CHICKEN AND BISCUITS - self-submissions for appts in NYC, Atlanta & Jackson
New Stage Theatre | Jackson, MS
Notice: Submission
Guest Artist
$683 + per diem (Tier III)
Equity actors for roles in CHICKEN AND BISCUITS by Douglas Lyons (see breakdown).
Interested actors should submit photo and resume. Put the character auditioning for in subject line. Actors may also submit video audition. Please prepare a contemporary monologue, no longer than 2 minutes in length. Comedy preferred. Should email link with photo and resume.
Deadline: 02/21/2024
submissions@newstagetheatre.com ,
Artistic Director - Francine Thomas Reynolds
Rehearsals begin on March 19, 2024. Show runs from April 9 - 21, 2024.
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Actors will be contacted about auditions after submission materials are received.
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.
BANEATTA MABRY: Character is a Black woman in her late 40s or mid-50s. An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She’s overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways.
REGINALD MABRY: Character is a Black man in his 50s. Baneatta’s faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He’s the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love, with a side of corny Dad jokes.
KENNY MABRY: Character is Black man in his mid to late 20s. Baneatta and Reginald’s youngest child. He’s proudly queer, but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day, he just wants to be loved.
LOGAN LEIBOWITZ: Character is a white man in his mid to late 20s. Kenny’s neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of 4 years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan's weed pen is his crutch for tough times.
BEVERLY JENKINS: Character is a Black woman in her 40s or 50s. Baneatta’s younger sister. The “fun Aunt” who’s always in a push up bra catering to what the kids want, but never what they need. A single mother and the life of the party. She's a savage, classy, not so bougie, but definitely ratchet when necessary.
LA’TRICE FRANKLIN: Character is a 16-year-old Black woman. Beverly’s daughter. She's nosy, loud and in everyone else's business but her own. She shows love, but in her own Gen Z manner. She's sarcastic to the bone.
SIMONE MABRY: Character is a Black woman in her 30s. Kenny’s older sister and Baneatta’s favorite. She followed the “right path. She’s pulled, slightly shady, and fierce on the exterior, but internally wounded from a recent failed engagement.
BRIANNA JENKINS: Character is a Black woman in her late 30s to 50s. Baneatta and Beverly’s half sister through an affair. She didn’t know her Father, but has come to his funeral to learn more about him. Sweet, open and collected
New Stage Theatre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Actors of all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to submit their information.
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