Audition opportunity

TuYo Theatre is partnering with CSUSM for our upcoming spring production, an immersive theatre set in WW2 San Diego and we are looking for actors.

On Her Shoulders by Maria Patrice Amon

Produced by TuYo Theatre and CSUSM with TurnKey Theatre

On Her Shoulders We Stand is a multi-sensory, immersive experience that brings audiences into a forgotten memory using the power of names to understand the role of Latinas in WWII. It is a 30-40 minute theatrical experience where small groups of audiences, between 1 and 4 people, travel through staged rooms to experience a performance focused on hidden community stories. 

Schedule: 

Rehearsals: Tuesdays-Sundays January 12-30 at SDSU campus and CSUSM campus

Tech: February 2-6 at the Athenaeum Gallery in the Bread and Salt Building in Barrio Logan

Performances: Feb 8-27, Tuesday-Sunday in the Athenaeum Gallery in the Bread and Salt Building in Barrio Logan

Character breakdown:

• Air raid warden: a peppy young Mexican-American woman, teens-20’s
• Amá: a mother of young children, a dancer performing a playful mock adelita dance, speaks fluent Spanish, 20-50’s
• Mrs Cusack: a well meaning and slightly tone-deaf teacher, a white woman, 20’s-50’s
• Jenny: a Pachuca young woman, fiery and defiant, teens-20’s
• Uncle Sam: bombastic and patriotic man who bends the world to his will, 20’s-50’s 
• Rosita: friendly first generation woman working in her first industrial job, teens-20’s
• WASP: a brave young pilot finding her voice, teens-20’s
• Betty: a young latina wartime bride, flighty and ready to assimilate, teens-30’s
• Ricky: a young latino soldier, a dancer performing a death dance, teens-30’s
• Adela: a young latina giving a speech at school, hopeful and future looking, teens-20’s 
• Museum docent 1: engaging, greets audiences and shares information about historical Latinas, improv conversation, open gender, open age, open ethnicity
• Museum docent 2: engaging, greets audiences and shares information about historical Latinas, improv conversation, open gender, open age, open ethnicity

 

To Audition submit a video recording of a one minute monologue via the online submission links by November 16, 2021:

OHS Audition Submission

 In person callbacks will be scheduled Nov 22-23.

 All roles are for non-equity performers.

All artists, including students, will be paid. Additionally, course credit is available for current students.

Shakespeare REP opens tomorrow!

To get your tickets, go to citycollegetheatre.com

Everyone attending the performances must wear a mask and bring a photo ID and proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance.

Four late-start classes--begin in October!

Come join us!

 

Twelfth Night cast

Top row, left to right: Parker Claudio, Denessa Cazares, Angel Lopez Rodriguez, Gary Tallaksen, Gabi D'Amico, Victoria Garcia, Jasaun Norwood, Katie Rodda, Tiffany Avila, Hope Butner, Grace Perez, Frida Sanchez, Aldo Ley. Bottom row, left to right: Jamie Barker, Valynsia Sims, Kaileykielle Hoga. Not pictured: Josblan Chavez, Alyssa Hayden

Shakespeare Rep Cast List

Please read this entire email--there's lots of information here.

Thank you again for your hard work on Thursday and Friday. Casting is always difficult, and there are many factors that go into it. You may not have been cast in the role or the show you wanted; however, this is part of the process of being an actor. You should be proud of your accomplishment. We are really excited to do these incredibly challenging and awesome productions!

Please remember that everyone in the show is required to enroll for the 3-unit class DRAM 242, Rehearsal and Performance. If you do not add this class, you cannot be in the show. This is a district policy.

Everyone must be vaccinated to be a part of this production. If you decline vaccination due to medical or religious reasons, please know that you will need to be tested weekly. Here is information about how to upload your proof of vaccination or test: https://www.sdccd.edu/students/covid19/. 

The first rehearsal is Monday, August 30 at 3:30 in the Saville Theatre. Everyone is called. We will go over the syllabus and COVID protocols, distribute add codes, discuss the schedule, and answer all questions. Following that, the Macbeth cast will stay to have its first rehearsal. Twelfth Night will have its rehearsal on Tuesday, August 31 from 3:30 - 6:30 in the Saville. If you are not able to be at those first rehearsals, please email Stage Manager Alyssa Hayden (alyssahayden16@gmail.com) and your director (Macbeth, Kate Stone, kstone@sdccd.edu or Twelfth Night, Katie Rodda, krodda@sdccd.edu.)

Twelfth Night cast list

Viola: Gabi D'Amico

Sebastian: Aldo Ley

Captain: Gary Tallaksen

Antonia: Hope Butner

Orsino: Nick Daugherty

Olivia: Jamie Barker

Maria: Victoria Garcia

Feste: Angel Lopez Rodriguez

Malvolia: Denessa Cazares

Fabian: Kai Ferrar

Toby Belch: Valynsia Sims

Sir Andrew Aguecheek: Arturo Ibarra

Ensemble (to play Priests, sailors, ladies, bros, and officers): Gary Tallaksen, Hope Butner, Grace Perez, Jasaun Norwood, Frida Sanchez, Tiffany Avila, Josblan Chavez, Kai Ferrar, Kaileykielle Hoga

Macbeth cast list

Macbeth: Yvana Alvarez

Lady Macbeth: Lauren Kogelman

Banquo/Doctor: Vincent Bossone

Macduff: Isaiah Moore

Witch/Young Siward: Kaileykielle Hoga

Witch/Lady Macduff: Lizette Hernandez Alonso

Witch: Vilma Jeness

Ross: Valynsia Sims

Lennox: Nick Daugherty

Porter: Denessa Cazares

Captain: Josblan Chavez

Malcolm: JD de la Cruz

Duncan: Gabe Esquivel

Siward: Angela San Filippo

Twelfth Night actors: if you would like to watch a good production, don't watch the 1996 film with Helena Bonham Carter. Instead, please go to here: https://library.sdcity.edu/home. Click on Services --> Videos and Captioning. Go to the National Theatre Collection, put in your info, then watch Twelfth Night.

If you have concerns about any of this, please reach out to your director. Thanks, and congratulations!

CALLBACKS

Thank you to everyone who auditioned tonight. There was a lot of talent and hard work in the room. Please know that if you were not called back, it could be due to a scheduling conflict.

It is also possible that you may be cast in a production you were not called back for.

The following people have been called back:

Macbeth callbacks: Friday, August 27, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Gabe Esquivel

Vincent Bossone

Isaiah Moore

JD de la Cruz

Angel Lopez Rodriguez

Jasaun Norwood

Nick Daughterty

Aldo Ley

Josblan Chavez

Valynsia Sims

Lizette Alonso Hernandez

Kai Ferrar

Denessa Cazares

Jackie Yepez

Yvana Alvarez

Kaileykielle Hoga

Nena Lockhart

Angela San Filippo

Vilma Genness

Lauren Kogelman

Twelfth Night callbacks: Friday, August 27, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Angel Lopez Rodriguez

Vincent Bossone

Aldo Ley

Isaiah Moore

Nick Daughterty

Arturo Ibarra

Alan Ramos

Jasaun Norwood

Gary Tallakesen

Denessa Cazares

Jamie Barker

Gabi D'Amico

Victoria Garcia

Grace Perez

Hope Butner

Frida Sanchez

Kaileykielle Hoga

Valynsia Sims

Kai Ferrar

Angela San Filippo

If you are not able to attend callbacks, please email Stage Manager Alyssa Hayden at alyssahayden16@gmail.com. 

Don't get dropped!

This a reminder that ALL students who will be taking classes on campus at City College must submit their proof of COVID-10 vaccination by Friday, August 6. If you don't you will be dropped from your classes.

Here's the link that shows you how to submit your proof: sdccd.edu/students/covid19. DON'T GET DROPPED!