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AUDITION NOTICE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - STUDIO 180 THEATRE - TORONTO,
ON
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Contact name: Kesta Graham
Contact email: kesta at studio180.ca
Contact phone: 416 962 1800
Website: www.studio180.ca
Production name: The Overwhelming by JT Rogers
Deadline to submit: 04/06/2009
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 02/01/2010
Audition dates: Mid April

Additional information:
Studio 180 Theatre is seeking submissions for The Overwhelming  by JT
Rogers,  Directed by Joel Greenberg.

Jack Exley: American, early-mid 40s, intense, warm, strong.

Geoffrey Exley : Jack's son, 17 (senior in high school).

Gerard: early 20s, Rwandan, affable, speaks English with Rwandan accent,
fluent French. 

Samuel Mizinga: mid-late 40s, Rwandan, speaks English with Rwandan
accent,  fluent French.

Actor to play multiple roles including characters from Rwanda,
Bangladesh. 40 -60s speaks English with various accents: French,
Kinyarwandan (not required for audition), Bangladeshi.

Actor to play multiple roles aged 35-45 including British, South
African, and French (both French and English spoken) characters. 

Linda White-Keeler:  Married to Jack Exley. African-American woman,
early- mid 30s, strong, confident.

Elise Kayitesi: Rwandan woman, speaks with Rwandan accent mid-30s -
early 40s.

Actress to play multiple Rwandan women including Emiritha. Speaks
English with Rwandan accent, French, Kinyarwandan (not required for
audition).  

March 8 - April 3, 2010 at Berkeley Street Downstairs.

Please send submissions to Kesta Graham, kesta at studio180.ca with the
subject line "The Overwhelming Submission" or mail to Studio 180 19
Madison Avenue, suite 2-180, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2S2.

*A copy of the script is available at the Performing Arts Reference Desk
of the Reference Library.

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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