12/07/2024
Nairobi friends:
We are hosting auditions to cast for a play reading of a new musical, Pani Puri, by Aleya Kassam, Eric James Wainaina and Rushab Nandha. Pani Puri is a new musical that engages themes of Brown-Black relationships (its joys and taboos) in Kenya. In a wedding gone wrong, this brown-black love story illuminates the trials and tribulations of staying together across cultures, with music that invites us into Asian-Kenyan and African-Kenyan sounds.
Below is a cast list for the roles we are searching for:
HITESH HALAI: 53 years old, business man (South Asian Kenyan)
SEEMA HALAI: 49 years old, Hitesh’s wife (South Asian Kenyan)
ANJALI HALAI: 23 years old, Hitesh and Seema’s daughter (South Asian Kenyan)
GERISHOM KARIUKI: 56 years old, landlord (Kikuyu / Black Kenyan)
PENINAH KARIUKI: 52 years old, Kariuki’s wife (Kikuyu / Black Kenyan)
MWAS KARIUKI: 25 years old, Kariuki and Peninah’s son (Kikuyu / Black Kenyan)
Auditions will take place on Friday 26th July from 10am onwards. Location to be shared in the coming days.
Please fill out your information here: https://forms.gle/iArLhCZUsBCppthV6
A time slot will be assigned to you after you fill out the interest form.
For the audition, please prepare a monologue of your choice and a 1 min excerpt of a song from any musical of your choice.
Callbacks will take place on Saturday 27th July 10am-1pm. Location to be shared in the coming days.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Karishma Bhagani at [email protected]
