SEASON FINALE/EVENING OF ONE-ACTS Equity Principal Auditions - Crossroads Theatre Company Auditions

Call Type
Equity Principal

Time(s)
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
2pm to 7pm

Contract
LOA

Location
Crossroads Theatre
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ

Seeking
Equity actors, men/women for two One-Acts:

The Talk by France-Luce Benson
White Lilies by Walter Mosley

All characters are African-American.

See breakdown for details

Preparation
Sides will be provided at the audition.

Bring picture and resume stapled together.

Other Dates
start of rehearsals – The Talk: on April 22, 2013; White Lilies: on April 29, 2013
Performances – May 9 to May 19, 2013

Personnel
Producing Artistic Director - Marshall Jones, III
Creative Consultant- Ricardo Khan

The Talk: Sibusiso Mamba
White Lilies: Marshall Jones, III

· A monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

Appointments
Call for appointment: 732-545-8100
AEA members without appointments will be seen as time permits.

Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.

Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.

Breakdown

Cast breakdown for The Talk:

CLAIRE
34 - Black American woman. She is fit and lean, controlled and reserved yet edgy, open, very liberal. She's guarded, keeps people at bay, especially her mother. Non-equity.

MANU
54 - Haitian-American woman; Claire's mother. Attractive and youthful looking but carries herself like she is much older; She is very old fashioned and a bit timid; slightly neurotic and needy. Terrified of what lies ahead. Casted and offered.

Cast breakdown for White Lilies:

EttaMae Harris:
A large middle-aged black woman. Clothed in a blue, knee-length house dress. She's wearing white house slippers that are worn down at the heel so that they slap against her feet when she walks. Her coarse gray hair is combed straight back forming into sharp blades at the back of her head. Casted and offered

Sophie Tyler:
Slight and light colored, about the same age. She’s dressed nicely, conservatively – one good friend visiting another at a bad time. She's wearing a dated, gray wool dress suit and has a dark blue hat pinned to her head. Casted and offered.

LaMarque Harris:
EttaMae's son, 19 or 20. He's heavy but not fat. Confused about life; extreme devotion to his father. (non-Equity)

Raymond "Mouse" Alexander:
Early 30’s. A sharp featured black man, short and wiry. Nattily dressed. Smooth and confident. Charming but yet intrinsically deadly. Well groomed. (Three of his teeth are capped with gold.)