Dialect Coach

  • Contract / Stipend
  • Chicago
  • This position has been filled

Website PrideArts

Producing works that center on the queer experience.

PrideArts is looking for a DIALECT COACH for their US premier of Tango, written by Joel Tan.  Carol Ann Tan will be directing.

An elderly waitress at a Chinese restaurant in Singapore refuses to serve a same-sex couple and their adoptive son because of her religious beliefs. When a video of her actions is shared online, this erupts into vitriol, heated debates and a protest rally that rocks the country.

  • Rehearsals begin on Monday March  27, 2023.
  • Tech rehearsals begin on Monday April 24, 2023.
  • Previews are Thursday May 11 – Sunday May 14, 2023.
  • Opening on Monday May 15, 2023. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 730p; Sunday at 3p.  There is one Wednesday performance on June 7, 2023.
  • Closing on Sunday June 11, 2023.

The play calls for the use of British English, Singlish, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), and Malay.

 

Instructions to Apply:

Please send resume to prideartstech@gmail.com. Include "Dialect" in the subject line of your email.

Pay Rate/Range*: $525 stipend