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"Pressure" Play Casting Actors

Washington, DC, United States
ID: 296117Exp: 11/5/2025
online audition
Description:

Actors needed for play "Pressure". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See more info below. About the project: SYNOPSIS: He's inside, they're outside: after one deal too many, Hassan and Shirin's brother is waiting in his cell for his sentence. For Shirin, successful and with a university degree, it is the long-overdue consequence of a lifestyle without any desire to “integrate.” For Hassan and his friends Omar, Murat, and Freddie, it is the arbitrary violence of a system that never gave them a chance. Trying to convert the pressures into political energy, they organize a demonstration against racial profiling where things take an unexpected turn…. With fast-paced dialogue, playwright Arad Dabiri raises troubling questions about national identity, family guilt, personal responsibility, and individual freedom. Additional info: Actors are asked to prepare sides from the script. Callbacks: Sat, Nov 8, 2-6pm, Sun Nov 9, 10-3pm. Rehearsals begin end of January. Show dates: March 9-April 6, 2026. When applying, please include your headshot and resume along with preferred role, availability (Mon, Nov 3rd 5-9pm, Tues, Nov 4, 5-9pm) and possible questions. Directors will send you the script, the sides and the audition location.​​​​​​ If not available for the first round, actors can send in a taped audition by Nov 5th.

5 roles

SHIRINBoth genders20-39 y.o.African-American Latino / Hispanic Middle Eastern Indian/South Asian

Female presenting. ​​​Hassan’s sister.

HASSANBoth genders20-39 y.o.African-American Latino / Hispanic Middle Eastern Indian/South Asian

Male presenting. ​​​Strong movement skills, Shirin’s brother.

OMARBoth genders20-39 y.o.African-American Latino / Hispanic Middle Eastern Indian/South Asian

Male presenting. Strong movement skills.

MURATBoth genders20-39 y.o.African-American Latino / Hispanic Middle Eastern Indian/South Asian

Male presenting. ​​​Strong movement skills.

FREDDIEBoth genders20-39 y.o.White / Caucasian

Male presenting. Strong movement skills.