The Punany Poets National Casting Call

The Valentine's Tour shows are all cast.  If you have not been notified that you have been selected, you have not been selected, but we will keep your information on file and notify you if we get a part that suits your talents.

We are holding a casting call in Oakland, CA on January 9th.  To be considered, Read the information below.

Dancer Male: 25-34, 6ft or taller, well built clean cut and sexy; African American, Afro Carribbean, African etc... you can be chocolate or light skinned just as long as you represent for any region of the African diaspora.  You should be friendly, charming, confident but humble, work well in groups (absolutely no divos will be considered).  You should posess some dance skill beyond the exotic and be smart enough to know what the word "diaspora" means.  Some theater training and experience in spoken word or oratory is a plus but is not not mandatory.
Dancer Female: 23-32, 5'5 or taller, well built clean cut and sexy; African American, Afro Carribbean, African etc... you can be chocolate or light skinned just as long as you represent for any region of the African diaspora. You should be friendly, charming, confident but humble, work well in groups (absolutely no divas will be considered).   You should posess some dance skill beyond the exotic and be smart enough to know what the word "diaspora" means.  Some theater training and experience in spoken word or oratory is a plus but is not not mandatory. 
COMICAL but TRUE Notes to all to all  Applicants regarding Hygiene, Style, Grooming and Relationships:

  • Please be physically tone and body conscious. 

  • NO... bullet holes, excessive tattoos, or disfiguring stretch marks. 

  • Be clean. Please be clean.  Hygiene is crucial for an interactive performance.

  • Relationships: Please be free of Agents (be a Free Agent), Be free of Obsessive Baby Mommas, Crazy Baby Daddies, Insecure Boyfriends, Girlfriends, husbands and/or Wives
         and please be Pimp & Domestic Violence Free. 

  • We love the babies, but you must keep them at home.  Punany shows, rehearsals or music listening sessions are not open to minors. 

  • If you are planning a family, we respect that.  BUT we require 1 year of your time, from the date of your contract, so please take that into consideration before you apply.

BEFORE YOU GO ON...
FAQ’s for Artists - Direct from Our Founder
More new rules, I have to impose this year… sorry yall.  It’s a brand new day, so all performers, past, present and future must sign new contracts for 2010.

  • The Punany Poets are not Swingers. Do not apply to get the goodies.
  • The Punany Poets are not a cover for a prostitution ring.  Do not apply to increase your client base.
  • Fraternization with managers, producers, assistant producers, hiring agents, or any event personnel who is in a position of authority is cause for immediate dismissal.  (Artists may not have sex with Jessica Holter or Ghetto Girl Blue, no matter what either one of them says.) 
  • The Punany Poets BRAND and its entire swagger is the intellectual property of Jessica Holter, and any infringement upon her intellectual property rights will be punished to the full extent of the law.  (In other words, don’t join up because you want to copy and come up.)  The use of the Punany Brand name in association with any serious artist is a valuable gift and an honor that should not be abused. (So please don’t make Jessica Holter cry, Ghetto Girl Blue won’t like that.)
  • Rehearsals are required. 
  • Menstruation is not on The Punany Poets calendar this year, so cramps, psychosis and nervous breakdowns are not allowed and are no excuse for non-performance. 
  • Failure to make a scheduled flight, ground trip or boat ride that was not cause by an act of God will be fined.
  • If you fail to be on your mark for a scene you will be fined, and then you will be replaced.
  • Artists will pay deposits for costumes and shall forfeit their deposits when costumes are not returned.
  • Those who fail to appear at a show for any reason should just disappear all together.  Seriously, failure to appear shall be cause for small claims.
  • The Punany shows are scripted.  Poets /Actors will not perform their own material unless is reviewed and accepted for inclusion into the script by Jessica Holter.
Spoken Word Artists
All ages, All races, Cuteness Counts, Talent trumps Cute

Vocalists Male & Female:
All ages, All races, Cuteness Counts, Talent trumps Cute

COMEDY Men & Women:
All ages, All races, Cuteness Counts, Talent trumps Cute

Dancer Applicants
Send a video clip of one fast
and one slow dance
to ghettogirlblue@yahoo.com

Spoken Word & Actor Applicants

Step 1. Introduce yourself to Ghetto Girl Blue by email. with a photo, full name, stage name, city and state you live in.

Step 2: Order Verbal Penetration, the book.  It is to be considered The Punany textbook and required reading.

Step 3.  Memorize the piece of your choice.

Step 4. Video tape or webcam yourself  performing the piece you have memorized, and send the video clip or a link to it to ghettogirlblue@yahoo.com.

BOOK                            CD                             DVD
The Punany Poets' Verbal Penetration Trilogy