JITNEY Equity Principal Actors - Oregon Shakespeare Festival Auditions

JITNEY (Role of UNDERSTUDY TURNBO / UNDERSTUDY SHEALY)

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Ashland, OR

CONTRACT

LORT Rep
$1,197 weekly minimum (LORT B+)

SEEKING

Equity actors for the role of UNDERSTUDY TURNBO / UNDERSTUDY SHEALY in JITNEY.

SYNOPSIS: A ride of redemption and resilience: In 1977, as licensed cabs refuse to service Pittsburgh’s predominantly Black “Hill District,” a group of Black men run an unlicensed taxi company — the OG Uber, or a “jitney.” But when the city threatens to shut down the business and owner Jim Becker’s disgraced son returns after a 20-year prison sentence, potent secrets are revealed and the fragile threads binding these people together may come undone at last. For his first production since being named OSF’s Artistic Director, Tim Bond directs a formidable cast in August Wilson.

SEEKING:

[UNDERSTUDY TURNBO / UNDERSTUDY SHEALY] He/Him. Black. 40s-60s. [TURNBO]: Jitney driver who is always interested in the business of others. [SHEALY]: Numbers taker who often uses the jitney as his base.

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

To submit please fill out the form at the following link:
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Deadline: 09/25/2024

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PERSONNEL

Producer/Theatre Company: Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Artistic Director: Tim Bond
Director: Tim Bond
By: August Wilson
Casting Director: Katja Zarolinski, CSA

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal Date: January 07, 2025
First Preview: March 09, 2025
Closing: July 20, 2025

OTHER

Location: Ashland, OR

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