Author: Rajiv Joseph
Director: Robert Craig
Run: May 2 - May 30, 2015
Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Thursday & Sunday night shows available for private parties and special events.
Audition Dates: Open Call
Dates: March 9th and 10th, 2015
Times: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Callbacks:
Date and Time: March 11, 2015, 7:00 - 9:00 pm by invitation only
Rehearsals:
Date and Time: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Saturdays 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Long Beach Playhouse
Audition Requirements:
Bring headshot and resume.
Synopsis:
Within war-torn Baghdad, lives a tiger - a wild, captive beast within a man-made cage. Through the power of theatrical imagination, we are allowed a peek inside the mind of this quick-witted and well-spoken animal, as the lives of two American Marines and an Iraqi translator are forever changed by the mayhem surrounding them in the midst of war. Violence, anger, greed, forgiveness, and redemption are examined in funny, touching, and insightful exchanges between man and beast; the living and the dead. Rajiv Joseph's groundbreaking new American play explores both the power and the perils of human nature, the search for freedom, and the existence of the after-life.
Casting the following roles:
TIGER: Male, (any race/ethnicity, except Middle Eastern) 40s-50s. Tiger is scrappy, ragged, tired but still frightening and dangerous. His better years are long gone. Underneath the ruff exterior, there is a deep sadness and a satirical wit and humor. Actor will be required to let their beard grow for this role.
KEV: Male American (any race/ethnicity), 20s. A soldier. Juvenile and naïve, somewhat psychologically fragile, Kev goes on a haunted journey of enlightenment.
TOM: Male American (any race/ethnicity), 20s. A soldier. Older and wiser than Kev. Business-minded and opportunist. Bitter.
MUSA: Male Iraqi, 20s-40s. Former Iraqi gardener, turned war translator. Innately humble, honest, with a kind spirit. His anger and thirst for justice over the horrors that have befallen his family threaten to shatter his seemingly unbreakable patience and tolerance.
UDAY HUSSEIN/IRAQI MAN: Male Iraqi, 30s. Son of Saddam, Cocky & heartless he is now a vengeful, terrifying ghost. The same actor plays an Iraqi Man, whose home is invaded by American soldiers.
WOMAN: Iraqi, 20s-50s. A frightened woman whose home is invaded by American soldiers. The same actress plays a leper from a leper colony south of Baghdad.
HADIA/GIRL: Female Iraqi. 20s. Hadia is Musa's innocent younger sister, now dead, haunting her brother. The same actress plays a girl who is a young prostitute.
Considerations: Iraqi dialects will be used, and there is a good deal of Arabic spoken in the play with the female roles. We will have a dialect & language consultant for this production. Non-Arabic speaking actors are encouraged to try out!
