EAST WEST PLAYERS CASTING NOTICE

SEND HEADSHOT & RESUME BY 12 November 2007
120 North Judge John Aiso Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
Attn: Bobby Fromer
PRODUCTION: “Voices From Okinawa”
By: Jon Shirota
Directed by: Tim Dang

Auditions – 17th & 18th November 2007
Rehearsals begin – 8 January 2008
Previews begin – 7 February 2008
Opens – 13 February 2008
Closes – 9 March 2008

AEA – LOA to BAT Contract

Kama Hutchins, an American graduate student of one quarter Okinawan descent, teaches English in Okinawa and receives an unexpected education in Okinawan-American relations.

BREAKDOWN:

• Harue Kaneshiro 25 Okinawan woman. Good comic timing. Singing a plus. Must speak Japanese & English w/Japanese accent
• Hitoshi Kaneshiro 25 Okinawan man. Harue's husband. Good comic timing.
  Guitar playing & singing a plus. Must speak Japanese & English wi/Japanese accent.
• Kama Hutchins 27 One quarter Okinawan, three quarter Caucasian. American man, speaks perfect English
• Keiko Oshiro 27 Okinawa woman. Principal of Naha English School.
  Traditional, serious. Must speak English with Japanese accent
• Namiye Matsuda 19 Subdued Okinawan girl. Must speak Japanese & English with Japanese accent.
• Obaa-San 96 Okinawan Great Aunt of Kama Hutchins. A yuta shaman.
  Great passion for life. Good comic timing. Must be bilingual Japanese / English
• Takeshi Arakaki 19 Okinawan youth. Chauffeur. Must speak English with Japanese accent.
• Yasunobu Hokama 25 Okinawan barber. Good comic timing. Bilingual Japanese / English.