Kumu Kahua Theatre Holds Auditions for Untitled TMT Project by Susan Stanton WHAT: Auditions for Untitled TMT Project by Susan Stanton
WHERE: Zoom Meeting
WHEN: 6:00 pm Wednesday, April 14, 2021 & 6:00 pm Thursday, April 15, 2021
INFO: 808-536-4222,
kumukahua.org and
officemanager@kumukahua.org Open auditions will be held to cast the world premiere of Untitled TMT Project, written by Peabody Award-winning playwright, Susan Soon He Stanton. The show will be directed by Harry Wong III and runs June 10 – 27, 2021. Both the auditions and performances for this production will be held live, online. Show description: In the 2010s the construction of a 30-meter telescope on Mauna Kea was announced. Author Susan Stanton uses theatre to investigate the issues surrounding the TMT protests. Dramatizing the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope, Untitled TMT Projectexplores the intersections of the sacred, science, government, capitalism, and tradition. This play draws inspiration from interviews with kia‘i, government officials, activists, scientists, and community members, as well as visits to Pu‘uhonua o Pu‘uhuluhulu Maunakea and observatories. Weaving together hula and oli, original narrative, interviews, and news reports, Untitled TMT Project creates a theatrical space where many different voices and truths can coexist. Untitled TMT Project demonstrates a 360° view of the complex cultural and political forces that shape Hawai‘i. Director Harry Wong III is looking for actors to fill the following roles: Aunty Val – elementary school teacher in Waimea in her 60’s. Annie – Kama‘aina woman, now living in Seattle, early 30’s. Kiana – Hawaiian woman, from O‘ahu now living on Hawai‘i island, early 30’s. Kahu – Hawaiian priest. Reggie – Astrophysicist, African American in his 30’s. Ikaika – Hawaiian/local telescope worker, late 20’s, from Hawai‘i island. Dr. Thorbeck – Director of Keck II, haole astrophysicist now living on Hawai‘i island, in his 50’s. George – telescope operator. Paul – Hawaiian/local scientist, in his 40’s. Kupuna (ensemble and individual) Joe – Legal aid, 20’s, Colorado. Brendan – kia‘i from O‘ahu (protector) Pomai – Hawai‘i Island kia‘i Kai – Vocal kia‘i Billy – Kupuna kia‘i Gov David Ige Lt. Gov Josh Green Sondra – Hawaiian/local kia‘i and hula dancer Jade - Hawaiian/local kia‘i and hula dancer Mary Tina – Haole Hawaiian historian, early 30’s. Guy Hagi Mayor Harry Kim Historian ENSEMBLE Will solo or group perform text including:
Honolulu Star Advertiser Hawaii News Now Instagram Post Twitter KHON All actors should be familiar with the story. A digital copy of the script can be found here. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Audition Information: If you would like to audition, fill out this
audition sheet and email Faith Cauthon at
admin@kumukahua.org to receive the audition Zoom meeting link. For further information, call the Kumu Kahua Theatre office at 536-4222, or email
officemanager@kumukahua.org. Susan Soon He Stanton is a writer/producer for Succession [HBO], for which she has also won WGA and Peabody Awards. She also writes for Modern Love [Amazon], The Baby [HBO], Dead Ringers [ Amazon, and Conversation with Friends [BBC/Hulu series]. Plays include we, the invisibles (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival), Today Is My Birthday (Page 73, Kumu Kahua), Takarazuka!!! (Clubbed Thumb and East West Players), The Underneath (Kumu Kahua), Solstice Party! (Live Source), Cygnus (Women's Project Pipeline), Moana Jr. (book) for Disney Theatrical Group, Navigator (Honolulu Theatre for Youth), and more. She is a Sundance Theater Lab Resident Playwright and was awarded Leah Ryan FEWW, the Venturous Playwrights Fellowship at the Lark, and is a member of New Dramatists and MaYi’s Playwright’s Lab, and was an alumni of Primary Stage’s Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, the Public’s Emerging Writer’s Group, and SoHo Rep’s Writer Director Lab. Commissions include Yale Repertory, American Conservatory Theater/Crowded Fire, South Coast Repertory, and Ensemble Studio Theatre, Kumu Kahua among others. In film, she received a Feature Film Development Grant from the Sloan Foundation. Her film Dress won the audience award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. BFA: NYU Tisch's Dramatic Writing, MFA: Yale School of Drama.
www.susansoonhestanton.com Kumu Kahua productions are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020, McInerny Foundation (Bank of Hawaii, Trustee); The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai`i, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ABC Stores, the Gloria Kosasa Gainsley Fund, the Island Insurance Foundation, Hawai`i Public Radio, The Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation, Edric Sakamoto, John Mazur and other foundations, businesses, and loyal patrons. | 
