AUDITION reminder

THE COOK

a recipe for revolution by Eduardo Machado

Directed by Kym Moore

A production of Sock & Buskin and the Dept. of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies.

First rehearsal: February 15th. Runs April 8th– 18th.

When?
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31st: 2 – 5 PM & 7 – 10 PM
Callbacks will be held in the Cave (Lyman 002) on Monday, February 1st from 7 PM – 10 PM

Where?
LEEDS THEATRE (inside Lyman Hall)

Seeking an ensemble of 5 (3W, 2M) to play the following roles:

Gladys, the cook, early 30's. Works/lives in the mansion of Adria Santana, a member of the Cuban aristocracy before the Revolution. Gladys is passionate about her food, independent minded, provincial and loyal to a fault.

Carlos, Gladys' husband, early 30's. Works for the Santana household as a chauffeur. He is passionately committed to "the Revolution.” His machismo acts as a shield against profound feelings of powerlessness and vulnerability.

Adria/Lourdes, 30’s. As Adria, a wealthy Cuban aristocrat. Elegant, well traveled, and fearful of the impending social change that promises to transform her life forever. As Lourdes, Adria's Cuban-American daughter. Upper middle-class, educated, and suspicious. She is her mother's daughter and resents the losses incurred by her family during the Revolution.

Elena/Rosa, 20’s. As Elena, Gladys' cousin. Accommodating, kind, and willing to "serve.” As Rosa, the illegitimate child of Carlos and his mistress. Bold, independent, and smart. She's been raised by Gladys and is obviously close to her. She is studying engineering, but longs to be a cook like her step-mother.

Julio, 20, Gladys' cousin. Lean and "beautiful." He has his own sense of style, wit, rebelliousness and a touch of the poetic.

* With the exception of the actresses playing Adria/Lourdes and Elena/Rosa, all actors can expect to work on aging 40 years as the play progresses.

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If you have a monologue, the casting board would like to see it. If not, sides from the play will be provided at auditions, which you may prepare with a partner if you’d like.

You are strongly encouraged to read the play in advance. Copies are available in the Becker Library (2nd floor – Lyman Hall) and by e-mailing sockandbuskin@gmail.com.

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PLEASE NOTE: If cast, you must return early from Spring Break for tech at 11 AM on Sunday, April 4th. Please be aware that Sunday, April 4th is Easter.

PLEASE NOTE: All plays cast under the supervision of the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University are cast without regard to race, color or ethnic identity except when such identity is central to the production's thematic content. Although this play takes place in Cuba, Cuba is a multi-racial society and this play will be cast accordingly. ALL students are encouraged to audition.

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ABOUT THE PLAY: It’s New Years Eve1959 and Fidel Castro is coming to power in Havana. Gladys, a provincial but passionate cook, prepares Baked Alaska in the kitchen of a wealthy Cuban household for an array of guests. Suddenly, her mistress announces that she and her bourgeois husband must flee the country. Gladys promises to protect the house until they return. Over the course of the next four decades, Gladys keeps her promise…but also discovers the high cost of her loyalty.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Eduardo Machado was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine. He is the author of over forty plays, including The Floating Island Plays, Once Removed, Stevie Wants To Play The Blues, A Burning Beach, Havana Is Waiting, and The Cook. They have been produced at many major regional theaters, as well as in Europe and Off-Broadway, including among others Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, The Actors Theater Of Louisville, The Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, The Long Wharf Theater, The Williamstown Theater Festival, The Cherry Lane Theater, INTAR, America Place Theater and Hampstead Theatre in London. He is a member of the Actors Studio, The Ensemble Studio Theater, and an alumnus of New Dramatists. He has served on the boards of TCG, New Dramatists and Theatre for the New City. His plays have been published by the Theatre Communications Group and Samuel French. Currently, Mr. Machado is the Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre in New York City. He is also the Head of Playwriting in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. "Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home," a food memoir by Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich, was just released in paperback by Gotham Press.

Dr. Floyd Gaffney Playwriting Competition

The University of California San Diego’s Theatre and Dance Department seeks from all enrolled undergraduate students submissions of previously unproduced, unpublished scripts highlighting the African-American experience in contemporary or historical terms. Adaptations from books and other forms not allowed.

A $1000 honorarium will be awarded to the winning playwright.

A staged reading, April 24, 2010, of the winning script in the
MFA Baldwin New Play Festival attended by twelve national theatre professionals.

Travel and housing cost to and from UC San Diego to be present for the performance.

Additional info can be found at http://theatre.ucsd.edu/playwritingcontest/

Casting Opportunity

Talent search for a potential new scripted drama series for ABC Family

The series is based on the popular teen novel, “HUGE” by Sasha Paley, Teleplay by Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life). It explores Plus Size teens at a weight management camp, and brings a very positive message to television about learning to accept yourself – no matter what your size.

I was a theatre student myself, once nominated for an Irene Ryan, and I am aware of the fabulous talent available in colleges across the United States. The unfortunate problem for plus size talent is that they are not afforded as many opportunities to flourish as a working actor.

I am desperate to reach out to your community, your regional directors and department heads in college theatre across the country, to uncover hidden gems for the series regulars on our show. There are seven plus size lead roles as well as many recurring and guest star parts throughout the series.

We need PLUS SIZE GIRLS AND GUYS who are teenagers OR can play high school age (most 18-24 year olds are able to play High School on Television.)

Students interested can simply log on to the ABC Family link below to upload a personality video, or receive information on submitting a tape through the mail. All personality videos will be watched by Barbara Stordahl (my casting partner) and myself. Contenders will then be selected and sent scripted material (sides) to upload a reading for a particular character. The top choices for each role will test at the Network. (As always, in a series regular audition, travel for actors located out of town would be arranged and paid for by the Network.)

Plus size young people interested in auditioning can log onto:

www.abcfamily.com/upcomingpilots upcomingpilots>

We are open to actors and non-actor/newcomers as well. These roles can be cast with talent from anywhere in the United States. The deadline for submitting is mid February. So they need to act quickly.

I have attached a FLIER in the hopes that you would send out an email to every college theatre program in the KCACTF.

(The red color prints out nicely from a black & white printer for posting on campuses.)

Both Barbara Stordahl and I have been working in casting for over thirteen years. Our credits are listed on the Internet Movie Data Base – www.imdb.com . Perhaps that will help give you a sense of our background in television.

These are our links to the Imdb site:
http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0855943/
http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0832429/


Please let me know if there are any questions I can answer. Thank you for helping us spread the word!

Angela Terry
Stordahl & Terry Casting, Los Angeles

Performance opportunity

Concert/Cultural Show for Suicide Prevention Awareness

Sponsored by the Brown student group, Student Volunteers for the Samaritans of Rhode Island (SVTSRI)

Below is a letter from Bruce Gutierrez and the Student Volunteers for the Samaritans of Rhode Island (SVTSRI). http://mygroups.brown.edu/Community?action=getOrgHome&orgID=914

If you have any questions or would like to participate, please contact Bruce at Samaritans.brown@gmail.com by January 25^th.

For information on the Samaritans of RI please visit the following link http://www.samaritansri.org/

Hi, my name is Bruce Gutierrez and I'm the president of the Student Volunteers for the Samaritans of Rhode Island (SVTSRI). Since 1977, the Samaritans of Rhode Island, a non-profit and non-religious organization, has worked in the community to raise awareness of suicide prevention and depression. The Samaritans offers a 24- hour listening line as well as a support group for those individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. The 24-hour listening line is available for those who are depressed, suicidal, or simply have no one to talk to. Although an official university club did not previously exist, Brown students have been hotline volunteers for many years. However, by the end of Fall Semester 2008, the Student Volunteers for the Samaritans of Rhode Island officially became a Category I club and eventually achieved Category II status.

One of the main goals of SVSTRI is to increase campus awareness of suicide prevention and depression. The executive board has decided to organize a concert-like event in which various performance groups (a cappella, dance, cultural, etc.) will perform, as a way to raise awareness. As of right now, the tentative date for the event is March 12th and the exact location is to be determined (I am trying to reserve Salomon or Sayles). The Samaritans would really appreciate it if your group could perform at this event. If your group is interested in performing, please let me know and email samaritans.brown@gmail as soon as possible. We would greatly appreciate it if you respond by January 25th.

Thank you very much for your time! I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,
Bruce Gutierrez '11
SVTSRI President

AUDITION!

THE COOK

a recipe for revolution by Eduardo Machado

Directed by Kym Moore

A production of Sock & Buskin and the
Dept. of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies.

First rehearsal: February 15th. Runs April 8th– 18th.

When?
SUNDAY, JANUARY 31st: 2 – 5 PM & 7 – 10 PM
Callbacks will be held in the Cave (Lyman 002) on Monday, February 1st from 7 PM – 10 PM

Where?
LEEDS THEATRE (inside Lyman Hall)

Seeking an ensemble of 5 (3W, 2M) to play the following roles:

Gladys, the cook, early 30's. Works/lives in the mansion of Adria Santana, a member of the Cuban aristocracy before the Revolution. Gladys is passionate about her food, independent minded, provincial and loyal to a fault.

Carlos, Gladys' husband, early 30's. Works for the Santana household as a chauffeur. He is passionately committed to "the Revolution.” His machismo acts as a shield against profound feelings of powerlessness and vulnerability.

Adria/Lourdes, 30’s. As Adria, a wealthy Cuban aristocrat. Elegant, well traveled, and fearful of the impending social change that promises to transform her life forever. As Lourdes, Adria's Cuban-American daughter. Upper middle-class, educated, and suspicious. She is her mother's daughter and resents the losses incurred by her family during the Revolution.

Elena/Rosa, 20’s. As Elena, Gladys' cousin. Accommodating, kind, and willing to "serve.” As Rosa, the illegitimate child of Carlos and his mistress. Bold, independent, and smart. She's been raised by Gladys and is obviously close to her. She is studying engineering, but longs to be a cook like her step-mother.

Julio, 20, Gladys' cousin. Lean and "beautiful." He has his own sense of style, wit, rebelliousness and a touch of the poetic.

* With the exception of the actresses playing Adria/Lourdes and Elena/Rosa, all actors can expect to work on aging 40 years as the play progresses.

***

If you have a monologue, the casting board would like to see it. If not, sides from the play will be provided at auditions, which you may prepare with a partner if you’d like.

You are strongly encouraged to read the play in advance. Copies are available in the Becker Library (2nd floor – Lyman Hall) and by e-mailing sockandbuskin@gmail.com.

***

PLEASE NOTE: If cast, you must return early from Spring Break for tech at 11 AM on Sunday, April 4th. Please be aware that Sunday, April 4th is Easter.

PLEASE NOTE: All plays cast under the supervision of the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University are cast without regard to race, color or ethnic identity except when such identity is central to the production's thematic content. Although this play takes place in Cuba, Cuba is a multi-racial society and this play will be cast accordingly. ALL students are encouraged to audition.

***

ABOUT THE PLAY: It’s New Years Eve1959 and Fidel Castro is coming to power in Havana. Gladys, a provincial but passionate cook, prepares Baked Alaska in the kitchen of a wealthy Cuban household for an array of guests. Suddenly, her mistress announces that she and her bourgeois husband must flee the country. Gladys promises to protect the house until they return. Over the course of the next four decades, Gladys keeps her promise…but also discovers the high cost of her loyalty.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Eduardo Machado was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine. He is the author of over forty plays, including The Floating Island Plays, Once Removed, Stevie Wants To Play The Blues, A Burning Beach, Havana Is Waiting, and The Cook. They have been produced at many major regional theaters, as well as in Europe and Off-Broadway, including among others Seattle Repertory Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, The Actors Theater Of Louisville, The Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, The Long Wharf Theater, The Williamstown Theater Festival, The Cherry Lane Theater, INTAR, America Place Theater and Hampstead Theatre in London. He is a member of the Actors Studio, The Ensemble Studio Theater, and an alumnus of New Dramatists. He has served on the boards of TCG, New Dramatists and Theatre for the New City. His plays have been published by the Theatre Communications Group and Samuel French. Currently, Mr. Machado is the Artistic Director of INTAR Theatre in New York City. He is also the Head of Playwriting in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. "Tastes Like Cuba: An Exile's Hunger for Home," a food memoir by Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich, was just released in paperback by Gotham Press.