HAVING OUR SAY - Greensboro NC EPA
Triad Stage | Greensboro, NC
AUDITION DATE
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
10:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Lunch 12:30 to 1
APPOINTMENTS
AEA members contact: Audition hotline 336/274-0067 x 209,
kamilah@triadstage.org. AEA members without appointments seen as time permits.
CONTRACT
LOA
$606/week
SEEKING
Equity actors for 2 available roles: DR. BESSIE DELANEY (African American, age 101) and MISS SADIE DELANEY (African American, age 103). See breakdown
PREPARATION
Actors will read from SIDES, provided at the audition. Bring picture and resume.
LOCATION
Triad Stage 232 S Elm St
Greensboro, NC 27401-2605
Sloan Rehearsal Hall. Located on the 3rd floor.
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Preston Lane Written by Emily Mann Director: Elizabeth Flax
OTHER DATES
First Rehearsal: January 27, 2017
First Preview: February 22, 2017
Opening: February 25, 2017
Closing: March 5, 2017
OTHER
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
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.
BREAKDOWN
DR. BESSIE DELANEY
African American female, age 101. Bessie is the third of the 10 Delaney children. A retired dentist, Bessie is an outspoken and emotional, yet strong woman. She is sweet and charming but expresses her point clearly and concisely and does not back down from any challenge or confrontation. Her darker skin has presented difficulties in her life that her lighter skinned sister and mother had to endure but even in the face of the violence and persecution, she has found a way to laugh and love and enjoy life. Though this is true, Bessie makes no apologies for the anger she feels towards the racism she has endured in her life and can still get emotional upon recounting it. It is believed that Bessie has “psychic powers”.
MISS SADIE DELANEY
African American female, age 103. A retired teacher, the first African American teacher in the NY City School System, Sadie Delaney is the second of the 10 Delaney children. She is a sweet, agreeable, relatively calm woman with a deep connection to her mother. While her sister is a fighter, she is a survivor – one who chooses the path of least resistance and thus can be a little manipulative in an innocent way. She is not as sure of herself as her sister is, is shy and can be jittery and afraid of men in particular. This does not mean that she does not stand up for herself or for what she believes in, but will avoid confrontation until it becomes impossible to, and when she does – she does it with command and power. As the years go on, Sadie becomes the matron of the family, making all of the decisions for the remaining Delaney children.
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