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AUDITION NOTICE - GRAND THEATRE - LONDON, ON
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Production name: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Date production rehearsal/job starts: 02/19/2018
Audition date: 08/12/2017
Deadline to submit: 08/02/2017
Email applications to: cryde at grandtheatre.com
Contact name: Cindi Ryde
Contact email: cryde at grandtheatre.com
Contact phone: 5196729030
Engager Website: grandtheatre.com

Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: In our desire to
reflect the world and our community on our stage, the Grand Theatre is
committed to diverse, inclusive casting. We encourage submissions from all
qualified performers, without regard to age, disability, ethnicity, race, or
gender identity.

Additional information:
Director Carey Perloff / Associate Director Haysam Kadri
Contract dates: Feb 19 – Apr 1, 2018

Based on the international best-selling novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns is
the story of three generations of women bound together by marriage, family,
and a secret past in war-ravaged Afghanistan. The Grand is searching for the
Canadian cast of American Conservatory Theater’s (ACT) production.

There is a possibility of a revival in another theatre(s) in the fall of
2018.

Please submit through Casting Workbook if possible. Email submissions will
also be accepted. Please do not submit multiple times.

Roles (more detail can be found on www.grandtheatre.com)
Age ranges may vary as the play spans 25 years.

Laila: In love with Tariq, but eventually becomes Rasheed’s second wife.

Mariam: Married to Rasheed. Becomes the play’s most powerful example of
suffering and strength.

Rasheed: Married to Mariam and Laila.

Nana: Mariam’s mother.

Tariq: Best friends with Laila as children and become lovers as teenagers.

Jalil: Mariam’s father.

Babi: Laila’s father.

Aziza: Laila and Tariq’s daughter who is forced to live in an orphanage by
Rasheed. Can be a young adult that can play 9-12yrs.

Zalmai: Rasheed and Laila’s son. London-area children will be given
priority.

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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Toronto, ON M5C 3C4
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