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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - TORONTO
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Frost/Nixon
By: Peter Morgan
Directed by:  Ted Dykstra
A co-production with The Playhouse Theatre, Vancouver

Auditions will be held early April
Outside dates for the contract are August 18 - November 8, 2008 and
include runs in both Vancouver and Toronto.

Jim Reston - Male, mid-late thirties, American
The narrator of the story, liberal intellectual, driven by need to see
Nixon admit wrongdoing.   

Evonne Gooolagong - Female, early twenties, Australian 
Attractive Australian Aboriginal tennis star

Caroline Cushing  - Female, late twenties, American
Attractive, dark haired, adventurous, lives by her own rules, with a
pretty, infectious smile 

John Birt - Male, early-mid thirties, British
Frost's friend and long-time producer, tall, round wire glasses, classic
English Complexion, already grey-haired.  Clipped-precise oxford speak.

Bob Zelnick - Male, 'oldest of the team', American
In charge of 'American side of things'.  Square set, dark hair, gentle,
likeable, principled - erudite.  Veteran reporter.  Can do 'better than
average Nixon impersonation.'

Colonel Jack Brennan - Male, early fifties, American
Nixon's Chief of Staff, ex-military, razor-cut hair, handsome,
chiselled.

Manolo Sanchez - Male, forties, American (Hispanic)
Nixon's presidential valet.

Irving Paul (Swifty) Lazar  -Male, 70, American
Legendary Hollywood literary agent, barely 5 foot, large framed glasses,
shiny bald head, immaculately dressed, hygiene obsessed.

Mike Wallace (may be doubled with another role) - Male, 59, American
Famous television journalist.  In direct competition with Frost though
would not admit it.  

Send submissions no later than Monday, March 31, 2008 to 
Briana Brown, 
Canadian Stage Company, 
26 Berkeley Street, 
Toronto, Ontario, 
M5A 2W3.  

We invite resumes from artists of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
Submit a hard copy resume/photo only - no phone calls or emails -
thanks.  Only those selected for an audition will be contacted.

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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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria St., 12th floor
Toronto, ON  M5C 3C4
www.caea.com



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