AUDITION NOTICE- CHICAGO BASED Non-Union Actors
MPAACT THEATRE AUDITION for Tad in 5th City
Directed By Carla Stillwell
Performance Location: Greenhouse Studio theater
Stipend is $600
Rehearsals at the Greenhouse Theater
Ist day of Rehearsal TBD (Early December)
Performance days Thursday - Saturday 8 pm Sunday 3 pm
Production schedule is as follows
Load In: January 8, 2024
Tech: January 11 - 14, 2024
First Preview: January 19, 2024
Opening: January 28, 2024
Closing / Strike: March 3, 2024
CASTING FOR
TAD-African American male 10 years old
MAMA- African American female. 30’s
PAPA DADDY- African American male. 30’s
JAMES-African American male. Late teens – early 20’s
MS. LADY- African American female. 20’s. Beautiful (She also vocally
underscores the movement.) Singing required- Audition with 70’s R&B 16 bars
Setting
A corner street in 5th City on Chicago's West Side( this is the area between Madison and California Southwest to Central Park and Garfield Park) and the apartment of Tad Brown and his family,
Time
A matter of 72 hours in the fall of 1978
Synopsis
This is the shameless dialogue around the psychology of poverty Uncle Brother walks us through the Journey of young Tad Brown his family and the neighborhood that festered under the weight of poverty, gang violence, and addiction after the 68th riots in Chicago.
Please submit your Headshot and Resume to
casting@mpaact.org for play and sides.
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