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Casting Call for Magdalene by Sara Kumar

Sanjay — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:00:58 +0000

CASTING CALL FOR ALL AGES!

Magdalene

A new play by Sara Kumar

Directed by Stewart Hawley

AUDITIONS

Friday, February 24^th 7 – 10 PM

Saturday, February 25^th 1:30 – 5:30 PM

Spring Street Studios

(www.springstreetstudios.info)

Email paragon.auditions@gmail.com to schedule an audition time. Please bring a headshot and a copy of your resume. Wear comfortable clothing and be prepared for cold readings from the script.

Actors will receive a stipend dependent on the size of the role.

The play will be produced by Paragon Arts (www.paragon-arts.org) in collaboration with the University of St. Thomas Center for Faith and Culture from May 4^th – May 20^th, 2012 at Obsidian Arts Space in the Heights. Rehearsals begin March 19^th.

Characters

Note that some parts may be double cast.

Magdalene: A poet. In the second scene, a younger actress aged 9 to 13. For the remainder of the play, a woman in her mid to late twenties.

Martha: Sister to Lazarus, Magdalene, and Silent Mary, thirties to forties.

Lazarus: Brother to Martha, Magdalene, and Silent Mary, late thirties to forties.

Silent Mary: Sister to Lazarus, Magdalene, and Martha, late teens to early twenties.

Devil: A magnificent dancer (has no lines but must be a trained dancer)

Marketman: A salesman, forties to sixties

Nurse: Magdalene’s nurse maid, fifties

Miriam: A young girl with one leg aged 8 to 12.

Elhanan: A centurion. In the second scene, he is 14 years old. For the remainder of the play, late-twenties to thirties.

Shamir: Elhanan’s younger brother, a soldier, twenties.

Adin: A soldier. In the second scene, he is 11 years old. For the remainder of the play, twenties.

Doron: A soldier, twenties to thirties.

Jesus: The Messiah, called Rabbi by his followers, thirties.

James: Apostle of Jesus, brother of John, thirties.

John: Apostle of Jesus, brother of James, thirties.

Judas: Apostle of Jesus, thirties.

Mary: Mother of Jesus, late forties to fifties.

Mary of Suphan: A holy woman, forties.

Dina: A holy woman, forties.

Simon Zabulon: A pharisee, forties.

Encore Performance of Karol Wojtyla’s The Jeweler’s Shop 1/14/2012

Sanjay — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:56 +0000

Shunya Artistic Director Sara Kumar will be reprising her role in an encore performance of The Jeweler’s Shop, which we previously posted about here. The show will be Saturday, January 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Theatre at University of St. Thomas. Tickets are being sold online at http://jp2forum.org/

Shunya’s first play reading of 2012 on Friday Jan 6th. Join us!

Sanjay — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:00:08 +0000

We’ll be kicking off the new year with an informal play reading on Jan 6th, 2012 at 6:30 pm. We meet about monthly to read new plays, and everyone is welcome. This is a great way to get involved if you are interested in South Asian theatre or volunteering with Shunya. Email Sanjay@ShunyaTheatre.org for details.

Backspace plays at Fitzgerald’s, Mandar on tabla

Sanjay — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:00:52 +0000

Shunya’s own Mandar Sane (multiple music composition and performance credits, actor in Bricks and Lyrics) will be playing tabla for the song Within You Without You during Backspace’s December 29 show at Fitzgerald’s. The band is going to cover tunes from the Beatles and the Kinks. The show starts at 7pm, tickets are $15, and the proceeds go to charity.

Big turnout at the December Shunya play reading

Sanjay — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:14:21 +0000

We had a large and enthusiastic group at our play reading last Friday. Thanks to everyone who came out. We read a new play — a comedy that is still in progress, and a great time was had by all. If you are interested in joining us for future readings, sign up to receive our email newsletter (link is in the footer of all of the pages of this website).

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Call for one act scripts from Yatraa Theatre in the Bay Area

Sanjay — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:47:31 +0000

Raj Ray of Yatraa is looking for scripts for a potential production at the Bay Area Bengali Theater Festival in Feb 2012. He’s looking for a one act, 45-60 minutes, max cast size 4-5, preferably a serious drama with the subject matter being South Asian or diaspora related. You can email him at raj.ray at gmail dot com.

Shunya now on LinkedIn, Twitter

Sanjay — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:15 +0000

You can now keep up with Shunya events on your social media service of choice! We now have a LinkedIn page and a Twitter account in addition to our Facebook page.

Shyam Pillai onstage in Wordsmyth staged reading

Sanjay — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:01:12 +0000

Shunya Actor Shyam Pillai will be acting in Wordsmyth Theater‘s staged reading of An Uncommon Language. The reading is free, and is located at Main Street Theater Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006, tomorrow, Monday Nov 14 at 7 PM.

Sara Kumar acting in “The Jeweler’s Shop”

Sanjay — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:00:36 +0000

Shunya’s co-Artistic Director, Sara Kumar, will be acting in a production of “The Jeweler’s Shop” by Karol Wojtyla (the name of John Paul II before he became Pope). The production is at Obsidian Art Space November 4, 5 and 6.

Details here, and tickets sold online here.

Casting Call for Rajiv Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper

Sanjay — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:07:04 +0000

Shona Strauser of Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska sends this casting call. The actor can be older than 17, but must look young:

Perseverance Theatre seeks actors to audition for the mainstage role of Suresh in Rajiv Joseph’s Animals Out of Paper.

Suresh is a 17-year-old East Indian student, raised in the U.S. He’s sensitive, intelligent, artistic and confident. He’s into hip hop and origami.

For a copy of the script or to schedule an audition, please contact Shona Strauser at (907)364-2421 ext. 232, or shona at perseverancetheatre dot org