E-DRIVE [GENERAL AUDITION - CANADIAN STAGE/ROYAL MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE - TORONTO, ON]

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GENERAL AUDITION - CANADIAN STAGE/ROYAL MANITOBA THEATRE CENTRE -
TORONTO, ON
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Audition day 1: 12/04/2014
City: Toronto

Audition day 2: 12/05/2014
City: Toronto

Artistic Director or casting person in attendance: Joanne Williams 
Deadline to submit: 11/26/2014 
Email applications to: casting at canadianstage.com 
Contact name: Joanne Williams 
Contact email: casting at canadianstage.com 
Contact phone: 416-367-8243 x245 
Engager website: www.canadianstage.com 
Link to detailed casting information: n/a
Agreement: CTA

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: 
We encourage submissions from artists of diverse backgrounds. Please
include your name and the role for which you wish to be considered in
your e-mail's subject line. We thank everyone for their interest,
however only those selected for an audition will be contacted.

Additional information: Chimerica, by Lucy Kirkwood Directed by Chris
Abraham, A Canadian Stage and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre production. 
Winnipeg: January 25, 2016-March 19, 2016
Toronto: March 20, 2016-April 17, 2016

Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers
hammer on his hotel door, Joe - a young American photojournalist -
captures a piece of history. When a cryptic message is left in a Beijing
newspaper more than 20 years later, Joe is driven to discover the truth
behind the unknown hero he captured on film. Who was he? What happened
to him? And could he still be alive?

Submission Notes: 
- Please include ACTRA or CAEA status, training, and the roles for which
you wish to be considered in your submission. 
- You must include your name and roles for which you wish to be
considered in your e-mail's subject line.

Applications can be e-mailed to: casting at canadianstage.com or submitted
on: www.castingworkbook.com. 
Please note the role for which you wish to be considered.

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.

We are casting the following twelve (12) roles. 
JOE SCHOFIELD - 40s, photographer for a New York newspaper. Single.
Idealist. Has become more cynical over time, but still believes that a
journalist's job is to expose right and wrong. Doesn't have a very
positive view of the world. Willing to do whatever it takes for a story.


FRANK - 50-60, Joe's editor. Editor of a major American newspaper. Sharp
dresser. The typical no-nonsense businessman, he works hard and he plays
hard. In his youth was part of the protests against the Vietnam War, but
now believes in nothing but the power of money. Deep down wants to do
the right thing, but must act according to what makes the most business
sense, even if it's not politically correct. Good sense of humour.  /
HERB - American tourist. Middle-aged. Husband to Barbara. / DRUG DEALER

MEL STANWYCK - 45. Reporter at the newspaper. Divorced father of two.  A
realist. He is halfway between Joe and Frank - wants to write what's
true no matter the cost, but understands the consequences and knows when
to back down. Practical when it comes to balancing the ethics of his job
and his paycheck. 

TESSA KENDRICK - English. Mid-late 30s. Doesn't know anyone in New York.
Savvy business woman. Has a realistic view of the world and her place in
it. 

ZHANG LIN - mid-40s. Chinese. Teaches ESL. "Straight, serious, kind of
sad." Angry at his country, afraid of its power. 

ZHANG WEI - early 40s. Chinese. Zhang Lin's younger brother. Works as a
foreman in a factory outside Beijing, has a son attending Harvard.
Divorced. Very proud of himself and his son. Wants to show off his
(limited) wealth. / WANG PENGSI - owner of a flower shop in Queens.
Suspicious of non-Chinese people. Wants to be left alone. 

BARBARA - Middle-aged American tourist.  Herb's wife. / DOREEN - Frank's
personal assistant. Puts up with a lot from her boss because it's her
job, and she understands that. / MARIA DUBIECKI - 50s. Democrat Senator.
Full of style and grace, especially under pressure. Shrewd business
sense, sparkling smile. / DAWN - Peter's secretary. / JUDY - Mytel's
lawyer.

PAUL KRAMER - 40s. Father to a baby girl. Used to be the Beijing
correspondent to a major American newspaper in 1989, got out of that
line of work because his family was more important. / DAVID BARKER -
20s. Maria's legislative assistant. A father. Believes in his boss. /
OFFICER HYTE - NYPD cop. Michelle's partner. / PETER ROURKE - CEO of
Mytel, an American computer systems company with an office in Beijing.
Part of the Silicon Valley culture. 

LIULI - 18. Chinese Student. Zhang Lin's wife in 1989. Pregnant. Full of
hope for the future of her family and her country. / JENNIFER LEE - Feng
Meihui's daughter. 20s. 

MARY CHANG - 19. Illegal Chinese immigrant working in a strip club in
NYC. Basic English, used to work for the advertising desk of a Beijing
newspaper. / MICHELLE - Asian-American NYPD officer. An ex-girlfriend of
Joe's. 2 kids. / DENG - young businesswoman. Efficient. 

FENG MEIHUI - older Chinese woman. Works in a fish stall with her
daughter. Had an infant son who died in 1989. Helps illegal immigrants
enter America. / MING XIAOLI - 59. Lives next door to Zhang Lin. Dying
of a lung infection. Has lived through a lot of changes in China.

BENNY - Zhang Wei's son. Chinese. Graduated from Harvard and is living
in New York City. Loves America and its consumerism. / YOUNG ZHANG LIN -
18. Student. Idealistic, in love, wants to change the world.
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