TARGET MARGIN THEATER
Present Shame and Further Woe – Auditions
AUDITION DATE
Monday, November 25, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Auditions by appointment only!
Email a head shot / resume to mgmtfellow@targetmargin.org to schedule an audition.
CONTRACT
Non-Union: $2,000 fee. Flexible schedule.
SEEKING
We are seeking performers / musicians / dancers of South Asian or MENASA descent, fluent in Urdu and/or other South Asian dialects. Performers should be comfortable with Shakespearian language and confident using it. The music of the show will be played and sung by the ensemble, which will include actors as well as musicians familiar with South Asian Classical music traditions / instrumentation.
PREPARATION
Performers please prepare a short (two minute) monologue by William Shakespeare.
If asked, performers who sing should be prepared with a short song and/or raga. An electronic tanpura will be available.
If asked, performers who play violin / veena / oboe / nagasvaram / tabla / percussion (and other instruments associated with South Asian Classical music) should be prepared with 30 seconds of material played on their own instrument.
If asked, performers with dance training should be prepared with a one minute movement piece in a style they love. An improvised piece is also fine if they prefer.
Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Target Margin Theater
232 52nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 12220
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: David Herskovits
Director / Writer: Moe Yousuf
Composer: Brian Lawlor
DATES
First rehearsal: March 30, 2020
First performance: April 30, 2020
Final Performance: May 17, 2020
OTHER DATES
Potential Workshop Dates:
February 17 – 29, 2020
March 16 – 22, 2020
OTHER
Target Margin Theater is aggressively inclusive. We seek actors of all gender, ages, physical abilities, and categories. Experience with classical drama is helpful. We are an experimental theater company and actors must be comfortable with unorthodox approaches and unusual treatment of text. We seek actors who are comfortable trying things without knowing why.
BREAKDOWN
Present Shame and Further Woe: is a movement / music performance for bagpipes with text from Shakespeare. It is an exploration of South Asian anglophilian nostalgia for the former British Empire, its traditions and subcultures and examines the relationship between the writing of Shakespeare and the founder and first president of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah (who himself was a Shakespearean actor).
We are seeking five performers / musicians / movers who will share text and play / sing all the music in the show.
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