03/18/2021
**Please share widely with your Asian friends!**
AUDITION: Casting 4 Asian-Canadian Characters for physical workshop of WOKING PHOENIX (Silk Bath Collective)
SILK BATH COLLECTIVE is casting for 4 Asian-Canadian characters for our movement workshop of WOKING PHOENIX as a part of an artist residency at Theatre Passe Muraille. The workshop will occur June 8-13 2021.
SYNOPSIS: WOKING PHOENIX chronicles a public confrontation between three estranged siblings as they determine the fate of their deceased mother's restaurant. Diving through a playlist of family memories, WOKING PHOENIX examines the evolution of small-town Chinese-Canadian restaurants and the cost of intergenerational assimilation. The play will be a site specific, immersive experience, where audiences will act as a jury to determine the next chapter of the restaurant's life.
WOKING PHOENIX has been in development since 2019. This phase of workshop will focus on fusing movement and physicality with text and original music composition.
SILK BATH COLLECTIVE is Bessie Cheng, Aaron Jan and Gloria Mok. Since 2016, we have produced multi-lingual work centred around stories of the Chinese diaspora at the Toronto Fringe Festival, Next Stage Theatre Festival and Soulpepper.
Schedule: June 8-13, 2021 (6 x 4 hour days)
Location: Toronto, ON*
Compensation: Union actors will be engaged through CAEA. Non-union actors will be engaged through a letter of agreement using CAEA minimum rates.
Submission Deadline: April 1st at 11:59 PM ET.
Select applicants will be notified by April 5th for a Zoom audition to be held on April 8th 11am-1pm ET and April 9th 11am-3pm ET.
Open to Union/Non Union Performers.
Submission Requirements:
Short blurb stating your interest and which character you'd like to read for
State if there’s a date and time that works better for you between the two audition dates
Headshot
CV
Send all documents to [email protected] with the email subject: WOKING PHOENIX SUBMISSION - ROLE - YOUR NAME.
CASTING BREAKDOWN:
Actors should have some background in movement. Ability to speak Cantonese or Mandarin an asset.
While the playing age of the character is listed as a suggestion, performers will play each character over a 20 year span of time, from 1980s to 2000s.
Charlie – (late 20s-early 30s) Eldest daughter. Q***r. Strong-willed. Complicated relationship with Ma. Determined to sell the restaurant. (We encourage submissions from performers who self-identify as LGBTQ+ for this role.)
Vince – (Mid 20s) Only Son/Middle Child. Failed musician. Family disappointment. Ability to play advanced level guitar is a requirement.
Iris – (Late teens) Youngest Daughter. Driven, focused, ambitious beyond her years. Loving loyalty towards Ma. Determined to save the restaurant.
Ma – (age 40+) Matriarch. Restaurant owner. Blunt. Loves her children but has a hard time showing it. Must be fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese.
While we thank all those who submit, sides and a Zoom audition link will be available only for those selected to be seen.
*COVID INFO: Please note as a movement workshop, the physical nature may have actors in close-contact. Theatre Passe Muraille has strict COVID protocols in line with current public health guidelines which will be continuously updated. These will be available upon offer.
Please note this workshop may be potentially postponed to a later date in accordance with provincial health guidelines.
