PANG SPA - Burbank EPA
Garry Marshall Theatre
AUDITION DATE
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
11:00 am - 7:00 pm (PST)
Lunch: 2:00PM - 3:00PM
APPOINTMENTS
EPA rules in effect. In person sign-up begins at 10:00AM on 3/7/19.
CONTRACT
SPT Minimum - $425/wk. Transitional use of SPT. No health.
SEEKING
Actors and Understudies, all ethnicities and genders encouraged to audition. Local hires preferred. See breakdown.
PREPARATION
Please prepare sides available on garrymarshalltheatre.org on February 21, 2019. Please bring headshot and resume.
LOCATION
Garry Marshall Theatre
4252 W Riverside Dr
Burbank, CA 91505-4145
PERSONNEL
Fran deLeon, Director
David Johann Kim, Playwright
Dimitri Toscas, Artistic Director
Joseph Leo Bwarie, Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
April 9: First Rehearsal
May 7-9: Tech Week
May 12: Final Dress
May 14-23: Previews
May 24: Opening night
June 16: Closing
Possible extension to June 23.
OTHER
Weekly performance schedule is 5 shows a week between Wednesday and Sunday.
EPA Procedures are in effect for audition.
An Equity monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
BREAKDOWN
On the outskirts of Los Angeles’ Koreatown, Daniel Pang has been caring for his dementia addled parents, Tae and Avy, for 3 years since his older brother David committed suicide. This formerly prosperous grocery family now lives in their K-town tenement. Their neighbors, Mrs. Weiss, a Japanese American “bubbe” and Yong, a minimum wage warrior and Tai Chi aficionado make up the rest of this idiosyncratic enclave, when a flinty young army vet (Dora) arrives on a mission. Dora deftly inserts herself into the Pang’s dementia driven world until her true identity tumbles out in a long drunken night. Paradigms continue to shift as Dora experiences her first “Spa Day” in the Pang’s backyard that’s transformed into an improvised Korean spa, complete with “waterfall” and “dipping pool”. PANG SPA is a place where despite dementia, depression, suicides and the violation & violence of The ’92 LA Riots, healing can, at least, begin. Intended for an adult audience, may contain adult language and situations.
DANIEL PANG ? (MALE) late 40s-50 (Korean-Caucasian) caring for his ailing parents. Formerly a theatre actor.
TAE PANG ? (MALE) late 70s-80s (1st generation Korean), Daniel's father. Former owner of liquor/convenience stores that were destroyed in the 1992 LA Riots. He has mid-stage Alzheimers Disease. Must be about to encompass childlike state to volatile. Partial nudity.
AVY PANG (pronounced Ah-vee) ? (FEMALE) 70s-80s (Caucasian) Daniel's mother with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. She was in the US Army Nurse Corps in The Korean War. She is the family's protector.
DORA SIMON – (FEMALE) 20 yr old “quapa” ( 1⁄4 Asian 3⁄4 any other ethnicity) Army veteran who suffers from PTSD.
MRS. WEISS - (FEMALE) late-80s (Japanese-American) Spry, mentally alert neighbor who was born in America. She has a “yiddishy” way about her because of her late husband. She has lived in the Pang-owned apartment building for many years.
YONG – (MALE) 30s-40s (Chinese) hard-working immigrant. Must have comic timing and Tai Chi/martial arts experience. Lives across the hall from Mrs. Weiss.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.
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