AUDITIONS! The Gate of Heaven by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge

Looking for male Asian and Caucasian actors, as well as actors of any race or gender for movement-based characters.

Nova Arts Project and

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association

announce a new and very exciting collaboration

The Gate of Heaven
by Lane Nishikawa and Victor Talmadge

Directed by Rob Kimbro

Audition Dates:
Sunday, October 26, 2008
1:00pm – 6:00pm

Please schedule an audition time by calling (713) 623-4033 or emailing info@novaartsproject.com

Auditions will be held at the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance, Wortham Theater Building, Room 124
MAP: http://www.theatre.uh.edu/contactus_directions.asp

Please prepare a one to two minute monologue, and be prepared for cold readings from the script.
Please bring headshot & resume, if available.

Each performer will recieve a stipend for their work.

Performance Dates:
December 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21 at DiverseWorks
Sunday performances (7th, 14th and 21st) are at 2pm, all others at 8pm

About the play:
The Gate of Heaven follows two men, a Japanese-American soldier and a Jewish survivor of the Dachau prison camp, through fifty years of shared experience and a shared journey to discover the elusive American dream. Nova is thrilled to bring this important play to Houston audiences.

Character Breakdown:
Leon Ehrlich – A Polish-Jewish concentration camp survivor of Dachau. During the course of the play he ages from 20 to 70 years old. He has a strong dialect at the beginning of the play which becomes more Americanized over time.

Kiyoshi “Sam” Yamamoto – A Japanese American Nisei (Second Generation), from Hawaii. He ages from 20 to 70 during the play. He has a Hawaiian Pidgin dialect which he loses as the play progresses.

Kurogos (3 performers, any ethnicity)- The Japanese “shadow” people who move furniture, props, and at times, become characters in the play.