Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation
**REVISED NYC Appointment dates updated**
APPOINTMENTS
NYC Appointment Only Auditions to be held 6/28
CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep LORT C; $873/week min
SEEKING
Submissions from AEA members for various roles. See breakdown.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit picture/resume to gjcastingsubmit@gmail.com by Wednesday 6/19. Audition will be held 6/28.
SUBMIT TO
PERSONNEL
Artistic Director: Marya Sea Kaminski
Director: Shariffa Ali
Playwright: Jocelyn Bioh
Casting Director: Geoff Josselson, CSA
OTHER DATES
First rehearsal: October 15, 2019
Opening night: November 15, 2019
Closing: December 8, 2019
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
All characters are West African Descent/Black African and speak with an African (Ghana) dialects, except where otherwise noted below.
SEEKING:
[ERICKA BOAFO] Female, 18+ to play 18 years old; light/fair skin African American. She is a transfer student and is new to school. She is enchanting, sweet, elusive. Should be played by a fair-skinned biracial woman. American accent. Must be able to sing.
[AMA] Female, 18+ to play 18 years old; West African Descent/Black African. The sensible, smart one of Paulina’s pack and has the honor of being her best friend. Her loyalty to Paulina is starting to fray, and she has to work up towards being the girl who is not afraid to say it like she means it.
[NANA] Female, 18+ to play 16 years old; West African Descent/Black African. The quiet, simple, and sensitive one to Paulina’s pack. She never means any harm and strives to do the right thing. Fuller figured than the other girls, she struggles with her love of food and snacks.
[MERCY] Female, 18+ to play 16 years old; West African Descent/Black African. The witty sidekick to Gifty and will do and say anything to stay a member of Paulina’s pack.
[HEADMISTRESS FRANCIS] Female, 40s; West African Descent/Black African. The Headmistress of Aburi Girls Boarding School; loves her students and will do whatever she can to both uplift and protect them.
[ELOISE AMPONSAH] Female, 40s; West African Descent/Black African. Extremely poised and well-mannered former Miss Ghana 1966. She is now a recruiter for the Miss Ghana pageant. She speaks with a slightly affected British accent and prides herself in always being a lady.
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 submit.
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