Description:

First Floor Theater is accepting video submissions for their upcoming production of HateF*ck, by Rehana Lew Mirza and directed by Arti Ishak.

Passions ignite when Layla, an intense literature professor, accuses Imran, a brashly iconoclastic novelist, of trading in anti-Muslim stereotypes. But as their attraction grows into something more, they discover that good sex doesn't always make good bedfellows. Conflicting cultural identities collide in this thornily clever antidote to a meet-cute romance.

Written by Rehana Lew Mirza
Directed by Arti Ishak

Characters
Layla - (South Asian, South West Asian, North African, Middle Eastern) 30s-40s, female: professor at the local Wayne State College whose social activism streak clouds her ability to connect with others and succeed.

Imran - (South Asian, South West Asian, North African, Middle Eastern) 30s-40s, male: award-winning and best-selling novelist who uses his success to sometimes cover for a fragile sense of self.

Compensation
$400 rehearsal period stipend
$100 per week performance stipend beginning with opening.
During performance period, pay for missed performances due to MREs at $25/performance will go to understudy as go-on bump, no pay will be forfeit for a COVID absence.
$400 Understudy Stipend

Please Note
We are requiring proof of vaccination & booster when eligible for in-person work at FFT at this time. FFT has a lab partner for twice-weekly testing, has an extensive and regularly-evolving-as-we-learn-more health & safety policy, and has two COVID safety managers on each production. We welcome any questions about health & safety at any time.
This audition is for non-equity actors only.

A note from the creative team:
The two actor traps in this play are:
-Making it an argument about ideology, when it's actually about two people trying and failing to truly connect.

-The language is heightened, but has to feel contemporary, casual, off the cuff, and discovered in the moment, never a thought out dissertation.

Be yourself. Bring you to the role.