Penumbra Theatre 2023-24 Season - St. Paul, MN EPA
Penumbra Theatre | Saint Paul, MN
Monday, August 7, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (C)
Lunch 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
To schedule an audition appointment please email casting@penumbratheatre.org.
SPT
$800 weekly minimum (SPT 9)
Equity actors for roles in Penumbra Theatre's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).
Performers of all races and ethnicities are encouraged to audition.
Please prepare two contrasting 2-minute monologues from contemporary African- American canon. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
Penumbra Theatre
270 Kent St
Saint Paul, MN 55102-1744
Penumbra Theatre Stage
Expected to attend:
Sarah Bellamy, President of Penumbra Theatre
Chris Berry, Arts Director and Director of RE-MEMORI
Lou Bellamy, Founder and Artistic Director
Emeritus and Director of BLACK NATIVITY and WINE IN THE WILDERNESS
Ron Schultz, Associate Director of Production
See breakdown for production specific personnel.
EPA also on 8/10.
See breakdown for production specific dates. The performance schedule for each production is as follows:
Previews on the Tuesday and Wednesday before opening night, curtain is at 7:30pm After opening, Wednesdays - Fridays curtain is at 7:30pm
Saturdays curtain is at 2pm and 7:30pm Sundays curtain is at 4pm
Note: FLEX will have student matinee performances at 10am on Wednesdays
OTHER
www.penumbratheatre.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
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 attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Written by Nambi E. Kelley
Directed by Chris Berry
First Rehearsal: 9/5/23
Opening: 10/12/23
Closing: 11/5/23
MEMORI BROOKS: (Pre-cast) 40s, Black woman on the hunt for the piece of her that is missing. She is a beautician that works with alopecia survivors who have lost their hair due to emotional trauma. She is a healer, rebuilding hair from the ground up, not just physically but emotionally, spiritually. A sha-woman, she was born to make women, people, feel special, beautiful, loved. It is her life's work to restore Black people our crowns. But her own crown is missing. Her name is Memori but she has none. A generational trauma triggered by her present trauma embedded in her DNA blocks her from becoming who she is meant to be. There is a perpetual emptiness in her that she can never fill. She lives in NOW.
Written by Langston Hughes
Directed by Lou Bellamy
First Rehearsal: 11/21/23
Opening: 11/30/23
Closing: 12/24/23
NARRATOR, 50 - 70 years old (Pre-cast)
SOLOIST, 50 - 70 years old (Pre-cast)
SOLOIST, 50 - 70 years old (Pre-cast)
MALE DANCER, 18 - 30 years old (Pre-cast)
FEMALE DANCER, 18 - 30 years old (Pre-cast)
Written by Alice Childress
Directed by Lou Bellamy
First Rehearsal: 1/16/24
Opening: 2/22/24
Closing: 3/17/24
BILL JAMESON, an artist aged 33 (Pre-cast)
OLDTIMER, an old roustabout character in his 60s (Pre-cast)
SONNY-MAN, a writer aged 27 (Pre-cast)
CYNTHIA, a social worker aged 25; she is Sonny-man's wife
TOMMY, a women factory worker aged 30 (Pre-cast)
Written by Candrice Jones
Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene
First Rehearsal: 3/19/24
Opening on 4/25/24
Closing on 5/19/24
STARRA JONES 17 years old, African American girl, point guard
SIDNEY BROWN 17 years old, African American girl, shooting guard
CHERISE HOWARD 17 years old, African American girl, power forward
APRIL JENKINS 17 years old, African American girl, shooting guard
DONNA CUNNINGHAM 17 years old, African American girl, center
COACH FRANCINE PACE 48 years old, African American woman, coach
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