Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Montgomery, AL
Equity actors for roles in KUDZU CALLING - BLACK. SOUTHERN. LOVE. STORIES (See breakdown).
There will be no understudies.
Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration. Please include “KUDZU” in the subject line.
Deadline: 11/28/2024
Written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Director: Kevin R. Free
Potential auditions: Week of December 2nd.
1st Rehearsal: May 6, 2025
1st Preview: May 29, 2025
Opening: May 30, 2025
Closing: June 8, 2025
Venue: Octagon Stage
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 submit.
SYNOPSIS: Kudzu Calling is a theatrical interweaving of poetry-rich scenes that celebrates Black Southern Love, Black Southern Queerness, Black Southern Playfulness, Culture, and Spirituality. It follows a Wanderer who has returned home and, guided by Trees that are rooted in Southern soil, begins a journey to rediscover herself.
The role of THE WANDERER has already been cast.
All characters have some facility with poetry and are able to sing gospel or blues and rap acapella.
OAK: The oldest and wisest among them. Moves well. (Black Woman – An Elder)
MAGNOLIA: Feminine and strong. Moves well. (Black Woman – Middle Aged)
DOGWOOD: A stubborn hard-earned beauty. Moves well. (Black Man – Middle Aged)
PINE: A prickly one, but curious. Moves well. (Black Man – Young Adult)
WEEPING WILLOW: A feeler. Moves well. (Black Trans Male Identified – Young Adult)
THE WANDERER: CAST. A lost soul, returned. Moves well. (Black Masculine Woman – Middle Aged)
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