[Capdist-auditions] PR: WAM Theatre holds local auditions for 'In Darfur': August 26 + 28

Mon Aug 11 10:55:15 EDT 2014

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

Contact: Kristen van Ginhoven Artistic Director, WAM Theatre

*www.wamtheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>*

*kristen at wamtheatre.com <kristen at wamtheatre.com>*; *518 243 9627*

*WAM Theatre Announces In Darfur Open Auditions*

*August 26 and 28 at Shakespeare & Company*

LEE, MA (8/11/14) – WAM (Women’s Action Movement) Theatre announces local
auditions for fall production, *In Darfur,* by Winter Miller on Tuesday,
August 26th and Thursday, August 28th. Auditions are open to Equity and
non-Equity performers and will be held at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox,
MA.

Actors interested in auditioning can submit headshot and resumes to Hope
Rose Kelly, WAM Company Administrator, at hope at wamtheatre.com. Actors
selected to audition will be sent the script and sides. Additional details
about the auditions, the production, and WAM Theatre can be found at
http://www.wamtheatre.com/in-darfur-auditions/.

*Character Descriptions*

*HAWA:* a Darfuri woman, refugee, English teacher, determined and educated,
early 20′s

*MARYKA*: any race, New York Times reporter who is experienced in war
zones, persistent and smart, mid 30′s-or 40′s

*CARLOS:* American doctor of Argentine descent, an aid worker, passionate
and disillusioned, mid 30′s

*HAMIDA*: Darfuri woman, aid worker, friendly and caring, 20′s or early 30′s

*JAN*: New York Times editor, African American, mid 30′s or 40′s, smart and
jaded

*2 MALES* in various key ensemble roles (Police, Solders, Darfuris), 20′s-40
′s

NOTE: In addition to playing the characters, all actors also contribute to
the play as ensemble.

*About the Play*

*In Darfur* is the provocative account of three intertwined lives at a camp
for internally displaced persons in Darfur. The story follows an aid
worker’s mission to save and protect lives, a journalist’s pursuit to
deliver a front-page story, and a Darfuri woman’s quest for safety. It is a
searing story of urgency and international significance. WAM Theatre’s
production of *In Darfur* is scheduled for October 30-November 16 and will
be the play’s New England premiere. It will be presented at the Berry
Studio at the Elayne P. Bernstein Center at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox,
MA. Tickets will go on sale September 1. Rehearsals will begin October 2.
All positions are paid.

*About the Playwright*

Winter Miller is an award-winning playwright and founding member of the
Obie-recognized collective 13 Playwrights. Her drama, *In Darfur,* was
inspired by what she saw as *New York Times* columnist Nicholas Kristof’s
researcher at the start of the genocide in Darfur in 2004. After winning
the 2006 "Two-Headed Challenge" Commission from the Guthrie Theater and the
Playwrights’ Center, she traveled with Kristof to villages and refugee
camps along the Chad/Sudan border. *In Darfur* premiered at The Public
Theater for a sold-out run; a subsequent staged reading in the Public's
1800-seat Delacorte Theater in Central Park – a first for a play by a woman
– drew a standing-room-only crowd. Miller's plays include *The Penetration
Play*, *The Arrival*, *Paternity*, *Amandine* and *Seed*.

*About WAM Theatre*

Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM (Women’s Action Movement)
Theatre was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator and
producer Kristen van Ginhoven, who was inspired to take action by the
book *Half
the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by *Nicholas
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission is two-fold:
first, to create theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women
theatre artists and/or stories of women and girls; and second, to donate a
portion of the proceeds from those events to organizations that benefit
women and girls.

Over the past five years, WAM Theatre has donated more than $10,500 to six
nonprofit organizations that help women and girls, and provided paid work
to more than 100 theatre artists. In its fifth year, artistic director van
Ginhoven has expanded WAM Theatre’s activities to include more performances
in various venues, including educational outreach and the new Fresh Takes
Play Reading Series at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café in West Stockbridge.
For more information, visit *www.WAMTheatre*.

 Kristen van Ginhoven

*Artistic Director*

WAM Theatre

*518-243-9627*

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Kristen van Ginhoven
*Artistic Director*
WAM Theatre
518-243-9627

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Up Next:
August 18/*Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England*- Fresh Takes Play
Reading Series <http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/>
August 24/*Changes Makers- *Five Year Celebration Benefit Event
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/summer-benefit-2014/>

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