FOLLOW ME TO NELLIE'S Equity Principal Audition - Premiere Stages Auditions

Follow Me to Nellie’s

– Equity Principal Auditions

Premiere Stages Union NJ LOA (approval/salary level pending; 2010 weekly min.: $398 + transportation).

Producing Artistic Dir / Stage Dir: John Wooten

Author: Dominique Morisseau

CD: Carol Hanzel

1st reh: 6/28/11. Runs 7/14-7/31.

Equity Principal Auditions:

Monday, April 18, 2011 Actors' Equity Association Audition Center

9:30 AM - 5:30 PM 165 West 46th Street, 2nd Floor

Lunch from 1 - 2. New York City

Sides will be provided at the audition. Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.

Seeking (all roles are available (i.e. not yet offered and accepted)):

Note: All characters have an up-tempo Southern dialect.

Nellie (Ainee):

African American woman, late 50s. Strong, unflinching and stern. Has an amazing capacity to love. The madam of the whorehouse.

Na Rose:

African American woman, 19. Beautiful yet awkward. Soft, fragile, lyrical, and unsure of herself. Aspiring blueswoman.

Marla:

African American woman, late 20s/early 30s. Saucy, sexy, voluptuous, troubled and vulgar. One of the “gals”.

Ree Ann:

African American woman, mid - late 30s. Sensible, steady, dedicated and unyielding. One of the “gals”.

Sandy:

African American woman, early 20s. Sweet. Stunning. Spirited, fun-loving, optimistic. Extremely sexual. One of the “gals”.

Ossie:

African American man, early 20s. Handsome. Proud. Charming, strong and confident. A freedom fighter.

Rollo:

African American man, 50s. Nervous energy, jittery, talkative and lovable. Nellie’s oldest friend.

Tom Jr.:

Caucasian man, early 20s. Handsome. Friendly, eager. Aspiring do-gooder with a troubled heart. Sheriff’s son.

Premiere Stages at Kean University is located in Union, NJ, 30 minutes from Manhattan. There is a train (from Penn Station) that stops at the Kean campus.