rep
$1008 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for principal & understudy roles in POOR YELLA REDNECKS (see breakdown).
The Stage Management positions have been filled.
Actors should prepare at 2-minute comic monologue. The tone of this play is broad and bold, so feel free to have fun with this one.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center 165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
Studio B
Director: May Adrales
Writer: Qui Ngyuen
Expected to attend:
Kelly Gillespie (Casting Director)
David Caparelliotis (Casting Director) Joe Gery (Casting Associate)
Sarah Yang (Casting Trainee)
On Contract: 9/12/23
1st Preview: 10/10/23
Opens: 11/1/23
Through: 1/7/24
OTHER
The second play in an autobiographical trilogy about an immigrant family’s bumpy road to the American dream. Told from the mother’s perspective, Poor Yella Rednecks is the story of a young family’s attempt to put down roots in Arkansas, a place as different from Vietnam as it gets. Filled with infectious music and unexpected humor.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition. An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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 audition room can accommodate no more than 28 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 80 individuals at a time.
All roles will be understudied.
QUANG: Asian male. 30s. A confident and sexy guy who is nonetheless having trouble adjusting to life in America. He struggles further when news from the family he left behind in Vietnam arrives unexpectedly. Comic chops and rap skills.
ROLES CAST:
TONG: [CAST] Asian female. 30s. Effortlessly sexy, foul-mothed, willful, hard-working, and fiercely independent. The hero of our story. Married to QUANG. Trying her best to make it in her new home country. Comic chops and rap skills.
HUONG & OTHERS: [CAST] Asian Female. 30s/40s. Outspoken, vigorous, and flirty. She is a surprisingly good hang for an elderly woman newly transported to America. Other characters; has transformative ability and comic chops.
NHAN & OTHERS: [CAST] Asian male. Late 30s/40s. Boisterous, uncensored, and a bad influence. He’s very adamant that QUANG should ditch his relationship with TONG in Arkansas and move to Houston, Texas to live out his days as a bachelor. Other characters; has transformative ability and comic chops. Puppetry skills a plus.
PLAYWRIGHT, LITTLE MAN & OTHERS: [CAST] Asian male. 20s/30s. PLAYWRIGHT: Our narrator. Witty and sardonic. This play is the story of his family acclimating to life in America after leaving Vietnam. LITTLE MAN: The Playwright as a child. Imaginative and innocent. Often bewildered and frustrated, as children frequently are, but additionally so as he is navigating a new culture. Other characters; has transformative ability and comic chops.
BOBBY & OTHERS: [CAST] Any ethnicity. 30s. Earnest, awkward, emotional, and unbearably nice. Speaks very broken Vietnamese. Bears an unrequited love for TONG, but wishes her the best despite it never working out. Other characters; has transformative ability and comic chops.
Videos
