Call for Auditions: Bay Area

CALL FOR AUDITIONS
Audition Dates: April 25* (Vallejo) & 26** (Oakland) from 10am – 4pm;
Callbacks: April 27* (Vallejo) at 7pm

BANYAN
By Jeannie Barroga -- Director: Norman Gee
Six Performances opening June 19, 2009
Production Dates: June 19, 20, 21; 26, 27 & 28
Produced by The MIRA THEATRE GUILD
*51 Daniels Avenue, Vallejo, CA

Check for Details: director@sfstage.com
http://www.miratheatreguild.org/ 707-649-1053
CALL BY APRIL 10, 2009 – REHEARSALS START MID-MAY

** Noodle Factory, 1255 26th St.
@Union/Mandela Pkwy, W. Oakland, 510-548-7878x370

Sides from the play will also be available at SF locations TO BE ANNOUNCED
Please prepare a ONE-MINUTE monolog, serio-comic or your choice
and/or read scenes from sides/full script; Preferred: bring a HEADSHOT (email acceptable)

CHARACTERS – 3 FEMALES, 5 MALES (non-paid)
"ONA: 20-30s something; Fil-Am `Dorothy' post 9-1-1; a dreamer, Ian's sister
"ASWANG"/CEO (double-cast) - Fil-Am/Asian-Am, 30s, very physical role for `Aswang'
"ELLA" – 20-30s something; Fil-Am, maintenance superintendent; a leader
"IAN" – Fil-Am, 30s something; Ona's brother, travel companion
"CABING"/Rebel (double-cast) – Fil-Am, maintenance worker, serio-comic; Ona's jungle crush
"CESAR"/Operative (double-cast) – any (or Fil-Am/Asian-Am) 20s, 30s
"DOUGLAS" - any, 30s something, serio-comic; Ona's co-worker crush
"DIRK" – any, 30s something, serio-comic, corporate

FINALIST, Seattle Repertory Theatre/Hedgebrook Women's Playwrights Festival 2003,
and the Taper Too Asian American Workshop 2003

"In this lovingly crafted world premiere, Barroga uses influences from Filipino folklore and The Wizard of Ox
to etch a modern homecoming…confronting a few lions and tigers and bears, oh my."
Amber Adrian, TBA, November 2005