Talent Needed for "Real Women Have Curves" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Real Women Have Curves" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A., this is the outrageously funny story of five full- figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny factory from going under. And while they work, hiding from the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), they talk... about their husbands and lovers, their children, their dreams for the future. The story is told from the point of view of Ana, the youngest among them. Just graduated from high school, Ana dreams of getting out of the barrio and going off to college and becoming a famous writer. Although she needs the money, Ana doesn't like working at the factory and has little respect for the coworkers, who make fun of her ambitions and what they consider her idealistic feminist philosophies. However, Ana keeps coming to her job and chronicling her experiences in a journal. As the summer unfolds, she slowly gains an understanding and appreciation of the work and the women, eventually writing an essay that wins her a journalism fellowship which will take her to New York City. This play, a microcosm of the Latina immigrant experience, celebrates real women's bodies, the power of women, and the incredible bond that happens when women work together. Rate: Minimum 1 AEA contract (not role specific) - $393.14 weekly minimum (SPT 1) and Non-union talent will fall under a volunteer agreement with $1,000 mileage reimbursement for entire period of rehearsals and performances Additional info: AEA (non-union talent will also be considered) Performances will alternate in English and Spanish. Please only submit once for this production. Los Angeles local talent preferred. Housing and travel are not available for this project. All roles will undress to underwear, but there is no full nudity. Rehearsals mostly weekday evenings and weekend daytimes with longer rehearsals on tech days. Additional rehearsals for Spanish language after opening of show. Performances: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm and 7pm When applying, please include: headshot and resume
5 role s
Plump and pretty, sister of Estela, daughter of Carmen. She is a recent high school graduate and a young feminist who wants to go to college but is stuck in the factory helping out her sister.
Plump, plain-looking, owner of the “Garcia Sewing Factory”, a hopeless romantic at heart, but a hard worker.
A short, large woman, mother of Ana and Estela. She has a talent for storytelling and gossip.
A huge woman who is very mellow in her ways, but quick with her tongue, very Catholic and traditional at times.
Thin, sweet and easygoing, but has a secret and is insecure about her sexual appeal.
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