NOW CASTING ACTORS AND MOVERS FOR  DEVELOPMENTAL WORKSHOP OF PROJECT QUANTUM HEART, AN IMMERSIVE THEATRE PROJECT, WRITTEN BY AMY GRACE LAM, DIRECTED BY SCARLETT KIM

About the Project

Project Quantum Heart (PQH) is a 90-min “play-game,” an interactive/immersive live theatre experience. The story follows Emily Wong, a Chinese American woman in academia who, after being denied tenure and on the verge of a mental health breakdown, applies to become a video game designer—only to slip into the game’s landscape, a shadow realm. Through encounters with divine beings and creatures, she finds herself.

Audiences participate in the storytelling through a series of hands-on quests and prompts. Their choices shape the environment of the unfolding story.

Project Quantum Heart is an independently produced, multi-year theatrical endeavor, co-produced with MARU, a community-based organization serving Asian immigrants and refugees. This October 2026 workshop takes place at The MilkBar, as part of Project Quantum Heart’s artist residency. PQH has been developed with support from the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Gerbode Foundation, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Theatre Bay Area, and San Francisco State University's Race, Empowerment, and Justice Project.

About the Process

This casting call is for a developmental, process-oriented workshop taking place in the Bay Area, October 5-16th, 2026. Potential continuation of contract for Spring/Summer 2027 world premiere. We are looking for actors to join the core project team in an exploratory process, which will include movement improvisation, staging experimentation, participatory storytelling, audience engagement, interactive experience design, and character/narrative development. 

We welcome artists who are passionate about playing in the unknown, ensemble collaboration, and who are interested in the topics of healing and community mental health!

Ensemble Casting

Casting an ensemble of performers (actors and movers) to take turns playing an array of around ten characters ranging from Emily Wong, a goddess, a tree, a dragon, a grandmother, a hiring manager, etc.

Details

Where: The MilkBar, Richmond, CA

Pay:  $1,330

Who: All ages (18+), anyone who is a part of the Asian diaspora, all genders welcome. Non-union only.

When: Ten days within Oct 5-16, 2026; 6 hour days

Characters

EM WONG: Late 30s-mid 40s Chinese woman. Queer. Experimental Musician.  Assistant music professor. Competitive, creative, perfectionist, insecure. Color: PURPLE. Sounds bold, confident. Smells like steel. Animal Symbol: Snake. LEAD

LOONG: Timeless. Asian dragon. Gender-fluid. Represents EM’s shadow self. Majestic, effervescent, vibrant. Can wield fire but also knows how to balance with water. Color: Opaque Rainbow. Sounds like a magical beast. Smells like cotton candy. Helps Em confront her self-hatred. 

THE HIGHER SELF: Represents one of EM’s alternate selves. They help Em to see her yang side, the part of her that wants to follow order and rules. They play a hiring manager at a VR Therapy gaming company.

PHOENIX: 60s but thinks she’s 30. Chinese woman. EM’s paterna grandmother ancestor ghost. Full of pride. Believes in the importance of EM fulfilling ancestral dreams. Gift is music. Plays yanqing. Color: Fiery Orange-Red. Animal Symbol: Phoenix. Cantonese-speaker.

How to Submit

Please submit materials here:  https://forms.gle/LSp5mVk3za91nEpp7 

Include the following:

• Headshot
• Resume
• Creative materials:
• 3 self-tapes
  • 1 side from Project Quantum Heart, pick one from the options provided: https://drive.google.com/file/d/168B_X3qijL2GGk40zfOZHOu-rFYuNzgS/view?usp=sharing 
  • 1 monologue of your choice
  • 1 video of you demonstrating or performing a healing or community care ritual (no longer than 3 min)
• Please mention if you have any of the following additional skills: language, instruments, singing, dance, movement, etc.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted until END OF DAY (MIDNIGHT) on August 31st, 2026.