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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: 01/22/2017
Deadline to submit: 01/21/2017
Email applications to: dcalderwood_is at hotmail.com
Contact name: Damon Calderwood
Contact email: dcalderwood_is at hotmail.com
Contact phone: 778-998-4886

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 brothel/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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