Casting call for a new CuriousWorks play: four actors required. Paid Work.

Those who use Star Now can find this casting call here.

Please note this audition is for a 2 week rehearsal period to showcase key scenes from the play. Rehearsals are currently scheduled for May 2012. 

Actors with both text and movement based / physical theatre experience are especially encouraged to audition. 

Synopsis: A Counting and Cracking of Heads follows the uprooting and resettling of a family over four generations from Sri Lanka to Australia. Through their journey, we see a Sri Lanka riven by, but by no means surrendering to, violent divisions - and an Australia transforming of, but also transformed by, the people that fee to its shores. This is a stylised, epic drama about love, violence, silence and hope in families – all from the perspective of the insiders.

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Payment details: Paid work. Payment details will be provided privately.

Applications to this casting call requirements: Please send a CV, headshot and link to showreel to shakthi@curiousworks.com.au

ROLES

Sid
The great-grandson of the family is Siddhartha. An Aussie born and bred, but of Sri Lankan appearance, Sid is the lead for the second act and reconnects with his heritage, with dramatic consequences, over the course of the play.
Males, aged 18 to 30
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Lily
Lily is a supporting lead for the second act, set in Australia. She is of mixed heritage appearance (Aboriginal Australian / European / Asian) and has a strong, independent spirit.
Females, aged 18 to 30
Mixed heritage appearance

Apah
Apah is the lead for act one of the play, set in Sri Lanka. He is a social conservative but a political rebel. An epic role.
Males, aged 40 to 70 
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Aacha
Aacha is the supporting lead for act one of the work, set in Sri Lanka. She is the real ruler behind the patriarch of the family, Apah - but she rules from behind the scenes. She doesn't get involved in his politics and concentrates on family and community.
Females, aged 40 to 75
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown

Radha
Radha is a lead in both act one and two. She has to manage a traumatic transition from Sri Lanka to Australia, leaving the family history behind and starting a new chapter in Oz.
Females, aged 18 to 40
Ethnicity: Sri Lankan
Skin colour:Brown