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JITNEY **Revised** Equity Principal Audition - Congo Square Theatre Co. Auditions

Posted October 23, 2017
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JITNEY **Revised** - Congo Square Theatre Co.

JITNEY - Chicago EPA

Congo Square Theatre Co


REVISED
Preparation change. Do not need 2 contrasting monologues. Sides will be provided.

AUDITION DATE

Mon, Nov 06, 2017

10:00 am - 3:00 pm (CDT)

Lunch: 12:30-1:20

APPOINTMENTS

AEA Members can sign up through the member portal beginning Monday, October 30, 2017

CONTRACT

CAT CAT Tier 2; $290/week

SEEKING

Male and female actors for the upcoming production of JITNEY by August Wilson. See breakdown for details.

PREPARATION

Sides will be provided. Hard copies will be available for review and check out at the Equity Office located at 557 W. Randolph St. 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60661, beginning October 24th. If in need of a digital copy of sides, contact centralauditions@actorsequity.org, subject line JITNEY SIDES

LOCATION

Actors' Equity Association - Chicago Member Center

557 W Randolph St
1st Fl

Chicago, IL 60661

Dial 011 for auditions

PERSONNEL

Cheryl Lynn Bruce - Production Director
Taron Patton - Executive Director
Luther Goins, Ron Conner, Shanesia Davis - Associate Producers

OTHER DATES

First rehearsal: December 12, 2017
First Paid Public: January 4, 2018
Closing: February 18, 2018

OTHER

EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.

An Equity monitor will be provided.

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

Jim Becker: the well-respected manager of the jitney station. African-American. In his 60s.

Doub: a driver, cautious and slow going, a Korean War veteran. African-American.

Fielding: a driver, an alcoholic, formerly an African-American tailor who clothed Billy Eckstine and Count Basie.

Turnbo: a driver, notorious for being a gossip. African-American.

YoungBlood (Darnell Williams): a driver. Recently returned from Vietnam, working several jobs to provide for his family. African-American. In his late 20s.

Rena: YoungBlood's girlfriend and the mother of his young son, Jesse. African-American.

Shealy: a flamboyent bookie who uses the jitney station as the basis of his operations. African-American.

Philmore: a local Hotel doorman and a frequent jitney passenger. African-American.

Booster (Clarence Becker): Becker's son, who has just completed a 20-year prison sentence for murder. African-American. In his early 40s.


Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.

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