Work With CHUANG STAGE
CHUANG Stage maintains a database of AAPI designers, stage managers, and other production talents; if you are interested in working with CHUANG Stage in our 2023 - 24 season, please send your resume, cover letter (optional), or work samples (optional) to hello@chuangstage.org. We look forward to learning more about you!
Audition Opportunities
OPEN CASTING CALL for upcoming production of NÜWA IN FAIRYLAND @CHUANG Stage
Written by Brandon Zang
SEEKING NON-UNION ACTORS
GREATER BOSTON/MA Area
About NÜWA IN FAIRYLAND
After getting cast as Puck in his high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Benji does a deep dive into method acting to prepare for his role. Finding himself in the enchanted forest of Fairy land, Benji’s reality begins to blend in with the hazy woods from Shakespeare’s play. Everything starts to go wrong when he runs into an unfamiliar character: the Chinese creator goddess Nüwa. She’s not supposed to be in this story–or is she?
Does Nüwa hold the key to his birthplace as a transracial adoptee? Or will Benji never escape Fairyland?
Rehearsal starts in mid to late April, with closing around early June.
All rehearsals and performances take place at the Boston Center for the Arts on weekday evenings and weekends daytime/evenings (day-job friendly!)
Actors will receive a $1100 stipend.
Submission Guidelines
You will be asked to upload a headshot/photo, resume/list of experiences, and a video link of yourself performing a contemporary 1 to 2-minute monologue.
Submission due at END OF DAY (MIDNIGHT) on March 1st, 2024.
Casting Breakdown
BENJI — 15, he, Chinese. Headstrong, insecure. Doubles as PUCK.
Asian American and Pacific Islander folx are encouraged to submit with priorities given to an LGBTQIA+ person.
DAMIAN, Benji’s best friend — 15, he, any ethnicity. Naive, overcompensating. Doubles as BOTTOM.
BIPoC folx are encouraged to submit with priorities given to an LGBTQIA+ person.
MARYANNE, Benji’s adoptive mother — 40s, she, white. Hopeful, distractible. Doubles as TITANIA.
MR. BAILEY, Benji’s drama teacher — 40s, he, any ethnicity. Yearning, reckless. Doubles as OBERON.
BIPoC folx are encouraged to submit.
NÜWA, a goddess from another land — 30s, she, Chinese. Ancient, wistful.
Should be comfortable performing in Mandarin Chinese; background or training in movement is preferred.
About the PLAYWRIGHT
Brandon Zang (he/him) is a Chinese Canadian playwright who uses worldbuilding to distance, deconstruct, and dissect the complex issues of today. His work has been developed at Lifeline Theatre, Live Arts, KCACTF, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Queen’s University, and the University of Chicago. His play Ah Wing and the Automaton Eagle is the winner of the 2023 Voaden Prize. Brandon is currently an MFA playwright at Boston University. He is super excited to be making his world premiere of Nüwa in Fairyland with CHUANG Stage!
