CASTING NOTICE

SEEKING SUBMISSIONS FOR YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Music and Lyrics by The Flaming Lips Story by Wayne Coyne and Des McAnuff Conceived and Directed by Des McAnuff

About the Show: Yoshimi Yasukawa is involved in a war between her boyfriends, Ben Nickel and Booker. Before that gets resolved she finds herself fighting for her life. “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots” is a magical story that takes place in the modern world and simultaneously on a science fiction landscape where there is an army of pink robots. It is a story of love and the struggle for survival. It will be an ambitious technological production featuring singing, dancing, and puppetry.

Type of Actor(s): Male/female Equity members who are LOCAL (must live or have housing and transportation within 50 miles of La Jolla). Actors of all ethnicities are encouraged to submit.

Roles:

Male Ensemble – 20’s – 30’s. Seeking excellent dancers who are strong singers/actors. Dance style is a mix of contemporary/modern and ‘street’ hip-hop. Acro/tumbling, martial arts and/or puppeteering experience a plus.

Female Ensemble – 20’s – 30’s. Seeking excellent dancers who are strong singers/actors. Dance style is a mix of contemporary/modern and ‘street’ hip-hop. Acro/tumbling, martial arts and/or puppeteering experience a plus.

Audition Date/Location: July 27, 2012. La Jolla Playhouse – 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037. 9am – 6pm

Preparation: Please come ready to dance - bring jazz shoes/dance sneakers. Please also prepare 16 bars of an alt-rock/Indie-pop style song, ala The Flaming Lips: ie. Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Jefferson Airplane, Beck, R.E.M, psychadelic-era Beatles in the event you are asked to stay and sing. Please bring sheet music, an accompanist will be provided. Please also prepare a brief contemporary monologue.

Auditions are by invitation only.

To submit for this project, email your headshot and resume to [email protected] by July 20th. Please verify that you have local housing and include your name and phone number in your email. You will be notified by email if you are assigned an appointment.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Dates:

Rehearsals Start: September 18, 2012 Performances Start: November 6, 2012 Opening: November 16, 2012 Closing: December 16, 2012