Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for
I Call My Brothers
Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri.
Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
Directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 National Directing Fellow.
About the play…
Something has happened. A car. An explosion. And a city is paralyzed with fear. But Amor has an important errand to run. He walks the city streets with his backpack and his cell phone, doing his best to blend in. But what looks normal? In this funny and fierce showdown with paranoia, I Call My Brothers offers an intense 24-hour journey inside one young man’s head. What happens when the lines between reality and fantasy, love and fear, criminal and victim, become increasingly blurred? Regional Premiere.
About the director…
Evren Odcikin was awarded the 2015 National Director’s Fellowship by the O’Neill, National New Play Network, the Kennedy Center, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation. Based in San Francisco he is a director and producer with credits at Golden Thread Productions (where he serves as the Director of New Plays) including Yussef El Guindi’s Language Rooms, in San Francisco and Los Angeles (critic’s pick for LA Times), Mona Mansour’s Urge For Going, Kevin Artigue’s The Most Dangerous Highway in the World (Theatre Bay Area Award Recommended Production), Denmo Ibrahim’s Ecstasy | a waterfable, as well as numerous short plays in ReOrient Festivals. He has directed and developed new plays at South Coast Rep, the Lark, O’Neill Theatre Center, InterAct Theatre Company, National New Plays Network Showcase, Magic Theatre, Crowded Fire, Impact Theatre, and Playwrights Foundation with such writers as Eugenie Chan, Christopher Chen, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Prince Gomolvilas, Garret Groenveld, David Jacobi, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Michael Lew, Rehana Mirza, and Nick Nanna Mwaluko, amongst many others. A graduate of Princeton University, Evren received the 2013 TITAN Award by Theatre Bay Area; and was selected as an Emerging Theatre Leader by TCG for their American Express Leadership Bootcamp. www.odcikin.com
Looking to cast…
1 Arab-American man (AMOR): 20s-30s, troubled, fast-speaking, socially-awkward
1 man of color, including Middle Eastern (SHAVI, BULLY, THE SALESMAN): 20s-30s, warm, funny, nerdy, feels responsible for Amor
1 woman of color, including Middle Eastern (AHLEM, SUPERVISOR, TYRA): 30s, plays multiple roles, including a past troublemaker, who has found the light, a spy in Amor’s imagination, and Amor’s grandmother
1 woman of color, including Middle Eastern (VALERIA, BULLY, CAROLINE): 20s-30s, plays multiple roles, including a strong-minded mother of two (Amor’s love interest) and an annoying telemarketer
All actors except for AMOR will also play the AMPLIFIERS who function as a chorus of Amor’s thoughts and paranoia.
Equity Agreements may be available for this production
About the process…
Rehearsals for this production will begin around January 1, 2017.
Performances will be in the James Levin Theatre on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7:00pm February 9 – March 4, 2017. This production will have one weekend of preview performances February 9 – 11 & 16 (no show on 2/13), and will then rehearse until the opening night on Friday, February 17th.
Auditions…
Saturday, 8/20: 12:00pm-4:00pm
Sunday, 8/21: 11:00am-3:00pm
Actors may be asked to stay later than their scheduled audition time.
(Possible callbacks on Sunday, 8/21: 4:00pm-7:00pm)
Auditions are by appointment only, will be scheduled in 1-hour increments and will be conducted in a group setting. Actors must attend the full hour session. Please prepare the side for the role that you would be appropriate for.
To schedule an audition appointment…
Please email New Play Associate, Caitlin Lewins at clewins@cptonline.org. Be sure to include your name, email address, phone number and preferred audition date & time in your email. You will receive the sides upon confirmation. No phone calls please.
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