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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NOTICE - DARK GLASS THEATRE - VANCOUVER, BC
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Production name: Ruined
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 01/02/2018
Audition date: 01/08/2017
Audition date 2: 01/09/2017
Deadline to submit: 01/07/2017
Email applications to: dcalderwood_is at hotmail.com
Contact name: Damon Calderwood
Contact email: dcalderwood_is at hotmail.com
Contact phone: 7789984886

Additional information:

Set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lynn
Nottage’s Ruined follows Mama Nadi, a businesswoman who is trying to stay
afloat in a world torn apart by civil war. The war has ravaged her country,
and especially the young girls who have literally been torn to pieces by
soldiers on both sides of the conflict. Mama Nadi takes “damaged” girls into
her brother/bar and profits from them, but also protects them from the
brutality of the world outside her doors. Amongst Mama Nadi’s charges are
Josephine, the daughter of a chief whose town was destroyed and who was
raped by rebel soldiers; Salima, who was taken by rebel soldiers, who killed
her baby and took her as a prisoner-of-war before making her pregnant; and
Sophie, a young girl who has been “ruined” by sexual violence. We also meet
soldiers and commanders on both sides of the conflict, all frequent
customers at Mama’s bar. Ruined was developed during playwright Lynn Nottage’s
pilgrimage to Africa, where she interviewed girls and women who themselves
were, and continue to be, the battleground upon which war is fought.

Read more: http://stageagent.com/shows/play/3266/ruined#ixzz4UAKURK9V

Role descriptions:
Commander Osembenga, Rebel leader Jerome Kisembe, Simon, Fortune, and Pascal
are African Congolese soldiers, approximate ages 25-45
Mama Nadi, Congolese woman, approximate age 45-60 (singing required)
Sophie, Congolese woman, approximate age 20-35 (singing required)
Salima, Congolese woman, approximate age 20-35
Josephine, Congolese woman, approximate age 20-35

Non-speaking roles:
Emilene and Mazima, Congolese women between the ages of 20 and 35.
(characters will play percussion and guitar onstage).

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