The Western Stage is seeking Latinx male/male-presenting actors for the following roles in our production of Josefina Lopez's An Enemy of the Pueblo, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People.

A Latinx-focused adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People dramatizes the tension between the harsh realities of modernity and  traditional knowledge and ways of life. In “An Enemy of the Pueblo”, a curandera warns the people in her border town of Milagros of the poisoning of the water, but no one wants to believe her because their economic futures depend on the water in the springs attracting the “gringos” back to the town.

PEDRO DEL RIO - 40's, Magdalena’s younger brother, Mayor of the town, co-owner with Magda of the land where the springs are located who refuses to let Magdalena speak publicly about the truth because he has a lot to lose and wants to prove to the pueblo that he is better than his older sister. He has a leg that is crooked and struggles with being taken seriously as a successful man.
GHOST OF EL ZAPO - 20's+ The head of a drug cartel, a criminal who has been cursed by Magda for killing her husband and raping her daughter.
O’CONNOR - 50s, A “gringo” Mexican of Irish descent who lives on both sides of the border, who buys pottery in Milagros and takes it to sell in the U.S. He helps Magda’s clients collect the bones of their dead relatives who die in the desert trying to cross the border. He has a crush on Magda and wishes to have a relationship with her. He also helps to smuggle people across the border when needed.

ENSEMBLE CHARACTERS
PADRE LAZARO - 20's+, the town priest who drinks too much and gossips about people when he’s drunk. He does not like Magda because people go to her to seek spiritual advice instead of going to him. He talks behind her back and thinks she is a witch instead of a healer.
SEÑOR REYES - 40s, one of the heads of a company in charge of renovating the springs and getting them ready for summer.

To Submit

Please prepare two contrasting monologues, totaling no more than 2-2.5 minutes.   

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