SERIAL BLACK FACE Equity Principal Auditions - Actor's Express Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Saturday, November 14, 2015
10 AM to 6 PM
lunch 1 to 2

Contract
SPT
Cat. 4; $342/week

Location
Shakespeare Tavern
499 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA
Paid street parking, or park across the street in Emory Hospital deck.

Seeking
Equity actors for various roles.

See breakdown.

Preparation
Audition information letter with link for audition sides will be sent with appointment confirmation.

Sides will also be available at the audition.

Bring TWO copies of your picture and resume to the audition

Other Dates
First Rehearsal - March 8, 2016
Runs - March 30, 2016 - April 24, 2016

Other
Actor's Express does not have housing available to out of town actors

Personnel
by Janine Nabers
Director: Freddie Ashley
Freddie Ashley, Artistic Dir
Alex Scollon, Managing Dir
Clifton Guterman, National New Play Network Producer in Residence
Sheila Oliver, Casting Dir

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
AEA members: For a 10 min. appt. slot, send email to sheila@actorsexpress.com. If no email access, call Sheila Oliver at 678-612-7019. EMAIL PREFERRED

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

SYNOPSIS: Atlanta, 1979. The Atlanta Child Murders grip the entire city. Single mother Vivian copes with the disappearance of her young son while working tirelessly to give a fresh start to her troubled teenage daughter. When a handsome stranger enters her life with promises of new love, she soon learns that nothing is as it seems. This award-winning play by one of America’s most promising young playwrights pulses to life with extraordinary grace and raw emotional power.

Seeking:

VIVIAN:
Female. African-American. A once pretty woman with an unkempt and tired face. A defeated disposition. Vivian is a single mother of two whose son is missing during the height of the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s. She is struggling to raise her troubled teenage daughter. Stage age range: late 30s-early 40s.

LATOYA:
Female. Biracial. Vivian’s daughter. A nymph with a pretty face and a terrible temper. A womanly body for her age. Stage age range: 14-16. Seeking teen actors only. Material for this character is very mature.

GLADYS/BLACK MOTHER/PRETTY MOTHER:
Female. African-American. Stage age range: 20s-30s. Seeking versatile actresses with both comedic and dramatic skills.

DAMITA/BLACK MOTHER 2/PHOENIX:
Female. African-American. Stage age range: 20s-30s. Seeking versatile actresses with both comedic and dramatic skills.

HUGH:
Male. African-American. Handsome, charismatic and mysterious. Stage age range: 30s-40s. This character must be comfortable with sexual situations onstage. Actor should be comfortable being shirtless.

JIMMY/MICKY/POLICE OFFICER:
Male. Caucasian. Stage age range: late teens-30s. Seeking actors with both comedic and dramatic skills.