E-DRIVE [AUDITION - “BAD JEWS” - THEATRE CALGARY - CALGARY, AB ]

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AUDITION - “BAD JEWS” - THEATRE CALGARY - CALGARY, AB 
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Audition day 1: 04/29/2015
City: Calgary
 
Audition day 2: 05/01/2015
City: Calgary
 
Audition day 3: 05/04/2015
City: Toronto
 
Audition day 4: 05/05/2015
City: Toronto
 
Audition day 5: 05/06/2015
City: Montreal
 
Production name: BAD JEWS
Artistic Director or casting person in attendance: Valerie Planche
Deadline to submit: 04/12/2015
Email applications to: smcnairreid at theatrecalgary.com
Contact name: Susan McNair Reid
Contact email: smcnairreid at theatrecalgary.com
Contact phone: 403-294-7440 ext 1053
Engager website: www.theatrecalgary.com
Link to detailed casting information: https://www.theatrecalgary.com/contact/auditions_employment/
Agreement: CTA
 
Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: Theatre Calgary encourages submissions from artists of all ethno-cultural backgrounds.
 
Additional information:
 
BAD JEWS
 
PRODUCTION DATES
Rehearsals start Tuesday February 23, 2016
1st Preview Tuesday March 15, 2016
Opening     Friday March 18, 2016
Closing     Sunday April 10, 2016
 
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
 
Daphna Feygenbaum - 22-25; Liam and Jonah's first cousin; smart, too smart for her own good;  entitled;  two thirds body, one third hair; thick, intense, curly, frizzy, long brown hair (and personality to match); just back from her birthright voyage; bent on preserving family tradition; desperate to preserve tradition at any cost and her dream of marrying her Israeli boyfriend and moving back to Israel.
 
Liam Haber - 24-28; Daphna's cousin; wire-rim glasses; U of Chicago Asian studies PhD student; former Fulbright scholar in Japan; has as much of a sense of humor as an overdue library book; skier, fit, but on the thin side; firstborn; entitled.
 
Jonah Haber - 19-22; Liam's younger brother; sometime UVM sophomore; less lanky than his brother; less brainy; more brawn; more heart.
 
Melody - 24-28; Liam's girlfriend; majored in Opera; stick straight blond hair, which she wears with the barrette to be extra cute; mousy -granola; she works for a nonprofit. 
 
SUBMISSIONS
Please submit headshots and resumes to Susan McNair Reid, Theatre Calgary, at smcnairreid at theatrecalgary.com by Sunday April 12, 2015 FOR ALL CITIES.
 
Please use "BAD JEWS audition submission" in the subject line and include the audition city and role in the body of the email.  
 
Successful applicants will be contacted and provided with sides and further details. 
 
Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the audition

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