Friday, March 13, 2015

Casting Call for Short Film - TODAY at UofA

 

From: Cook, James A - (jcook1) [mailto:jcook1@email.arizona.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 9:30 AM
Subject: Casting Call for Short Film

 

AUDITION NOTICE

SHORT FILM

 

WIND WELL

Directed by James Cook

Produced through the University of Arizona Confluence Center

 

 

30 min short film, adapted from the Noh drama, Kinuta, Wind Well follows the final days of a young woman as she patiently waits for her husband to return. This film aesthetically aims to bridge the gap between East and West, like a cherry blossom on a cactus.

 

Created from a classic work of Japanese literature, the screenplay is infused with contemporary language and social trappings familiar to the western audience. Importantly, it retains the Zen influenced philosophic underpinnings, the narrative intent, the formal dance movement and musically percussive pacing of traditional noh.  Although current Western cultural and social circumstances are far removed from those of medieval Japan, this project is conceived to interpretively communicate questions that remain salient as they emanate from the temporality of our ongoing existential condition. The translated classical noh script and adapted screenplay, the performances, and the video production will be unique cultural and media translations, and will provide opportunities for the Western audience to engage intercultural perspectives. 

 

MARCH, FRIDAY 13th 2015 3-5pm

University of Arizona

1025 N Olive Rd #239

Tucson, AZ 85721, United States

Drama 116 (Directing Studio)

 

CHARACTERS:

Laura – 30’s, female lead.

Renee – Laura’s younger sister – 20’s-30’s        OPEN

Ray – Laura’s husband

 

Millie – Tohono O’Odham tribal leader, 40-60’s

Sam – Millie’s Husband and Store clerk              OPEN

 

Young Millie – 10-14, Young Tohono O’Odham    OPEN

Millie’s Mother – 30’s-50’s                                 OPEN

Chorus members                                              OPEN

 

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