‘Compton’s Cafeteria Riot’ Immersive Theatre

Expires: 2024/08/01
Paying up to $100.00 / day
Description

Casting “Compton’s Cafeteria Riot,” an immersive show set in a functioning 1960s diner. Based on the historic, yet not widely known, riots in August of 1966 (3 yrs.; before Stonewall) by trans women, drag queens, and sex workers against police harassment.

Production states: “It would be unfair and inaccurate for us to hold these characters in a modern context, and our casting reflects that. Words like ‘transsexual’ and ‘transvestite’ were used at the time to describe those who, by modern vernacular, could be described as transgender, and others as simply ‘gender non-conforming’ or ‘non-binary.’ These characters represent a wide variety of folks on the gender spectrum, and in our casting practices, we have taken that into consideration. Many of our characters use words that were self-identifiers within their community such as ‘dolls,’ ‘queens,’ ‘fish,’ ‘girls,’ etc. These words were used in many sub-sects of queer communities throughout history and don’t necessarily align with modern popular vernacular, medical, or academic terminology.”

4 Project roles
Vicki
All Genders
40+

All Ethnicities
50s-80s, any ethnicity; seeking someone who identifies as a trans woman, trans femme, non-binary, or non-gender conforming. She is our narrator and should be able to command a room. Some singing is required.
Application deadline closed.
Officer Johnson
Male
18+

White / European Descent
Any age, white, cis-man. A real son-of-a-bitch. Delights in harassing these women. Seeking someone who can play the villain, but who is "trans-competent" and would help nurture a trusting environment in creating this vile character.
Application deadline closed.
Adrian
Male, Trans Male
18
-
40
y.o.
Black / African Descent
20s, black, man and/or trans man, a young, eager idealist. An activist with the charisma to rally the troops.
Application deadline closed.
Understudies
All Genders
18+

All Ethnicities
Folks across the gender spectrum to cover these and other roles.
Application deadline closed.