Theatre Casting Call for "Weat"
In need of performers for the "Weat" show. Please see more details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: WEAT is a masterful depiction of the forces that divide and conquer us. Yet along with the rage, despair and violence, there’s humor and abundant humanity. It is an emotional story of what happens when you don’t know how to resist and provides a cautionary tale to all of us in the changing political, social and economic climate. Rate: All roles are unpaid. Additional info: Callbacks (if needed) Thursday, December 11 at 8pm. Please click through to the event for more information, including character descriptions and an audition form. No sign up for audition time is required; come either day. If interested, please apply.
10 roles
Primary Roles Italian-American, Brooklyn longshoreman. Central tragic character. “As good a man as he had to be in a life that was hard and even.” Always strives to do the “right” thing, has a strong moral code (by his own lights), and sets great store in his “good name”, but is also a deeply flawed individual. Suffers from common unthinking prejudices of his time and social environment (Chauvinism, homophobia…), and is almost completely unself-aware.
Primary Roles Italian-American. Devoted wife of Eddie and mother figure to her niece, Catherine. More perceptive than her husband. Frequently plays mediator between Eddie, Catherine and her illegal immigrant cousins.
Primary Roles Italian. The younger of Beatrice’s illegal immigrant cousins, whom Eddie has invited to stay in his home. Noted for being blonde, singing, ability to cook, and comic demeanor. Full of the joy of life, and eager for the glamorous “opportunity” of America. Develops an immediate, strong romantic attraction to Catherine.
Primary Roles Italian. The elder of Beatrice’s illegal immigrant cousins; Rudolpho’s darker, brooding elder brother. In America solely to earn enough money to feed his wife and three children back in Italy. Powerful, strong, “works like a bull”, lifts a chair straight up by one hand holding the bottom of a single (chair) leg. Very protective of Rudolpho.
Primary Roles Could easily be played by/as a woman. Lawyer. Born in Italy, but has lived in this country (legally) since the age of 25. Functions both as narrator (providing the “View” of the play’s title) and as a participant in the action (serving as confidant and the arbiter of the Law).
Secondary Role Fellow dockworkers of Eddie. Could easily cast women in either role.
Secondary Role Another dockworker. Contact for illegal immigrants. Possibly mobbed-up. Could cast woman.
Secondary Role Addressed as Charley & Dominick in the script, but could easily cast women in either role. No specific ethnicity mentioned, though Charley was born “four blocks away”. The embodiment of Authority’s bootheel.
Possible Non-speaking Roles in 1 or 2 Scenes Upstairs neighbor to Eddie.
Possible Non-speaking Roles in 1 or 2 Scenes 2 illegal immigrants
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