Merely Players Present, Gloria by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Marquelle Young
LOCATION: Merely Players Theatre: 3770 Central Ave, Doraville, GA 30340 - Parking in the back of the building.
https://www.merelyplayerspresents.com/auditions
Download Audition Sides in links above
Friday, January 19th (6-10pm)
Saturday, January 20th (5-9pm)
Callbacks - Sunday, January 21 (5 pm) *if needed
If you are UNABLE to attend in person auditions - We will accept submitted taped auditions UNTIL Saturday, January 20th at 5PM
Rehearsal Schedule:
Feb 3rd-March 3rd (Tuesday 7-9:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays 2-5pm)
March 5th-March 30th (Tuesdays 7-9:30pm, Thursdays 7-9:30pm, and Saturdays 2-5pm)
Show Schedule:
Tech: April 2-7 (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat)
Dress: April 8-11 (Tues, Wed, Thurs)
Shows: April 12-28 (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Character Descriptions:
Please download and read all scripts for each character. Please note that some characters play multiple roles, you will need to read for both roles the character plays.
DEAN/DEVIN: late 20s - white - Assistant, desperately dreams of creating his own book
KENDRA/JENNA: mid-late 20s Chinese-American or Korean-American, Assistant, entitled, dreams of fame
ANI/SASHA/CALLIE: early 20s white Assistant, quiet, watchful opportunist
GLORIA/NAN: late 30s or early 40s - all ethnicities, Editor, consumed by doubt and insecurity
MILES/SHAWN/RASHAAD: early 20s black, Intern, full of hope and dreams
LORIN: late 30s - all ethnicities, Fact-Checker, overworked stressed searching for peace
About the Show
The play takes place in 2010 in the gut-twisting-deadline-filled world of magazine writing. The twenty-something assistants to the editors are all waiting for their big break in writing something that will set them on their meteoric rise to fame. The well-educated interns decide if they want to become assistants or find something more fulfilling. And then something happens to change an ordinary day of waiting for work from a boss and going for coffee runs into something startling. The opportunity to write about it presents itself and again Branden Jacobs-Jenkins turns that on its head.
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