Running On Fire Auditions at Lee Street Theatre
Dates: (2/25/2018 - 2/26/2018 )
Lee Street Theatre |
405 N Lee Street
Salisbury,NC 28144
Phone: (336) 686-2707
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Running on Fire, a new original play written by Aurin Squire, will be produced by Lee Street theatre and directed by Craig Kolkebeck in its first fully realized production since its workshop at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in 2016. Auditions will be held Sunday, February 25th and Monday, February 26th at 7:00pm at Lee Street theatre. Auditions are open to all as we are looking for a diverse group of actors. Please bring a list of conflicts with you to the auditions and prepare for cold readings and a few exercises.
Running on Fire grapples with social justice when a young black college student gets implicated in a crime spree. His attempt to seek justice sets off a chain reaction of events that ripple across a community seething with tension. What is real and what is not get called into question in this timely play that asks Who are we to ourselves and each other?
Characters include:
Marcus/Reggie– Black male, mid 20s
Hannah/LL School Day– White female, mid to late 20s
Jalen/Voice of Black Reason/ XDAWG- Black male, 20s
Jada/Black They– Black female, mid to late 20s
Garrett/Campus Officer/Police Officer/White Knight– White male, 20s
The playwright, Aurin Squire, is a screenwriter and journalist and will be the Artist-in-Residence at Lee STreet theatre in April. He has published numerous plays which have won national awards and have been produced across the country. Recent awards include the 2017 Helen Merrill Prize for Emerging Playwrights and the Emerald Prize from Seattle Public Theatre. Squire has completed multiple fellowships including those with The Juilliard School, The Dramatist Guild of America, National Black Theatre and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. He has received multiple residencies at the Royal Court Theatre in London, Ars Nova, and Lincoln Center Lab. Some of his screenwriting work can be seen in This is Us, Brain Dead, The Good Fight, and 50 Bucks In Argentina. Squire has been a reporter for ESPN, The Miami Herald, FUSION, and Chicago Tribune.
Auditions will be held at Lee Street theatre Performing Arts Center at the Tom & Martha Smith Event Center at 329 N Lee Street, Salisbury, NC 28144. Rehearsals will begin March 4, 2018. Performances will run April 19, 2018 through April 28, 2018 at 7:30pm.
We also encourage you to attend “Inside the Playwright’s Studio” on Thursday, April 12th from 11am to 12pm. In collaboration with Catawba College Theatre Arts, Lee Street theatre will host this educational program. We invite you to engage in this discussion as Aurin Squire answers audience questions and discusses his career which has taken him from Los Angeles to New York City. Aurin Squire will also conduct a Masterclass on Sunday, April 15th from 10am to 12pm. Both special events are free and open to the public. They will be held at The Florence Busby Corriher Theatre at Catawba College, 2300 W Innes St, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144.
Ages: High School/20s/30s
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