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The Prince & The Pana
Puerto Rican Cultural Center

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Sembrando Herencia 2023 - The Prince & The Pana

By Appointment Only

TITLE: The Prince & The Pana

WHAT: Original script for community theatre featuring multi-ethnic cast.

WHO: Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 21st Theater Production

WHEN: Two mainstage performances, December 9 & 10, 2023.

Announcing auditions for roles in an original play featuring a multi-ethnic cast -- adults, all ages, including lively seniors! Actors must reside in Austin or surrounding areas.

The Prince & The Pana is our 21th original, bilingual play -- based in Puerto Rican oral and documented history -- that shares an important turning point in the mid 19th century.

Set in the 1850s, our annual mainstage production will combine original live music, dance, community theater, and cocobalé -- STICKS & MACHETE FIGHTING -- to bring history to life and honor unsung heroes!

PRODUCTION DETAILS

Roles of multi-ethnic cast include adults of any ethnicity:

-  Merchant and business community

- Mountain farmers and sugar cane community.

- Fighting artists (sticks and machetes)

Great volunteer opportunity! Barter includes:

- Professional Stage Combat training - sticks and machetes - by fighting master Toby Minor (TX State U).

- Authentic training in Boricua folkloric dance and song

Community Theatre rehearsals will meet Wednesdays, 6-9:30pm, starting September 13, 2023. Two weeks before production, additional rehearsals will fold actors, dancers, musicians, and fighters together into one exciting musical! Fight Training will include professional workshops on stage combat on selected Saturdays. Knowledge of Spanish a plus, but not required.

AUDITION DETAILS

Please send a professional resume and a recent head-shot to schedule a preliminary zoom interview with: Dr. Tekina-eiru Maynard, [email protected].

Questions are welcome! Successful interviews will receive an - in person - audition time by appointment:

AUDITION BY APPOINTMENT

If chosen to audition - Please bring one 2-minute monologue, dramatic or comedic (suitable for all ages) for your in-person audition in front of our artistic community.

Saturday, 10:00am - Aug 12 & 19

Monday, 6:00pm - Aug 14 & 21

Auditions held: 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702

Puerto Rican Culture Center (south side entrance of building).

PAST PRODUCTIONS!

Enjoy 20 SEASONS of past musicals!

https://youtu.be/aEGU0ohMo58

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THANK YOU SPONSORS!

Our 2023/24 season is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!