"Amigo’s Blue Guitar" Play Looking for Performers
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Seeking talent for "Amigo’s Blue Guitar" play. More details are below. About the play: Amigo’s Blue Guitar, winner of the 1990 Governor General’s Award in drama, is by Canadian playwright, Joan MacLeod. It centres on a family living on an island off the BC coast that sponsors a refugee from El Salvador amid that country’s brutal civil war. Set in 1990, the play explores the meeting of two contrasting cultures. The characters go on a journey starting from a number of misconceptions about each other, then gradually they begin to reach an understanding. The story is told with warmth and humor, but with some intense scenes. Its universal message of diversity awareness is even more relevant today than it was 30 years ago. Additional information: Performance dates: February 7 – 17, 2024. Audition dates (in person): October 15 – 16, 2023, 6 – 9:30 pm. Callbacks (if necessary): October 17, 7 pm. First read: October 22 (time and location TBA). Rehearsals: October – mid-January: Tentatively Monday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons (some flexibility). From mid-January: Frequency may increase. Cue-to-cue will likely be January 28, after which all are expected to clear their schedules. Some accommodation will be made during the holiday break in late December. If you're interested, please apply.
5 roles
Salvadoran refugee. He has endured much injustice and personal sacrifice. Note: Facility with the Spanish language a definite asset.
Mother to Owen, grandmother to Callie and Sander. She has come from Oregon for an extended stay. Emphatic, and always well meaning, though her mind occasionally wanders.
Father to Callie and Sander. Divorced, a US draft dodger, somewhat self-absorbed, sought to escape the Vietnam war by settling in the Gulf Islands.
Part of the sister-brother relationship that is central to the story. She has likely outgrown her insular existence on the island. Seeks a romantic relationship with Elias in spite of the complications.
A year or two younger than Callie. A college student who initiated the refugee sponsorship as a class project. Naive, tendency to romanticize, as the younger sibling clearly trying to assert himself.
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