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| Created Date | August 13, 2011 | |
| Expiration Date | August 31, 2011 | |
| Posted by | Edward J Eberwine III | |
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| City | Philadelphia | |
| Location | Philadelphia, PA: Walnut Street Theater, Studio 5 | |
| Project Type | Play | |
| Project Title | Haram Iran | |
Description:
Open Call for Actors: Persian, Arabic, Iranian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Northern African actors (or actors looking Middle Eastern) wanted. All actors may submit and audition. Non-Union.
Traverse Arts Project and Permoveo Productions will be holding casting calls for their upcoming production of Haram Iran, an original play written by Jay Paul Deratany, directed by Carl Haber. Opening at the Walnut Street Theater Studio 5, Haram Iran is a play based on the 2005 execution of Ayez Marhouni and Mahmoud Asgari, two Iranian teenagers, hanged under Sharia Law, accused and convicted of homosexuality. Performed in Chicago and LA in the past two years. The LA performance in 2010 was nominated for a GLAAD Award. Show has plans to travel to DC, Toronto and NYC. www.haramiran.com.
General Auditions:
When: Sunday August 14, 2011 from 3pm-8pm
Where: Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - Colliers Room, 2nd Floor
When: Monday August 15, 2011 from 5pm-8pm
Where: Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 3rd Floor Black Box
Call Backs:
When: Tuesday August 16, 2011 from 3pm-6:30pm
Where: Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 3rd Floor Black Box
Rehearsals:
August 30 - September 22, evenings, 20-25 hours/wk
Opening - Closing:
September 24 - October 23
Please send a headshot and resume to above email to make an audition appointment. All general auditions are first come first serve.
Breakdown:
| Role Name | Gender | Ethnicity | Age Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIRIN | Female | Arab | >60 | SHIRIN: A Persian woman in her 60's. A powerful lawyer in pre-revolution Iran, she has now been relegated to a clerk position permitted occasionally to advocate for children in simple cases. Once a beautiful, vivacious woman, Shirin is now worn from years of struggling and fighting the oppressive Iranian regime. |
| MRS MARHOUNI | Female | Arab | 51-60 | MRS. MARHOUNI: An attractive Arabic woman in her 50's. Educated in Paris during the revolution, she is modern, worldly and free-spirited. . . but she treads carefully in the world that surrounds her. Respectful of the law, Mrs Marhouni secretly educates her son in worldly culture and ideas, and only later realizes that in doing so she has put him in danger thanks to those very ideas... |
| AYAZ MARHOUNI | Male | Arab | 15-17 | AYAZ MARHOUNI: A slightly bookish, but pretty, 15-year-old Arabic boy. Ayaz is curious about the world, with a loving instinct from his modern, educated, liberal family. But his abundance of "book-smarts" and lack of "street-smarts" give him a naïveté that, in today's Iran, can be dangerous. |
| MAHMOUD | Male | Arab | 15-17 | MAHMOUD: An athletic and handsome 15-year-old ½ Arabic, ½ Persian boy. The local soccer jock from a poor, motherless home, Mahmoud is an only child raised by a stern and emotionally distant father. Though popular with students thanks in part to his talent on the soccer field, Mahmoud is mostly alone, detached, and sometimes rebellious, until now not curious about the world or what school has to teach. He strives for affection and some form of true human connection. |
| FAREED | Male | Arab | 11-14 | FAREED: An 14-year-old Persian boy who is insecure about himself, being not terribly attractive or bright, he is the epitome of Iranian bigotry and small-mindedness. Fareed is a wannabe jock that learned to bully and harangue from his controlling, abusive, simple-minded father, Satar. |
| SATTAR | Male | Arab | 51-60 | SATTAR: A powerful Persian man in his 50's, Satar is the local prosecutor/jailer in Mashhad. He is influential over many of the local politicians with his violent rhetoric and threats. Narrow-minded and selfish, he only advocates for his own interests; while pretending piousness, he defends those interests to maintain power and satisfy his vanity. |
| MULLAH / HAMI: | Male | Arab | 41-50 | MULLAH / HAMI: A well intended but weak Persian man in his late 40's. In a position of some authority, the Mullah must carry out the laws of the land set forth by the President and the Imams. Not having a strong character and lacking the strength to stand up for his (more balanced) beliefs, the Mullah would like to do the right thing but is powerless to do so. |
