AUDITIONS -- Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin - presented by Dunya Productions
SATURDAY DECEMBER 14th, 2-5pm (10 minute slots: 18 slots available)
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Location: Cherry Street Village in the Central District, 720 25th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Rehearsals: Mid-January, Performances: February 26-March 22 with possible extension.
*Equity-level small theatre for performers pay. Non-Equity actors welcome.
Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin directed by Hanna Eady, is a play that centers on the theme of Palestinian collective memory and how it has been rekindled ever since the first tragic and traumatic massacre, beating down the walls of forgetfulness, resisting the deafening silence of museums, and refusing to stay sealed behind the doors of classified archives. This theme is embodied by Amal (which means hope in Arabic), a character who dreams of returning to the land where she was born, to the very ground on which massacred Palestinians were piled, only to rise up as an obstinate form of new life. This insistence on remembering, retelling, and clinging to life, is a fundamental part of the Palestinian practice of sumud, or steadfastness.
CHARACTERS:
*Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin is a four character ensemble. Because the play explores issues of privilege, supremacy, internalized oppression and systems of domination, we are looking for specific demographic qualities.
GAD, an older Israeli man. Former general. Male 55 and older. White.
DOCTOR LEVI, an Israeli woman. Psychiatrist.Ffemale 25-55. White.
AMAL, a Palestinian woman. Female 25-55 (ageless). a woman of color.
ZIDAN, an older man Male 50 and older.
*Please prepare a 2 minute monologue of your choice. Almonds Blossom in Deir Yassin is contemporary and non-comedic.
EMAIL RESUME/HEADSHOT to
DunyaProductionSeattle@gmail.com
PDF of Almonds Blossom at Deir Yassin: (For audition use only — do not share or copy.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UudRjgj6OA7KyaXhQiwR3DGguphn-3ChDReG2Mil3-s/edit?usp=sharing
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If you interested in Dunya Productions, we are always looking for MENA+ performers, writers, directors, designers, and other interested people. Feel free to contact us at the following places:
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