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(Water by the Spoonful is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.)
Auditions
Water by the Spoonful
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Eric Tolley & Chelsea Jeané Zent
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by Eric Tolley & Chelsea Jeané Zent
Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. WATER BY THE SPOONFUL is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.
ROLES TO BE CAST
4M, 3W
ODESSA ORTIZ, 39, a.k.a. Haikumom, founder of a recovery website, works odd janitorial jobs, lives one notch above squalor.
ELLIOT ORTIZ, 24, an Iraq vet with a slight limp, works at Subway Hoagies, scores an occasional job as a model or actor, Yazmin’s cousin, Odessa’s birth son.
YAZMIN ORTIZ, 31, adjunct professor of music, Odessa’s niece and Elliot’s cousin.
FOUNTAINHEAD, 38, a.k.a. John, a computer programmer and entrepreneur, lives on Philadelphia’s Main Line, white.
CHUTES&LADDERS, 56, lives in San Diego, has worked a low- level job at the IRS since the Reagan years, African-American, his real name is Clayton “Buddy” Wilkie.
ORANGUTAN, 31, a recent community college graduate, Japanese by birth, her real name is Madeleine Mays and before that Yoshiko Sakai.
A GHOST, also plays PROFESSOR AMAN, an Arabic professor at Swarthmore; also plays A POLICEMAN in Japan.
ROLES TO BE CAST
4M, 3W
ODESSA ORTIZ, 39, a.k.a. Haikumom, founder of a recovery website, works odd janitorial jobs, lives one notch above squalor.
ELLIOT ORTIZ, 24, an Iraq vet with a slight limp, works at Subway Hoagies, scores an occasional job as a model or actor, Yazmin’s cousin, Odessa’s birth son.
YAZMIN ORTIZ, 31, adjunct professor of music, Odessa’s niece and Elliot’s cousin.
FOUNTAINHEAD, 38, a.k.a. John, a computer programmer and entrepreneur, lives on Philadelphia’s Main Line, white.
CHUTES&LADDERS, 56, lives in San Diego, has worked a low- level job at the IRS since the Reagan years, African-American, his real name is Clayton “Buddy” Wilkie.
ORANGUTAN, 31, a recent community college graduate, Japanese by birth, her real name is Madeleine Mays and before that Yoshiko Sakai.
A GHOST, also plays PROFESSOR AMAN, an Arabic professor at Swarthmore; also plays A POLICEMAN in Japan.
AUDITIONS DATES
Saturday, November 3, 2018 from 11am - 2 pm
Sunday, November 4, 2018 from 11 am - 2 pm
Performances will be Fridays & Saturdays January 11 - 26, 2019
with a matinee on January 20
Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Plan to spend at least 30 minutes at the audition.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to audition, please contact one of the directors to set up another time.
Saturday, November 3, 2018 from 11am - 2 pm
Sunday, November 4, 2018 from 11 am - 2 pm
Performances will be Fridays & Saturdays January 11 - 26, 2019
with a matinee on January 20
Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Plan to spend at least 30 minutes at the audition.
If you are unable to attend but would still like to audition, please contact one of the directors to set up another time.
(Water by the Spoonful is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.)
