Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre call for auditions: Ali & Ali: The Deportation Hearings

[Diana Lobb]

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We're getting ready to turn the lights back on for our first live theatre production post-Covid.

If you're ready to get back on stage too, we've got an audition for you!

Ali & Ali: the Deportation Hearings

Written by Camyar Chai, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Marcus Youssef and directed by Diana Lobb.

It is November 2008, President Barack Obama is elected, and collective optimism for a more tolerant post-Bush world spreads to Canada – and to the backroom of Salim’s Falafel Shoppe in Toronto. There, Ali Hakim and Ali Ababwa, refugee entertainers from the fictitious, war-torn country of Agraba, write a stage play to celebrate the new president’s message of “hope and change.” But the premiere of Yo Mama, Osbama! (or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Half-Black President) halts abruptly when an RCMP constable arrives at the theatre and arrests the pair for suspected financial ties to the Agrabanian People’s Front, an alleged “terrorist organization” on the Canadian government’s watch list. Hilarious comic, slapstick, and exuberant, the play raises serious questions about the cost for some when we endeavour to protect the “freedoms” of others.

Actor Requirements: All actors must identify as persons of colour. There are four characters total; one must identify as female, the other three of them will need to identify as male or non-binary. They can be any age. The play is a satirical piece that deals with political issues and racial tensions; as such, actors must have a good sense of humour and be comfortable playing with this style of material.

Learn more and sign-up for your audition at https://kwlt.org/class/auditions-for-ali-ali-the-deportation-hearings/?fbclid=IwAR10ZkN-3ggqFI7zeyMdUFEIfFRgESn55LxgOhka-7DTzDSK2slKDTxFIq4
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Written by Camyar Chai, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Marcus Youssef Directed by Diana Lobb. It is November 2008, President Barack Obama is elected, and collective optimism for a more tolerant post-Bush world spreads to Canada – and to the backroom of Salim’s Falafel Shoppe in Toronto.
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Please Note: As per Public Health requirements and Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre policy, proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 is required in order to enter the audition space and participate in the show.
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