The St. Louis Black Repertory Company 2024-25 Season - St. Louis, MO EPA
St Louis Black Repertory | Saint Louis, MO
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Monday, July 22, 2024
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM (C)
BREAK: 1:45PM - 2:45PM
To schedule an appointment, please contact Brian McKinley, 314-730-9408, brianm@theblackrep.org, M-F, 10a-12p or 2p 4p
SPT
$512 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in The St. Louis Black Repertory Company's 2024-25 Season (see breakdown).
Please prepare two contrasting monologues, as well as your headshot and resume.
St Louis Black Repertory Company 813 N Skinker Blvd
St Louis, MO 63130
Parking available on Vernon Ave.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Ron Himes - Producing Director
Brian McKinley - Director of Education & Community Programs
Jon Royal - SDC Artist in Residence Geovanday Jones - Artistic Associate
See breakdown for production-specific dates.
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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.
ST. LOUIS BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY 2024-2025 SEASON
BLUES IN THE NIGHT
by: Sheldon Epps
Rehearsal August 13, 2024
Preview September 4-5, 2024
Opening September 6, 2024
Closing September 29, 2024
The Woman Of The World: A beautiful and stylish African-American woman who came from a grandiose and rich lifestyle. She deludes herself into believing she is still living the high life and spends each evening preparing for the next gentleman caller. Hides behind a sophisticated veneer but is capable of great humor, sensuality, and emotion. Gender: Female Age: 50 - 60 Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: F3
The Girl With A Date: A youthful, energetic, enthusiastic girl. Bright and clever, but innocent and prone to vulnerability. Her drinking reveals a range of emotions and surprisingly uncharacteristic bitterness. Gender: Female. Age: 18 - 21. Vocal range top: C6 Vocal range bottom: E3
The Lady From The Road: A warm and beautiful African-American woman. Humorous and full of gossip, she possesses a wealth of experience in her long life. Has fallen from grace and she knows it, but hopeful she will rise again. Gender: Female Age: 55 - 65 Vocal range top: Ab5 Vocal range bottom: E3
The Man In The Saloon: A simultaneously very charming and slightly dangerous guy. Exudes confidence and control in his sly remarks to the women, but is secretly frustrated and lonely. Male, 30 to 40, Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: Ab2
CHICKEN AND BISCUITS
by: Douglass Lyons
Rehearsal December 17, 2024
Preview January 8, 2025
Opening January 10, 2025
Closing January 26, 2025
BANEATTA MABRY: Black woman in her late 40s or mid-50s. An upstanding & stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny & Simone, & wife to Reginald. She’s overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight & stubborn in her religious ways.
REGINALD MABRY: Black man in his 50s. Baneatta’s faithful husband & the new pastor of their home church. He’s the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love, with a side of corny Dad jokes.
KENNY MABRY: Black man in his mid to late 20s. Baneatta & Reginald’s youngest child. Proudly queer, but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day, he just wants to be loved.
LOGAN LEIBOWITZ: white man in his mid to late 20s. Kenny’s neurotic & dramatic Jewish boyfriend of 4 years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan's weed pen is his crutch for tough times.
BEVERLY JENKINS: Black woman in her 40s/50s. Baneatta’s younger sister. The “fun Aunt” who’s always in a push up bra catering to what the kids want, but never what they need. A single mother and the life of the party. She's a savage, classy, not so bougie, but definitely ratchet when necessary.
LA’TRICE FRANKLIN:16-year-old Black woman. Beverly’s daughter. She's nosy, loud & in everyone else's business but her own. She shows love, but in her own Gen Z manner. She's sarcastic to the bone.
SIMONE MABRY: Black woman in her 30s. Kenny’s older sister and Baneatta’s favorite. She followed the “right path. She’s pulled, slightly shady, and fierce on the exterior, but internally wounded from a recent failed engagement.
BRIANNA JENKINS: Black woman in her late 30s to 50s. Baneatta and Beverly’s half sister through an affair. She didn’t know her Father, but has come to his funeral to learn more about him. Sweet, open and collected.
COCONUT CAKE
by: Melda Beaty
Rehearsal January 21, 2025
Preview February 12-13, 2025
Opening February 14, 2025
Closing March 2, 2025
EDDIE -(African-American male. Late 60s) Semi-retired. Handsome but frail. Married to Iris, yet refuses to change his “ladies man” ways.
JOE - (African-American male. Early 70s) Retired, know-it-all. Eddie’s best friend. Self-proclaimed jack of all trades. His views on women, marriage, and life provide entertainment. Wears his money. Struts when he walks.
MARTY - (African-American male. Mid-70s) Retired steel worker and ex-con turned church deacon. Spiritual voice of reason.
HANK - (Caucasian male. Early 70s) Retired. Unassuming. Marty’s brother-n-law. Recent widower. His struggle with loneliness clouds his judgement.
GOTDAMNIT - (African-American male. Early 60s) Mentally ill. Beggar. Omniscient. Speaks with the speed of his erratic thoughts.
THE WASH
by: Kelundra Smith
Rehearsal February 11, 2025
Preview March 14-15, 2025
Opening March 16, 2025
Closing March 30, 2025
Anna - 40s, 50s, Black, African, Caribbean, or African American, Female
Jeanie - 40s, 50s, Black, African, Caribbean, or African American, Female
Jewel - 20s, Black or mixed race, Female
Thomasine - 30s, Black, African, Caribbean, or African American, Female
Charity - 20s, Black, African, Caribbean, or African American, Female
Mozelle - 20s, 30s, 40s, White, Female
RADIO GOLF
by: August Wilson
Rehearsal April 15, 2025
Preview May 14-15 2025
Opening May 17, 2025
Closing June 1, 2025
HARMOND WILKS (Male, 30-45): a Pittsburgh real estate developer seeking to revitalize the Hill District & become mayor
MAME WILKS (Female, 30-42): Harmond’s wife & campaign manager. She is creative & detail oriented, a smart businesswoman
ROOSEVELT HICKS (Male, 30-45): Harmond’s long-time friend. A gambler by nature, he has invested everything (literally and figuratively) in Harmond’s plans for the future of the Hill
STERLING JOHNSON (Male, 30-45): A weary survivor of the streets, tough, practical and blunt.
ELDER JOSEPH OLD JOE BARLOW (Male, 50+): Wise elder who is non-threatening, peaceful, and practical.
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