Casting Actors/Performers for Dragoness

Tin Can Contingency
New York, NY
US

Job Details

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TIN CAN CONTINGENCY (New York, NY) NON-EQUITY CASTING NOTICE
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Tin Can Contingency's production of Dragoness by Cha Mangan, directed by Samantha Toy Ozeas. Please reach out to us for the casting form, where you will be able to submit a self-tape using provided sides.

About Dragoness:

Dragoness follows two Asian painters from rural Pennsylvania, RAE and LEO, during their first year of a prestigious fellowship. When white-passing LEO, whose work exploits violence against Asian women's bodies, gains clout as the new local “up-and-coming” Asian artist, RAE collaborates with LEO's ex-hookup, STEPHEN, on a takedown article to cancel her rival.

Dragoness interrogates the ethics of reinventing art and identity to fit the interests of those in power and asks: what does it mean to represent your community when profit is involved?

About the characters:

RAE: Asian American woman of Southeast Asian descent. Raised in PA. Has a deep jealousy of Leo. Receptionist of the Art Gallery, and technically an artist for the Gallery. Dreams of being an artist. Not as technically talented or creative as Leo. Mid 20s. [ALREADY CAST]

LEO: White passing Asian American woman. Pretentious, edgy. Raised in PA. Has a deep jealousy of Rae. Digs into asian womanhood as the topic of her art. More “attractive” than Rae by white american beauty standards. A well known regional artist, on the brink of becoming huge. Recovering alcoholic. Mid 20s.

STEPHEN: Non-asian man, hipster meets journalism. Progressive looking enough that it’s hard not to like him at first. Definitely rides around on one of those vintage hipster racer bikes with the curvy handlebars. Late 20s.

TOBY: White man, Director and Curator of the Art Gallery. Gay. Vocal. 30s to 50s.

Instructions:

Please send us an email expressing your interest and we will send you the audition form, which will include a short self tape.

Additional Information:

This is a paid opportunity.
The form will close on January 30th at 11:59PM.
Callbacks will be hosted in New York City in early February.
Weekly commitments will begin at the end of February.
Rehearsals will begin at the end of April.
Dragoness will open at the end of May and continue through the first weekend of June.

We look forward to reviewing your materials!

DURATION

Feb 28, 2026 - Jun 7, 2026

SALARY

$300.00 – $300.00 per gig

HOW TO APPLY

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