A RAISIN IN THE SUN – OPEN Auditions
The Gallery Players (Brooklyn, NY) Equity Showcase, approval pending
Producer: Brian Michael Flanagan for The Gallery Players
by Lorraine Hansberry
Director: Reginald L. Douglas
Casting: Destiny Lilly/Destiny Casting (
www.destinylilly.com).
Rehearsals begin 2/18/12 for 4 weeks (evenings and weekends). Run: 3/17/12 – 4/1/12. 12 perfs Thursday thru Sunday. All rehearsals are weekday evenings (6:30pm-11pm) or weekend daytimes (approximately 11am-6pm).
OPEN Auditions (Equity/Non-Equity actors):
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at the Gallery Players
7 PM – 11 PM 199 14th Street, bet. 4th and 5th Ave.
(Doors will open at 6:30, Sign-in ends at 8:30) Brooklyn, NY
AND
Saturday, February 4, 2012
11 AM – 4 PM
(Doors will open at 10:30, Sign-in ends at 3:30)
Sides will be listed on the theater’s website (
www.GalleryPlayers.com). Please prepare the side for the audition for the role for which you are interested. Cuttings will be for the characters MAMA, BENEATHA, RUTH, WALTER, ASAGAI, TRAVIS, LINDNER or RUTH. NOTE: Not all roles will be called back.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
CALLBACKS: Saturday, 2/11/12 (9am-6pm)
Seeking:
Lena Younger:
59, African American woman. Resilient and wise with the power to maintain a good humor despite the many hardships of her life. Still in mourning over her recently deceased husband, but masking it with a confident demeanor and bravely bright smile and spirit. Thoroughly tough, fierce and thick-skinned, but her love for her children and desire to provide for their family reveals a quiet, gentle and tender soul.
Walter Lee Younger:
30, African American man. Street smart from a life of struggle in the inner city. His confident pride and tough exterior masks the tender child and “mama's boy” that resulted from his life of love and familial safety and protection. Striking in his grandeur and size, both physically and emotionally, with the ability to both cry and scream with emotional ease. His ability to shift between the harsh reality of his life and the brighter future that he dreams of is both electrifying and frighteningly harrowing.
Ruth Younger:
28, African American woman. A life of sacrifice has aged Ruth beyond her years, but not erased her sensuality, self-esteem and deep love for her family. Beautiful yet broken, she has invested her dreams and passions into her son and husband with a grace and pride that is now starting to rip at the seams. A sharp wit coupled with a sincerely sweet spirit allows her to navigate her pain and frustrations with an easy laughter and infectious sense of humor. A fierce strength allows her to stand tall even as her world crumbles before her eyes.
Beneatha Younger:
21, African American woman. A confident, proud scholar and “know-it-all” with a big heart and even bigger zest for life and learning. An enthusiastic dreamer who aspires to be a doctor as an extension of her vibrant newfound political activism. Boldly awakening to the joys of first love without the courage to admit how much she enjoys it.
Joseph Asagai:
24, African American man. A suitor of Beneatha. A Nigerian exchange student, enthusiastically proud of his Nigerian heritage, his power with words is captivating, entrancing and allows him to take over any room he enters, an ability that he relishes, delights in Beneatha's fascination with his culture.
George Murchison:
22, African American man. A suitor of Beneatha. Handsome, privileged and savvy with a personality that is at once immediately charming and off-putting. Actively aware of how his unique combination of good looks, money and raging hormones makes him quite a catch. Has a genuine interest in Beneatha that he hides under his mask of machismo and confidence. (Actor will double as a “Moving Man” in other scenes.)
Travis Younger:
9, African American boy. Inner city life has made him wise beyond his years. Quick-witted and bright-eyed, his joyful enthusiasm for life is kept in balance with the harsh realities of lack and struggle that burden his family, particularly his father. A mama's boy on the verge of adolescence, he is discovering his voice and enjoying the thrill of pushing his mother's limits. The apple of his grandmother's eye and he knows it.
Karl Lindner:
30, Caucasian man. Proud and big-hearted. Projects a confidence and wisdom that masks his fear of the unknown and hard to understand. A family man who takes pride in his work, community and sweet demeanor. A man on a mission that is in conflict with his conscience. He is in many ways who Walter Lee could have been in another life.
Bobo:
35, African American man. Street smart without the common sense, as his name suggests. A friend of Walter Lee who is willing to risk his family’s future on his personal ambitions. A man of pride without much dignity or honor, he lives in his dreams with his head in the clouds. (Actor will double as a “Moving Man” in other scenes.)
Directions: Take the R or F train to 9th St./4th Ave. in Brooklyn. The “R” can be accessed easily at the Pacific/Atlantic station in Brooklyn which is served by the 2,3,4,5,N,B,D and Q trains from Manhattan.
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