Open Audition for Tooth of Crime (ATYP's Under the Wharf and Bambina Borracha Productions)

a play with music by Sam Shepard directed by David Harmon designed by Michael Hankin Tooth of Crime is one of Bambina Borracha Productions' projects in 2010 and will be produced as a part of ATYP's Under the Wharf season of works in Autumn. We are holding an open call for auditions on 3-4 February in Sydney. In a futuristic American wasteland where heavily armed rock gods clash violently in the streets for fame and power, aging rocker Hoss comes face to face with a ruthless gypsy named Crow. Trapped in his fortress, Hoss is a marked man, the prey of a true genius killer with a new sound and ethos, whose arrival threatens to strip Hoss of everything he has fought for. A fusion of live music, video, intense language and movement, the play burns with the kind of incendiary energy that Sam Shepard is known for. This new production by a young and emerging team will be part rock concert, part poetry slam, part deathmatch. It will be straight up revolution and insurgency, open warfare, head to head till one’s dead. HOSS, Male, 35-60 Aging rock superstar and professional killer, starting to lose his grip. Needs rockstar presence and gravity. Sings. Complex movement and language elements. American/Southern American accent. CROW, Male, 18-29 Upstart itinerent killer and challenger to Hoss's empire, a young David Bowie crossed with Russell Brandt with just a touch of Sid Vicious. Has a dangerous and ambiguous sexual power. Speaks in coded rhyming slang. Sings. Complex movement and language elements. British chav/cockney accent desirable. BECKY, Female, 18-29 Young, sexy rock 'n roll manager and Hoss's girlfriend. Very intelligent and direct. Mixes with the suits and the talent. Sings. American/Southern American accent. MEERA, Male or Female, any age Unkept, high-tech oracle who once had the power to see the future, now washed up and faking it. Good comic timing. Plays the drums to a fair standard. RUIDO RAN, Male, any age Futuristic Dee Jay and presenter, speaks in fast rhyming slang. Iconic/unique radio voice. Plays the keyboard to a fair standard. CHEYENNE, Male, any age Hoss's partner and driver. A rocker of the old school, but starting to go soft. Plays the electric & accoustic guitar and sings. American/Southern American accent. DOC Male, 40+ Hoss's private doctor and drug-dealer. A wise old cowboy from the days of the Wild West. Western accent.