JAR THE FLOOR - Dominion Entertainment Group Non Equity Auditions

Dominion Entertainment Group, LLC | Atlanta, GA

Date of Audition: 5/30/2015
Call Type – Non-Union
Time(s) 10 AM to 2 PM

Location – Southwest Arts Center Dance Studio
915 New Hope Road
Atlanta, GA 30331

Sides will be provided.
Please bring TWO photos and resumes.

Compensation: Yes

Other Dates:
1st rehearsal – August 24th
Opens – September 16th, 2015
Closes –October 4th, 2015
Performs at the Southwest Arts Center Theater – September 16th – October 4th, 2015

Email Address

auditions@dominionent.org

Personnel
Writer: Cheryl L. West
Director: Robert John Connor
Production Manager: Salondia Aveni
Stage Manager: Lisa Watson
Technical Director: Mike Young
Lighting Design: Mary Parker
Scenic Design: Seamus Bourne

Breakdown
Centering on four generations of African American women, “Jar the Floor” explores the legacy of guilt and hostility that is passed from even the most loving mother to a daughter, and at the same time it shows that particular intimacy to be innately funny and wonderful. “Jar the Floor” breaks through many cliches of mother-daughter relations to embrace a household that is full of life. Conflict is inevitable because each of the women has, in her distinctive way, an out-sized personality. MaDear is a crotchety great-grandmother whose 90th-birthday celebration is the focus of the play.

Seeking
MaDear: 90
(Black) Mother of Lola, grandmother of Maydee and great-grandmother of Vennie. Her 90th-birthday celebration is the focus of the play.

Lola: Mid 60’s
(Black) Daughter of MaDear, Mother of MayDee and grandmother of Vennie is a woman who does everything in excess but not necessarily in good taste or with tact.

MayDee: Mid 40’s
(Black) Mother of Vennie, daughter of Lola and granddaughter of MaDear is a professor of African American studies at an unnamed Illinois university, and is waiting to find out if she has tenure.

Vennie: Late 20’s
(Black)Granddaughter of Lola, daughter of MayDee and Great-granddaughter of MaDear, Vennie is a sexually ambitious dreamer who aspires to be a singer.

Raisa: 30’s
(White) A “friend” who arrives with Vennie to the 90th birthday celebration. She recently and visibly has had her breast removed due to breast cancer.