Production Title: A Boy Named Cesar
Production Company: New Carpa Theater Company
Playwright or Screenwriter: James and Julie Amparano Garcia
Director: Jim Gradillas
Compensation: No Pay
Run/Shoot Dates: 09/19/2016 –
09/29/2016
Synopsis
The nation is mired in the Great Depression and 10-year-old César Chávez and his family have learned they’ll soon be evicted from their Yuma farm. In the days before they leave, César goes out to fetch water from the backyard well, when the ghost of his grandfather appears to show the boy
the promise of his future as one of the nation’s great civil rights leaders. (Presented in English with minimal Spanish phrases)
Genre: Stage/Live
Casting: Adult
Character Breakdown
Need 4 or 5 actors to play 8 roles: Civil rights leader César Chávez as an adult and as a boy, his wife Helen Chavez, his mom, his dad, his grandfather, UFW Co-founder Dolores Huerta, community organizer Fred Ross and reporter Ruben
Salazar.
Additional Info
New Carpa Theater Co. is dedicated to the production of Latino and multicultural theater. It was founded in 2002 by James E. Garcia. James is the author of more than 30 plays.
What To Prepare
Cold reads, but you are welcome to perform a monologue if you wish.
Call For Crew
We need a costume designer, sound designer and stage manager.
Audition Details
Wells Fargo Arena (Room 116)
600 E Veterans Way
PHOENIX, Arizona
85281
Please park in the lot east of Wells Fargo. Do not park at the meters on the west side. Follow the signs that will be posted leading you to Room 116.
Headshots/Resume Optional (NO Web Links)
By Appointment: Phone or Email
Appointment Contact
(623) 252-2772
[email protected]
Audition Dates and Times:
August 30 @ 7 p.m.
Callback Dates and Times:
TBD
Primary Contact:
James Garcia
[email protected]
(623)
252-2772
