Red Scare Theatre Company is currently seeking performers for the workshop series of New Gold Mountain Woman, an original musical theatre project written by Cassandra Tse and composed by Michael Stebbings. New Gold Mountain Woman is being developed as part of the 2026/2027 Hannah Playhouse x Auckland Live residency.

 

In 1881, the New Zealand census listed only nine Chinese women. New Gold Mountain Woman tells the imagined histories of these women, from their childhoods, to their working life, family life, loves and losses, joys and struggles. The narrative weaves from Guangdong to Aotearoa and back again as each woman tries to find her place between two worlds.

 

We are seeking collaborators with the following attributes:

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• Singer-actors, preferably able to read music, who are

• women, or people comfortable portraying women, with

• East or Southeast Asian heritage (including mixed race people) who can

• sing in a soprano, mezzo or alto vocal range and are

• based in, or able to be based in, Wellington, New Zealand.

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This casting call is suitable for singer-actors of all age ranges (16+). We welcome disabled and neurodivergent performers to audition. Trans and non-binary actors are welcome to apply, with the understanding that all the characters in the musical are cisgender women. We are particularly interested in actors with Chinese heritage, but will accept applications from performers of any East Asian or Southeast Asian heritage for the purposes of these workshops.

 

This is a paid project at a rate of $30/hour. The workshops will be held a week at a time for four weeks over the course of 2026 and 2027 at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington, NZ.