PARIS AT DAWN - Basement Arts Non Equity Auditions

Character Breakdowns--Seeking 3 women and 4 men

Jack: 26, An aspiring artist, preferably African-American. An ex-pat from the midwest who moved to France to be with the man he fell in love with.

François: 30, French. Jack's boyfriend. A history professor. He is also a painter, but only as a hobby. He values privacy and a sense of calm in his relationships, but is willing to loudly fight to protect those values.

Sam: 27, American. Works for the embassy. Another midwesterner who moved to France for love, but also for money. Sam will do anything to prove his worth to Marine.

Marine: 27, French. Sam's fiancée. Works for the mayor of Paris. The daughter of the founders of a fashion magazine, Marine has worked most of her life to be her own person.

Madame Hulot: 60s, French. The landlady. A hold-out of an old generation of Parisians intent on living private, quiet lives.

Sam's Father: 50s, American. Blue collar. A classic midwestern parent with firm ideas of masculinity and gender roles.

Jack's Mom: 50s, young-looking, preferably African-American. She wants nothing more in the world than to protect and help her family, but that often means butting heads with her free-spirited son.

François' Mom: 50s, French.