Description:

Jackalope Theatre is proud to announce auditions for our fall 2022 production of Among the Dead by Hansol Jung, Directed by Artistic Director Kaiser Ahmed.

Ana is a Korean American who travels to Seoul in 1975 to retrieve her recently deceased father's ashes. Luke is a young American soldier fighting in the jungles of Myanmar in 1944. Number Four is the name of a Korean comfort woman camping out on a bridge in Seoul in 1950, waiting for the return of the young American soldier who fathered her daughter. Three separate time periods collide in a small hotel room in Korea, mediated by a shape-shifting Jesus who first shows up as a bellboy. Among the Dead is a dark comedy about a family broken apart by betrayed promises, and finding each other again through SPAM, journals, and Jesus. Mostly Jesus.

STAFFING INFORMATION
Playwright - Hansol Jung (she/her)
Director - Kaiser Ahmed (he/him)
Casting Director - Catherine Miller (they/them)
Managing Director - Tina El Gamal (she/they)

PRODUCTION CONTENT WARNINGS
Mentions of wartime violence, including murder and rape. Depictions of sex, pregnancy and birth. Other warnings include racism, sexism, drug use, and simulated gunfire. This production is not recommended to audiences under 13 without adult supervision.

Characters:
LUKE WOODS - he/him. 20's. US soldier in WWII.

NUMBER FOUR - she/her. Early 20's. "Comfort woman" from Korea.

ANA WOODS - she/her. Twenty-nine years old. Luke's daughter. Half Korean.

CHARACTER - is Jesus Christ. BIPOC, Open Gender. Contemporary, weird, young, ancient. Chameleon.

Pay: $650 paid in 3 installments (1st rehearsal, opening and closing)