Auditions - SANGHARSH KI OR - Staged Reading
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Who: Pratidhwani Drama Wing
What: SANGHARSH KI OR (Hindi), Staged Reading
Auditions Date/Time: Sunday, August 14th, 1pm to 5pm. (By appointment only).
Audition Venue: Meeting Room #2:
Bellevue Regional Library
1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue 98004
Audition Appointments: Please call Agastya Kohli at 206.465.4590 or email agastyak@gmail.com (agastyak AT gmail DOT com) for an audition slot. Monologs are welcome, but not required. Headshots/resumes are welcome, but not required. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script.
Requirements: Both men and women, all ages are required. The script has a very large number of characters and many actors will read multiple parts. MUST BE ABLE TO READ, SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND HINDI (IN DEVANAAGARI).
Performance Date: A single performance will be held Oct 9 (Sunday). Time TBD. Location: Ethnic Cultural Theatre, Seattle.
Additional Information: If you haven’t seen a staged reading before, here is how it works. There will be no set. Instead, we’ll have the right number of chairs on the stage for all the actors. There may be a hint of costume, but certainly not complete costume. There may be a hint of props, but that is also not the focus of the presentation. The focus of the presentation is the script.
Actors will read (memorization not required) the lines from the script with full ‘acting impact’. Even though we don’t have all the visual aids on the stage, we want to give the audience as good an idea of the play/story as we possibly can. Therefore, acting ability IS required. Actors will be required to connect with others in the scene to create a believable show.
About the script: SANGHARSH KI OR is a play based on Ram-katha adapted from Dr. Narendra Kohli’s novel "ABHYUDAYA" by Zafar Sanjari. The play received its world premier in Shri Ram Center in New Delhi, under the direction of Zafar Sanjari. As it is based on the story of Ram, it ties in very well with the holiday season that we will just be entering on Oct 9. If you are interested in reading the script ahead of the auditions, a word document may be downloaded from http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pratidhwani_drama/files/ (look for SANGHAR.doc).
For additional information, contact: Agastya Kohli
Phone: 206.465.4590
Email: agastyak@gmail.com
