Actors Needed for "A Middle Passage" Staged Reading
Actors for "A Middle Passage" staged reading for NYC short play festival. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see the details below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: A family of three generations works in an isolated drive-thru, preparing meals for unseen customers, disconnected from the outside world. As they struggle to keep up with endless orders, Grandma shares memories of a distant life, blending cultural nostalgia with a longing for lost seasons. Her stories unsettle the family, especially as strange, frozen items begin to appear on the conveyor belt and the temperature plummets, trapping them in an ever-colder space. Huddling together for warmth, they confront their reality—a fragmented existence suspended between worlds. This play serves as one of many “thrus” in America, a microcosm of immigrant stories woven throughout the nation’s history. Rate: Stipend $100-$200. Additional info: Rehearsals in early-mid July. Expect 4-5 short rehearsals to do table work and prepare the staged reading. Performance dates to hold: July 28th-August 2nd. If you are interested, please apply.
4 roles
Lives in exhaustion and caught between dilemmas. Preferably Chinese.
(Plays 60 yo). Lives in nostalgia, Man’s mother, from a different world. Preferably Chinese, speaking Chinese a plus.
(Plays 6 yo). Lives in wonder. Preferably Chinese, speaking Chinese a plus.
Lives in fear. A different race or ethnicity from other three characters.
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