Cleveland Public Theatre will consider non-local actors 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…
AMOR: Arab-American man, 20s-30s, troubled, fast-speaking, socially-awkward
Stipend, housing and per diem will be provided, as well as one round-trip ticket.
Equity Agreements may be available for this production (Special Appearance Contract).
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.
Video Auditions…
Please email New Play Associate, Caitlin Lewins at clewins@cptonline.org. Please include a headshot and resume in the email. You will receive the sides to film at that time. No phone calls please.
Before you begin, please slate your name and location. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo and shared via link. We will not accept attached video files. Video audition links must be delivered to Caitlin Lewins at clewins@cptonline.org by 12noon on Friday, August 19th.
How to upload your video to YouTube/Vimeo…
Be sure to set your video privacy settings to “Unlisted” so your video can only be viewed by those who have the direct link. Do not mark your video as “Private”, or we will not be able to view your audition.
How to upload videos to YouTube.
How to upload videos to Vimeo.
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