EWP accepting pictures and resumes for upcoming productions of the 37th Anniversary Season.

We are accepting Union (Actors Equity Association, LOA to BAT) and non-union submissions at this time. Please send a headshot (more than one if you are being considered for more than one production) with personal contact information. Auditions to be announced. Please denote part and production you are submitting for.

Send picture and resume to:
East West Players Casting
120 Judge John Aiso St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Absolutely no telephone calls.

QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL by Sujata G. Bhatt
This serio-comedy, about an upper-middle class South Asian family, is seen through the eyes of Shilpa Shah, a 17 year-old longing to break out of the Valley and get to New York. But her parents, brother and sister-in-law are the roadblocks she has to bypass. A dark comedy, QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL peers into one week in the lives of an immigrant Indian family to plumb the basic question of ethics: what does it really mean to live a good life?

Director: Tim Dang and Sujata G. Bhatt
Auditions: Now Casting
Rehearsal/Start Date: August 13, 2002
Opens: September 11, 2002 through October 6, 2002
Seeking South Asian East Indian actors

SHILPA SHAH, a 17-year old girl (must be over 18 to play 17)
DIVYA SHAH, 50, Shilpa&Mac226;s mother, an anesthesiologist
ASHOK SHAH, 51, Shilpa&Mac226;s father, an internist
NITIN SHAH, 24, Shilpa&Mac226;s brother, a medical student
PADMA RAO, 24, Nitin&Mac226;s fiancée, another medical student

THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, a new adaptation written and directed by Andrew Tsao.
7 adult Asian American actors, four male, three female to play multiple roles in this original adaptation of Shakespeare&Mac226;s classic, incorporating Asian theatrical styles. Must have strong background in Shakespeare, as well as strong dance, movement, gymnastics or martial arts background. Auditions will consist of one Shakespeare monologue no longer than two minutes, and a strenuous movement workout.

Director: Andrew Tsao
Auditions: mid-late August
Rehearsal/Start Date: late October
Opens: November 20, 2002 through December 15, 2002

Seeking skilled Asian Pacific classical actors for combined roles of:
PROSPERO, rightful duke of Milan; a magician
MIRANDA, Prospero's daughter
FERDINAND, son of the King of Naples
CALIBAN, half man, half beast Master of the Ship
ALONSO, King of Naples
SEBASTIAN, Alonso's traitorous brother
ANTONIO, Prospero's usurping brother
GONZALO, a good old counselor
STEPHANO, Alonso's drunken butler
ARIEL, a bird-like spirit, servant of Prospero
ADRIAN & FRANCISCO: attendants to Naples
IRIS, CERES, JUNO: spirits of the pageant
TRINCULO, Alonso's jester

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, book by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman based on the film by Roger Corman and screenplay by Charles Griffith. Directed by Glen Chin with musical direction by Scott Nagatani.
A down-and out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon „Audrey II‰ grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore that offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination!

Director: Glen Chin
Musical Director: Scott Nagatani
Auditions: Late October
Rehearsal/Start Date: January 2, 2003
Opens: February 5, 2003 through March 2, 2003

Seeking Asian Pacific musical theatre actors who can sing Pop/Rock, Contemporary, Blues/Jazz/Gospel Styles

SEYMOUR, mid-twenties and perhaps balding a little. Our insecure, naive, put-upon, florist&Mac226;s clerk hero. Above all, he&Mac226;s a sweet and well-meaning little man. (low A to high G)
AUDREY, the bleached-blond, Billie-Dawn-like, secret love of his life. If you took Judy Holiday, Carol Channing, Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, removed their education and feelings of self-worth, dressed them in spiked heels and a low-cut black dress, and then shook them up in a test tube to extract what&Mac226;s sweetest and most vulnerable that&Mac226;d be Audrey. (low A to high D)
MR. MUSHNIK Their boss. A failure of an East Side florist. His accent, if he has one, is more that of middle class New York than of Eastern Europe. He seldom smiles but often sweats. (low G to high E-flat)
ORIN A tall, dark, handsome dentist with a black leather jacket and sadistic tendencies. He is not, however, a leftover from the movie version of GREASE. Think instead of an egotistical pretty-boy all got up like a greaser but thinking like an insurance salesman and talking like a radio announcer. (The actor who plays him also plays A Voice not unlike God&Mac226;s, Wino #2, Customer, Radio Announcer, Mr. Bernstein, Mrs. Luce, Skip Snip and Patrick Martin.) (low C to high G)
THE PLANT (AUDREY TWO) An anthropomorphic cross between a Venus flytrap and an avocado. It has a huge, nasty-looking pod, which gains a shark-like aspect when open and snapping at food. The creature is played by a series of four increasing large puppets, manipulated by one Puppeteer. (Who also plays Wino #1 in the first scene.) The first time we see The Plant, it is less than one foot tall. The last time we see it, it fills the entire stage.
VOICE OF THE PLANT Provided by an actor on an offstage microphone. It is important that this actor have clear visual access to the puppets onstage, so that he can provide accurate lip-synch. The sound is a cross between Otis Redding, Barry White, and Wolfman Jack. Think of The Voice as that of a street-smart, funky, conniving villain Rhythm and Blues&Mac226; answer to Richard the Third. (low B-flat to high G)
CRYSTAL, RONNETTE and CHIFFON Three female street urchins who function as participants in the action and a Greek Chorus outside it. They&Mac226;re young, hip, smart and the only people in the whole cast who REALLY know what&Mac226;s going on. In their „Greek Chorus‰ capacity, they occasionally sing to the audience directly. And when they do, it&Mac226;s often with a „secret-smile‰ that says: „we know something you don&Mac226;t know.‰

THE NISEI WIDOWS CLUB, written by Betty Tokudani and directed by Tim Dang.
A new comedy about love and loss and living in the Nisei (second generation Japanese American) tradition. A group of Nisei band together to form a support group for bereaving spouses. One night, unexpected visitors attend their weekly gathering and all hell breaks loose.

Director: Tim Dang
Auditions: January 2003
Rehearsal/Start Date: late April 2003
Opens: May 14, 2003 through June 8, 2003
Seeking two women lead roles and two women/four men in supporting roles 50s to 70s, Nisei (second generation Japanese American), great comic timing.

Questions? Email gwangung@u.washington.edu