FENCES - Submission Request
Palm Beach Dramaworks
CONTRACT
SPT SPT 10; $747/week AEA current min
SEEKING
If you missed our general audition and would like to be considered for our production of Fences please submit your headshot and resume.
Callbacks and Video Submissions will be by appointment.
INSTRUCTIONS
For consideration, email picture and resume to Donna Faber at: dfaber@palmbeachdramaworks.org by June 29.
Deadline: Fri, Jun 29, 2018
SUBMIT TO
dfaber@palmbeachdramaworks.org
PERSONNEL
Writer: August Wilson
William Hayes, Producing Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
1st Reh: March 5, 2019
Runs: March 19 - April 21, 2019
Possible extension to April 28, 2018
OTHER
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 submit.
BREAKDOWN
Troy Maxson
African American, 50s, former negro league baseball player. Been knocked around by life and wrestles with many demons but always tries to do the right thing. Has a good but grim sense of humor. Solid, everyman whose trying to provide for his family and keep himself together as well. Has some blind spots though, and doesn’t always make the healthiest choices for himself or his family.
Jim Bono
African American, 50s male, Troy’s friend, fun, likes to party and hang out. Admires Troy greatly and is a kind of acolyte to him.
Cory
African American, 20s, male, Troy and Rose’s son, working in the a& p and recruited by a college football team. Troy is set against it, and won’t let him go.
Lyons
African American, 30s male, Troy’s oldest son by a previous marriage. A bit of a ne’er do well and an operator and is a bit slick. He fancies himself a musician and tends to drop by home only when he needs to borrow money.
Gabriel
Troy’s brother, African American, male, 50s, has a metal plate in his head from wwii. Thinks he’s the archangel Gabriel. He roams the streets and sells discarded fruits and vegetables to the occasional passerby.
Raynell
African American, 7 years old, Troy’s daughter with his mistress Alberta. Rose ultimately takes her in and raises her as her own child.
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 submit.
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