<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp51a53a8dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp51a53a8dyiv7642749476"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;" class="ydp51a53a8dyiv7642749476ydp54d4009fyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Beck Center will hold auditions on Monday, July 14 & Tuesday, July 15, from 6:00-8:00 pm for the timely and touching new play ANDY WARHOL IN IRAN by Persian-American playwright Brent Askari, which will open the 2025-2026 season in the Studio Theatre, running October 3 thru November 2. Rehearsals will begin on or about September 2. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This two-character play is set in 1976 when Andy Warhol actually traveled to Tehran to paint portraits of the Shah and his wife. <span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;">In the play Warhol encounters a young Iranian revolutionary who has been sent to kidnap the famed artist, hoping to gain support for his group's mission:<i> to overthrow the Shah.</i> As they wait for a getaway car to arrive, the two exchange tales of life and death, art and poetry, family and culture, and discover that two people from different worlds may share a surprising bond.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Beck Center is seeking an actor of SWANA (South West Asian and North African) ethnicity, ages 18 to 30's, to play Farhad, a passionate young Iranian activist who abandoned his college studies in America to return home after his father was arrested for opposing the Shah.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Actors interested in this role are asked to call Beck Center at 216-521-2540 to make an appointment. You may contact director Sarah May directly at 216-410-1781 if you need to arrange an alternate time. Actors will be asked to read from the script and perform a short monologue, or prepare to tell a life-changing personal story. </div><div dir="ltr"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Please Note: The role of Andy Warhol has been cast.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>