BIG RIVER Submission - Playmakers Repertory Company Auditions

LORT

BIG RIVER – Photo / Resume Request

Playmakers Repertory Company (Capel Hill, NC) LORT D; $700/week (above minimum)

Producing Artistic Director / Stage Director: Joseph C. Haj

Musical Director: Jack Herrick

Book: William Hauptman

Music & Lyrics: Roger Miller

Casting Director: Stephanie Klapper Casting

NYC auditions will be held January 11, 2011, by appointment only.

Seeking submissions from Actors' Equity Members only for these particular auditions.

For consideration, mail picture and resume ASAP to:

Stephanie Klapper Casting

39 West 19th Street, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10011

Attn: BIG RIVER NYC appointments / AEA self submit

Note: Please include a cover letter that states which play and role you are submitting yourself for.

1^st rehearsal: 3/1/11. Runs: 4/6/11 – 4/24/11

Based on Mark Twain’s classic novel “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Big River features music in the blue grass and country styles, in keeping with the setting of the novel. The reckless and adventure-loving Huckleberry Finn, fearing for his life after a run-in with his violent father, takes off on a raft down the Mississippi River. Along the way, he meets up with a runaway slave, Jim, who is trying to find his wife and children up North. Many adventures ensue along the way, as Huck and Jim travel down the mighty Mississippi and into the American spirit.

Seeking:

Jim:

(30s-40s) African American man. Runaway slave who finds a true and deep friendship with Huck Finn. Superb singer and actor required. Requires an actor with real power and depth. Muscular, masculine. Baritone or tenor.

Huck:

(early 20s to read younger). Boyish, charismatic. Terrific “street sense”; thinks incredibly well on his feet. Searching for his own freedom from his abusive father and finds a great friend in Jim. Superb singer and actor required. High baritone or tenor.