August 18 auditions for Phoenix in the Holy Land, a play by JuPong Lin and directed by Ash Governman with performances on Oct. 12 &13 at CitySpace ( 43 Main St, Easthampton, MA) in the Pay It Forward Series.
$100 honorarium for actors.
Learn more and sign up for auditions.
This new play by JuPong Lin strives to transform the agony of witnessing atrocities in Palestine and the surrounding regions into spaces of deep listening and courageous conversations. The play combines poetry with excerpts from the transcripts of the South Africa genocide case against Israel and the story of a small town’s fight to end the assault on Palestinian life. We are thrilled to be able to work with actors to develop this play further and bring it to life in October.
No experience is required to audition. Please prepare a 2 minute monologue or poem, and fill out this form. When we receive your audition form, we will email you back with audition information, including your exact time slot.
Please see the Character Descriptions and Production Calendar below. We look forward to receiving your audition form, and especially to seeing you at auditions!
Please email questions to JuPong Lin at jupong@zohogmail.com
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
CEDAR: 30-40 white presenting female or non-binary. A peace activist, organizer of local Jewish Voice for Peace.
BIRD: 40-70 female or non-binary. Poet-artist-activist, immigrant daughter of survivors of a massacre in a colonized country (Asian or African).
SALMA: 40-70 female or non-binary, Palestinian-American. Artist, community organizer.
ICJ representatives: 30-80, any gender, any race. One actor will play all of the representatives for the International Court of Justice (described below). We seek someone skilled in portraying different English accents or dialects—South African, Irish, and “The Queen’s English.”
- RONALD LAMOLA Minister of Justice and Correctional Services of the Republic of South Africa. Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHupur_DjoE
- ADILA HASSIM Senior Council, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJzf_52xBJk
- TEMBEKA NGCUKAITOBI Senior Council, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. Video of presentation: https://youtu.be/3vDMdjkuZ7w?si=i0nSzH8DjweDZo_A
- BLINNE NÍ GHRÁLAIGH King’s Counsel, Barrister, Matrix Chambers, member of the Bars of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales, Irish-born. Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuvlEMNG78c
- TAL BECKER Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel. Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thqqDgw_z-8
PRODUCTION CALENDAR—-
All auditions, rehearsals, and performances will take place at CitySpace in Easthampton, MA.
AUDITIONS
Sunday August 18 @ 12-3 with callbacks 4-6
REHEARSALS
Sunday September 8 @ 12-4
Wednesday September 18 @ 6-9
Wednesday October 2 @ 6-9
TECH WEEK
Tuesday October 8 @ 6-9
Wednesday October 9 @ 6-9
Thursday October 10 @ 6-9
Friday October 11 @ 6-9
PERFORMANCES
Saturday October 12 @ 7 (call time 6)
Sunday October 13 @ 2 (call time 1)
All actors will receive a $100 honorarium.
JuPong Lin is a Pay It Forward recipient. Pay It Forward is a program by CitySpace that offers artists venue access to develop works and produce performances. Pay It Forward is made possible by the generous funding from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts ValleyCreates, Greenfield Savings Bank, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Peak Performance Roofing, Delap Real Estate, Finck and Perras, Tandem Bagel Co and individual donors.