Casting for East West's 2001 season

CASTING FOR EAST WEST PLAYERS 35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

EWP is now accepting submission for the 2000-2001 season. Below is a cast breakdown for the four plays being produced. Please send your picture and resume to the address below with the name of the production and the role you would like to be considered for marked on the outside of the envelope. Please submit a headshot for each production you would like to be considered for. We are also looking for non-AEA understudies for all roles.

Actors Equity Association (AEA) Letter of Agreement (LOA) Bay Area Theatres (BAT) Contract

Send to: EWP CASTING
244 South San Pedro Street, Suite 301
Los Angeles, CA 90012

NO PHONE CALLS OR DELIVERIES

Before submitting your picture for a particular role, please be familiar with the play. Scripts are available at the EWP office after July 4, 2000 and may only be read at the office. All plays with the exception of THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING are published and available at Samuel French, Inc.

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
By Prince Gomolvilas
Directed by Loy Arcenas
Co-Production with Singapore Repertory Theatre

Rehearsals begin September 25 in Los Angeles
Fly to Singapore October 14 for tech rehearsals and performances
Return to Los Angeles October 30
Previews in Los Angeles begin November 2
Opens in Los Angeles November 8, 2000
Closes December 3, 2000

From the author of BIG HUNK O' BURNIN' LOVE, seven Asian Americans (Thai, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese) gather atop a Las Vegas wedding chapel every week for a UFO watch. One particular night brings about profound changes in all their lives when the impossible becomes a reality. This vibrant and moving new comedy won both the International Herald Tribune
Playwriting Competition and the Julie Harris Playwright Award Competition.

Cast of characters:
PATTY: 39; a Thai American; immigrated to America at the age of 16; Hiroís wife
GILBERT: 21; a Filipino American; immigrated to America at the age of one; Shimmyís son
LANA: 21; a Chinese American; born in the U.S.A.; Nefís sister
MAY: 65; a Thai Immigrant; immigrated to America at the age of 43; Pattyís mother
HIRO: 41; a Japanese American; immigrated to America at the age of 26; Pattyís husband
SHIMMY: 43; a Filipino American; immigrated to America at the age of 23; Gilbertís mother
NEF: 26; a Chinese American; born in the U.S.A.; Lanaís brother

Due to the collaboration with Singapore Repertory, two actors may be cast from Singapore in this production.

THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
by Frank Chin
Directed by Mako

A talented and controversial writer, Chin's play barges through the comfortable stereotypes of the Asian American. When first produced in 1974, the play created an enormous stir and has had a profound impact on a generation of young Asian American writers. "The language is frequently strong, and the bitterness, even when wrapped in some very funny comedy, is unrelenting." --New York Times. Even more poignant to be presented in the Year of the Dragon, this play will be directed by EWP Founding Artistic Director Mako.

Previews January 25, 2001
Opens January 31, 2001 February 25, 2001

Cast of Characters:
FRED ENG: Chinese American travel agent and tourist guide in his forties
CHINA MAMA: Old Chinese Woman; Pa Eng's Chinese wife
MA (HYACINTH ENG): Chinese American; youngish; in her middle or late fifties; American born and raised; manically efficient, practical and irrational
SIS (MATTIE): "Mama Fu Fu"; Chinese American; the married daughter of Ma and Pa Eng; middle class in dress and manners; thirtyish
ROSS: Mattieís China-crazy white husband; aesthetic, supercilious; Mr. Nice Guy
PA (WING ENG): Chinese in his sixties; dying of a lung disease; a snappy but conservative dresser
JOHNNY ENG: Chinese American in his late teens; a Chinatown street kid

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Tim Dang

Broadway's greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written the perfect escape from lifeís troubles. East West Players moves the setting from ancient Greece to ancient Polynesia and still maintaining the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. A crafty slave struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan for his young master, in exchange for freedom.

Previews March 15, 2001
Opens March 21 April 15, 2001

Cast of Characters:
All characters must have impeccable (and quick) comic timing, sing well, and move well in vaudeville and Polynesian-style dancing
PROLOGUS: an actor
SENEX: an old man
DOMINA: his wife
HERO: his son; in love with Philia
HYSTERIUM: slave to Senex and Domina
PSEUDOLUS: a slave to Hero
LYCUS: a buyer and seller of courtesans
TINTINABULA: a courtesan, PANACEA: a courtesan
THE GEMINAE: courtesans, VIBRATA: a courtesan; GYMNASIA: a courtesan
PHILIA: a virgin
ERRONIUS: an old man
MILES GLORIOSUS: a warrior

YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE
By Philip Kan Gotanda
Directed by TBA

Two very different generations and two very different sensibilities clash when veteran actor Vincent Chang meets up-and-coming star, Bradley Yamashita at a Hollywood party, in this now classic Asian American exploration of where film, identity, politics and art converge. Philip Gotanda takes a look at stereotypes and hard choices in this serio-comic valentine to Asian American actors, past and present.

Previews May 17, 2001
Opens May 23 June 17, 2001

Cast of characters:
VINCENT CHANG: Actor; mid-late 60ís; former hoofer; veteran actor
BRADLEY YAMASHITA: Actor; mid-late 20s; up and coming star