The Ancram Opera House (AOH) announces a call for submissions from Equity and Non-Equity performers for their August production of INVASION! by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Auditions will be hosted by Jeffrey Mousseau, co-director of the Ancram Opera House who will be directing this production.
AOH will present INVASION! from August 5-21, 2022, with rehearsals beginning on or around July 12, 2022. Rehearsals will take place in either New York City or Ancram, depending upon casting. All performances will take place at the Ancram Opera House in Ancram, NY. AOH works under a Special Appearance Contract.
Auditions, by invitation only, will take place on or around May 16, 2022. Please submit one PDF with a headshot and resume, as well as a short, 1-2 minute, comedic monologue viewable via YouTube, Vimeo, or website link. Materials should be submitted to
casting@ancramoperahouse.org. You will be contacted if you are invited to audition
Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition. The script specifies characters are: Ethnically Ambiguous/Multiracial, Middle Eastern, South Asian/Indian, Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander. See cast break-down below.
Invasion!
by Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Directed by Jeff Mousseau
List characters & brief descriptions
Actor A (Actor 1, Lance, Guide, Journalist, Apple Picker): plays male characters, 40-50 years old. Fluent speakers of Arabic preferred.
Actor 1: Classically trained actor.
Lance: Lebanese. Termite exterminator. Dreams of being a dancer.
Guide: Television talk-show host.
Journalist: Local news reporter. Taking a sabbatical to study theatre.
Apple Picker: Illegal immigrant seeking asylum in the US. Speaks broken English.
Actor B (Arvind, Expert 1, Fanon-Lover): plays male characters, 20-25 years old
Arvind: Indian. Young, reckless high school student. Grows up to be a telemarketer.
Expert 1: Military expert. Talking head.
Fanon-Lover: Just learned what postcolonialism is, and wants everyone to know he knows about it.
Actor C (Actor 2, Lara, Expert 2, Interpreter): plays female characters, 20-25 years old
Actor 2: Classically trained actor.
Lara: Kurdish. Theatre student. Tired of educating her white friends about race.
Expert 2: Military expert. Talking head.
Interpreter: Professional interpreter.
Actor D (Yousef, Alexandra, Eric, Expert 3, Anti-Nuclear Lady, Little Brother): plays male/female characters, mostly in the 20-25 year age range
Yousef: Lebanese. Young, reckless high school student.
Alexandra: Arvind’s friend from high school.
Eric: Arvind’s friend from high school.
Expert 3: Military expert. Talking head.
Anti-Nuclear Lady: A middle-aged woman with a white savior complex. Studying documentary theatre.
Little Brother: The playwright’s younger brother. Recounts a traumatic experience from his childhood.
2022 SPONSORS
The 2022 season at the Ancram Opera House is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
ABOUT THE ANCRAM OPERA HOUSE
The Ancram Opera House in southern Columbia County, NY, is an intimate showcase for fresh, contemporary work by visionary theater and musical artists where audiences can connect with performers in immersive, immediate ways.
The Opera House was erected in 1927 as Ancram Grange #955, a chapter of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, to address the social, educational and economic concerns of the region’s farmers. In 1972, the building was repurposed and renamed the Ancram Opera House as an arts venue focusing on light operatic fare.
Today, Ancram Opera House rededicates itself to aspects of its origins, producing and presenting inventive contemporary theatrical performances to be shared by a rural community.
For more information visit
www.ancramoperahouse.org.
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