Syracuse Stage seeks local actors for two roles in “A Raisin in the Sun”
Syracuse Stage will host auditions for local non-Equity actors on August 14, 6 – 8 p.m. for the roles of Travis Younger and Bobo in
“A Raisin in the Sun”. The show runs Feb. 21 – March 11, 2018 in the Archbold Theatre at Syracuse Stage.
Lorraine Hansberry’s masterwork has rightfully earned its place among the great American plays because it speaks anew to each generation. The story of the Younger family—three generations trying to build a better life on Chicago’s South Side—resonates loudly with those pursuing the American dream today. Whose dreams get realized and whose deferred? The power of Hansberry’s writing makes “A Raisin in the Sun” as vital today as in 1959.
Audition Information
Travis Younger: Black male, age 7 to 10, must convincingly play a 7-year-old. Walter Lee and Ruth’s son in the show is “a good boy,” yet one who has already cultivated a potent sense of independence due to exposure to the striving and struggling adults around him. As a result, he is obliged to “grow up too fast.”
Bobo: Black male in his 30s or 40s. Bobo is a hapless fellow caught in the crosshairs of a white world that all but ignores a black man without opportunity or promise. Any drive that he shows is inspired by living vicariously through Walter Lee’s dream.
For more information or to make an appointment, contact Chris Botek at
315-443-4008 Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
All actors are required to bring a picture and resume. Those who make an audition appointment will receive scenes to be performed.
Show Details
“A Raisin in the Sun”
By Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Timothy Douglas
Co-produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre
Feb. 21 – March 11, 2018
ABOUT SYRACUSE STAGE
Syracuse Stage is Central New York’s premier professional theatre in residence at Syracuse University. Founded in 1974, Stage has produced more than 300 plays in over 40 seasons including a number of world, American, and East Coast premieres. Each season 70,000 patrons enjoy an adventurous mix of new plays, and bold interpretations of classics and musicals, featuring the finest theatre artists. In addition, Stage maintains a vital educational outreach program that annually serves more than 15,000 students from 14 counties. A solid core of subscribers and supporters helps keep Syracuse Stage a vibrant artistic presence in Central New York. Additional support comes from the government, foundations, corporations and Syracuse University. Syracuse Stage is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of the Arts and Cultural Leadership Alliance (ACLA), the University Hill Corporation and the East Genesee Regent Association. Syracuse Stage is a member of The League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the largest professional theatre association in the country.
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