Date (by appointment):
Saturday, June 28, 2014 - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at The Adobe Theater
Performance dates: October 24, 2014 – November 16, 2014
Description of the play:
With compassion, veracity and wit, “The Member of the Wedding” depicts the intrinsically enmeshed lives of whites and blacks in the American South in the 1040s. The play centers on the awkward, twelve-year-old tomboy Frankie Adams, who falls deeply in love with the wedding of her older brother and his fiancée and is devastated when she learns she is not invited on the honeymoon. An adaptation of Carson McCullers’ classic novel about the coming-of-age of a young girl struggling to understand adolescence and her emerging feelings of adulthood. Set in the South in 1944, the story focuses on Frankie and her relationship with the family cook, Berenice Sadie Brown, a surrogate mother for Frankie, an epic character, fiercely loyal, down-to-earth, and centered by deep faith. (The roles of Berenice and Frankie were played on Broadway by Ethel Waters and Julie Harris.)
Format:
Cold readings from the script.
For copies of the script, please contact Ms. Barra at
dmb0857@aol.com.
Roles:
The roles of Berenice Sadie Brown and Janice Evans have been cast.
FRANKIE ADDAMS: A twelve year tomboy wishing she was 21. Can be played by an older actress.
JOHN HENRY WEST: A boy about 8 or 9 years old.
JARVIS ADDAMS: Frankie’s brother, 19-21, and going off to war.
ROYAL QUINCY ADDAM’S: Frankie’s father, 40-50, a widower, hard working and doing his best to raise his daughter.
MRS. WEST: John Henry’s mother, 30-40.
HELEN FLETCHER: Teenager, 13 or 14, whom Frankie admires.
DORIS: Teenager, 13 or 14, pals with Helen and no friend to Frankie.
T.T. WILLIAMS: African American, 45 – 55. Friend to Berenice Sadie Brown.
HONEY CAMDEN BROWN: African-American jazz trumpeter, 25 – 30. Nephew to Berenice. An addict..
BARNEY MacKEAN: Teenager, 15-16. Captain of the football team.
Callbacks: TBA
Production Staff:
James Cady, Director
Donna M. Barra, Stage Manager
Rehearsals to begin Sept. 2, 2014
To schedule an audition appointment, contact Donna Barra at
dmb0857@aol.com.
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