MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS Equity Principal Actors - Dallas Children's Theatre Auditions

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AUDITION DATE

Monday, June 12, 2023

5:45 PM - 10:00 PM (C)

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please Call 214-978-0110 or e-mail at

auditions@dct.org. Feel free to ask about sides when setting up your appointment.

CONTRACT

LOA

$406 weekly minimum (Ref. TYA)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS - An African Tale (See breakdown).

Local Dallas actors are encouraged to attend.

All Stage managerial positions have been filled.

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short up-tempo song. An accompanist will be provided. You will also be asked to read from the script. Sides will be provided at the audition site. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

Dallas Children's Theater

5938 Skillman St

Dallas, TX 75231

PERSONNEL

Adapted for the stage by Karen Abbott Music & Lyrics by S-Ankh Rasa

Based on the book by John Steptoe

Expected to attend:

Directors: S-ANKH RASA & ROBYN FLATT Musical Director: S-ANKH RASA

OTHER DATES

1st Rehearsal: August 28th, 2023

Opening: September 20th, 2023

Closing: October 20th, 2023

OTHER

www.dct.org

Book is the Winner of the Caldecott Honor Medal.

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.

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 attend every audition.

Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENSEMBLE OF SINGERS & DANCERS TO PORTRAY A VARIETY OF CHARACTERS IN JOHN STEPTOE'S CLASSIC AFRICAN CINDERELLA TALE.

SEEKING:

STORYTELLER / MESSENGER / LAUGHING TREE - narrator who moves in and out of scenes and sings and informs the story with humor and understanding.

MUFARO - joyous, proud, and doting father to his two beautiful daughters. His name means happy man.

MANYARA - Mufaro's first daughter. Though beautiful outside, she is ugly of spirit, self-absorbed and lazy. Her name means ashamed.

NYASHA - Mufaro's second daughter. She is beautiful inside and out with a humble demeanor. Her kindness extends to nature and all creatures great and small. Her name means mercy.

KING / VILLAGER 1 / HUNGRY BOY / LAUGHING TREE - male with distinct personalities. The king is a magical, handsome and very wise ruler while the Villager is a humorous busybody.

OLD WOMAN / VILLAGER 2 / LAUGHING TREE - female with distinct personalities. The humorous counterpart to Villager 1, sparring with him at every turn and an Old Woman who is not what she seems.