REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES
– Equity Principal Auditions
Depot Theatre Westport, NY SPT $338/week minimum.
Artistic Dir: Shami J. McCormick
Author: Josefina Lopez
Dir TBA
Contract dates: 8/13-9/9.
Equity Principal Auditions:
Friday, March 9, 2012 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
10 AM – 2 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor
Equity Monitor begins sign-up at 8:30 AM. New York City
Please prepare a contemporary comic monologue, 2 minutes or less.
Please bring a photo and resume, stapled back-to-back.
Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L. A., this is the outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny factory from going under. And while they work, hiding from the INS, they talk... about their husbands & lovers, their children, their dreams for the future. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest among them. This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women's bodies, the power of women, & the incredible bond that happens when women work together.
Seeking (all roles are available):
Ana:
18. Feminist. Recent high school graduate. Politically active & concerned. Waiting on her financial aid to come through so she can attend college. Ana dreams of getting out of the barrio & going off to college & becoming a famous writer. Although she needs the money, Ana doesn't like working at the factory & has little respect for the co-workers, who make fun of her ambitions & what they consider her idealistic feminist philosophies. However, Ana keeps working & chronicling her experiences in a journal. As the summer unfolds, she slowly gains an understanding & appreciation of the work & the women, eventually writing an essay that wins her a journalism fellowship which will take her to NYC.
Estela:
24. Owner of the Garcia Sewing Factory. Behind on her payments. Kind. Hardworking. Described in the play as "plain-looking" & "plump". Afraid to apply for amnesty because she owes money on some sewing machines, & thus spends most of the play being nervous, afraid & driven to complete her large order. Has a huge crush on a man the group jokingly calls "El Tormento". He takes her for a date & behaves inappropriately, making sexual advances that a smarter woman would have seen coming. That pretty much kills her crush.
Carmen:
48. Oldest of the women, Ana & Estela’s mom. Described as "short" & "large". Old-school mother with traditional values. Has a talent for storytelling & a tendency to use a harsh, blunt tone. Speaks her mind on all issues.
Pancha:
32. Smart, sassy. Described as a "huge woman". Very comfortable with herself, despite the fact that she can't have children, something her social conditioning has raised her to expect from life. She, like Carmen, is rather conventional, believing that Ana's education will be a turn-off for her future husband.
Rosali:
29. Often acts as mediator of fights within the group. A little thinner than the others, probably because she's constantly dieting. Described as "sweet & easygoing" by the playwright.
Theatre’s statement: “The Depot Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer ... and we support Non-Traditional Casting.”
If unable to attend, send photo/resume & brief cover note to Shami J. McCormick, Artistic Director, The Depot Theatre, Box 414, Westport, NY 12993.
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