JITNEY Submission - The Gallery Players Auditions
The Gallery Players
SHOWCASE
JITNEY – Photo / Resume Request
The Gallery Players (Brooklyn, NY) Equity Showcase
Producer: Lanie Zipoy/The Gallery Players
By August Wilson
Director: Gregory Simmons
Casting Director: Destiny Lilly.
1st rehearsal: 2/19/11. Evenings and weekends.
Runs: 3/19 – 4/3/11, Thursday-Sunday.
All auditions, rehearsals, and performances at The Gallery Players, 199 14th Street, Brooklyn.
NYC appointment only auditions will be held in early January 2011.
For consideration at these auditions, email picture and resume to:
auditions@galleryplayers.com
Clearly indicate in the subject line of the email the name of the play and the role(s) you are submitting for.
If given an appointment, be prepared with a one-minute monologue from an August Wilson play and bring in your favorite poem to read.
Bring picture and resume, stapled together.
Note: There will also be OPEN Auditions (for both Equity and Non-Equity performers) on January 9, 2011, from 3pm to 7pm, at the Gallery Players. See separate notice for complete details.
Callbacks 1/15/2011 and 1/18/2011.
All characters are African-American.
Seeking:
Becker:
Male, 60s. Well-respected man who runs the jitney station.
Turnbo:
Male, 40s-50s. Jitney driver who is always interested in the business of others.
Youngblood:
Male, mid-to-late 20s. Jitney driver and Vietnam veteran.
Fielding:
Male, 30s-40s. Jitney driver and former tailor, has a dependency on alcohol.
Doub:
Male, 40s. Longtime jitney driver and a Korean War veteran.
Shealy:
Male, 40s. Numbers taker who often uses the jitney station as his base.
Booster:
Male, early 40s. Becker’s son; recently released from prison.
Rena:
Female, early-to-mid 20s. Youngblood’s girlfriend and mother of their young son.
Philmore:
30s-40s. Local hotel doorman, a reoccurring jitney passenger.
Take the R to 9th St. or the F to 4th Ave. in Brooklyn. The R can be accessed at the Pacific/Atlantic station in Brooklyn which is served by the 2,3,4,5,N,B,D and Q trains from Manhattan.
