SOFT POWER - (role of ZOE SAMUELS / HILLARY CLINTON) - Submit for NYC Appointments
Signature Theatre | Arlington, VA
Notice: Submission
LORT Non-Rep
$1100 weekly minimum (LORT B)
$750 weekly minimum (Experimental) - workshop
Equity actors for the role of ZOE SAMUELS / HILLARY CLINTON in SOFT POWER (See breakdown).
Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration via the following form:
https://forms.gle/5Ei5fc6ZeUqv77Py9 .
Deadline: 04/24/2024
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Artistic Director: Matthew Gardiner
Director: Ethan Heard
Book and Lyrics: David Henry Hwang
Music and Additional Lyrics: Jeanine Tesori
Musical Director: Chris Fenwick
Choreographer: Billy Bustamante
Casting Director: Geoff Josselson
Audition Dates: TBD
NYC Workshop Dates: May 14-24, 2024 (day off May 20, 2024)
Signature Production:
1st Rehearsal Date: July 9, 2024
1st Performance Date: August 6, 2024 Closing Date: September 15, 2024
Possible Extension Date: September 22, 2024
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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.
SOFT POWER (Signature Theatre)
SYNOPSIS: New York, 2016. Chinese American playwright DHH walks home the night after the 2016 election, shocked by the outcome. He remembers that a producer from Shanghai, Xue Xing, had predicted this election result, arguing that democracy is flawed and chaotic. Xue Xing has hired DHH to write a Chinese musical intended for Broadway, as part of his nation's quest to gain soft power through art and culture, but DHH has been struggling to write it. Suddenly, DHH is stabbed in the neck by an unknown assailant. He passes out and dreams a musical about Xue Xing coming to the US and falling in love with Hillary Clinton. In this musical, DHH sees America - its culture and politics – through the eyes of China: a deeply militarized, religious fundamentalist, violent society where Hillary’s campaign event is a production number at a McDonald’s. When Hillary loses the election and a MAGA thug stabs DHH to death, Xue Xing steps in as the yellow hero who will save America from itself. Eventually, DHH awakens from his dream in a hospital bed. He's telling us this story today, in 2024, after a pandemic in which violent attacks against AAPIs became common. Despite the continuing threats to AAPIs and our nation, DHH chooses to continue believing in democracy. This show is metatheatrical; there is a show within the show. DHH dreams a musical inhabited by characters who are all Chinese Actors portraying American characters, including Hillary Clinton.
Note: Prior to the production at Signature, the writers and creative team will be holding a New York workshop to further develop the piece.
[ZOE SAMUELS / HILLARY CLINTON] Asian American, AAPI, she/her, 30s-50s. Smart, idealistic, high-energy triple-threat who is doing whatever it takes to win the Presidency. Well-intentioned and an expert in (almost) everything. Powerhouse vocalist. Special skills and talents (tap, hip hop, juggling, spinning plates, splits etc) are a plus.
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