THE GREAT LEAP - NYC Appointments
Guthrie Theater Foundation
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Appointment Auditions: 08/25/2018, 08/26/2018
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT B; $914/week
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA actors for 2 roles. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email picture and resume ASAP to: SUBMISSION.MCCORKLECASTING@GMAIL.COM. Deadline for receipt: 8/22
Deadline: Wed, Aug 22, 2018
SUBMIT TO
SUBMISSION.MCCORKLECASTING@GMAIL.COM
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Joseph Haj
Director: Desdemona Chiang
Casting Director: Pat McCorkle, Katja Zarolinski
Playwright: Lauren Yee
OTHER DATES
Rehearsal Date(s): 12/18/2018
Opening Date(s): 01/18/2019
Closing Date(s): 02/10/2019
OTHER
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
BREAKDOWN
MANFORD.
17, male, chinese american. intense, scrappy, runs into trouble, attacks the rim, with a ruthless crossover. not tall. more allen iverson than jeremy lin.
SAUL.
52, male, jewish, coach of university of san francisco's men's basketball team. a shit-talking, shotblocking, washed up larry bird.
STORYLINE:
When an American basketball team travels to Beijing for an exhibition game in 1989, the drama goes deeper than the strain between countries. For two men with a past and one teen with a future, the game is a chance to stake their moment in history and claim personal victories off the court. Tensions rise right up to the final buzzer as history collides with the action in the stadium. Rapid-fire comedy meets poignant reflection in this perceptive new play, inspired by the life of playwright Lauren Yee’s father.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
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