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Email
tworivercasting@gmail.com
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Contract
LORT Non-Rep
$675/wk
Seeking
NYC auditions to be held on an upcoming date TBD, by appointment only.
Seeking submissions from AEA members only via this posting.
AEA members must submit themselves directly in order to be considered (no agent submissions).
See breakdown.
Other Dates
First Day of Rehearsal: 8/16
Tech Starts: 9/6
First Preview: 9/10
Opening: 9/16
Closing: 10/9
Personnel
Stephanie Coen, Associate Artistic Director
By August Wilson
Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Artistic Director: John Dias
Managing Director: Michael Hurst
Other
For consideration, email picture and resume ASAP. Attached documents as PDF's.
Mark submissions: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM / NYC APPOINTMENT SUBMISSION
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Breakdown
SEEKING
WOMEN
MA RAINEY:
40s. African-American. One of the earliest blues singers, and one of the first African American singers to record with a white label, Georgia-born Gertrude “Ma” Rainey was known as the Mother of the Blues. An outspoken, if not difficult, artist. She’s a star—and everyone knows it. She’s also a realist about her music, and her worth; she refuses to pander to popular taste, and she’s fiercely protective of her artistic integrity. Her manner is simple and direct, and she carries herself in a royal fashion. Must be able to sing.
DUSSIE MAE:
20s. African-American. Ma Rainey’s companion. Ambitious. Although she’s with Ma, she’s willing to entertain Levee’s advances when he makes a play for her. Her greatest asset is the sexual energy which seems to flow from her.
MEN
STURDYVANT:
50s-60s. Ma Rainey’s white producer, he is the owner of the Chicago recording studio where the play is set. Preoccupied with money, he is insensitive to black performers and prefers to deal with them at arm’s length.
SYLVESTER:
20s. African-American. An Arkansas country boy. He wears a new suit and coat, in which he is obviously uncomfortable. Most of the time, he stutters when he speaks. Ma wants him to do the introduction on the “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” record, but his stutter causes conflict with the rest of the band.
POLICEMAN:
20-40s. White. An officer of the law, but not above taking a bribe.
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