PLANTATION BLACK Equity Principal Actors - InterAct Theatre Company Auditions

PLANTATION BLACK - Philadelphia, PA EPA

InterAct Theatre Company | Philadelphia, PA

AUDITION DATE

Monday, May 12, 2025
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (E)
Lunch 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment, please email:
auditions@interacttheatre.org by Thursday, May 8th.

CONTRACT

SPT
$670 weekly minimum (SPT 7)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in PLANTATION BLACK (See breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please prepare one (1) contemporary monologue of no longer than two (2) minutes. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

The Drake
302 S Hicks St
Philadelphia, PA 19102

PERSONNEL

Playwright: Phaedra Michelle Scott
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Seth Rozin
Director: Kimille Howard

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal – January 6, 2026
First Preview – February 6, 2026
Opening – February 12, 2026
Closing – March 1, 2026

Note: Performances are Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7 pm; Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm.

OTHER

www.InterActTheatre.org
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.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

BREAKDOWN

PLANTATION BLACK

SYNOPSIS: Two contemporary families: one white, descended from the original owners of the Civil War era plantation, and the other Black, descended from the people who were enslaved on the same plantation. Due to legally and morally questionable events from the Civil War era, the rightful heir to the land is murky, forcing the present-day families to consider a sequence of events in 1864-65 that will help them arrive at an equitable path forward.

SEEKING:

• Tasha/Morning: Tasha - 32, Black female lawyer in 2019. Morning - 25, Black female, enslaved, pregnant in 1865.
• Jonathan/Abraham: Jonathan - 29, Black male, queer photographer in 2019. Abraham - 30, Black male, enslaved in 1865.
• Big Mom/Big Mom: Big Mom - 65, Black female historian in 2019. Big Mom - 65, Black female, enslaved in 1865.
• Kate/Bet: ALREADY CAST. Kate - 27, White, AFAB, non-binary grad student in 2019. Bet - 27, White, AFAB, non-binary, male presenting in 1865.
• Elise/Mary: Elise - 31, White female owner of Loch Dhu Coffee in 2019. Mary - 31, White female in 1865.
• Davis/Davis: Davis - 25, White male Asst. Manager at Whole Foods in 2019. Davis - 25, White male plantation owner in 1865.