RIP.TIED – Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT in FL
freeFall Theatre Company St. Petersburg FL SPT $338/week minimum.
Artistic Dir: Eric Davis
Managing Dir: Jim Sorensen
Author: Aleshea Harris
Dir: Lydia Fort
1st reh: 2/28/12. Runs 3/15-4/1.
Equity Principal Auditions by APPOINTMENT:
Sunday, January 8, 2012 freeFall Mainstage Theatre
Monday, January 9, 2012 6099 Central Avenue
1 PM – 6 PM both days. St. Petersburg FL 33710
Follow signs to auditions.
For an appointment*, e-mail Jim Sorensen at
auditions@freefalltheatre.com or call 727/498-5205, x3. E-mail is preferred. Equity Members without appointments will be seen throughout the audition day, as time permits.
Please prepare a brief contemporary monologue. In addition, please prepare a brief song (to be sung a cappella) in the style of the play’s music (examples at
http://www.myspace.com/alesheas
angs).
Please bring a picture & resume, stapled back-to-back.
Play with music (a few songs, sung a cappella).
Seeking (all roles are available):
Viola:
African American woman, late 20s – mid 30s. Donis’s younger sister. Struggling between her personal desires and her responsibility to her family. The play is largely about her struggle for balance between the two. Actor should be able to sing solos.
Donis:
African American man, mid – late 30s. Viola’s older brother. Loving and sensitive mentally challenged man who adores his younger sister and main caretaker, Viola. Actor should be able to sing (mostly with others).
Papa Keith:
African American. Character appears from late 30s to late 60s. Viola and Donis’s grandfather, Mona and Zechariah’s father. Resourceful and driven. His main interest is in his family’s transcendence. Actor must be able to sing and move well.
Mona:
African American. Character appears from age 10 to early 20s. Viola and Donis’s mother. In this play, Mona is seen as a young girl frightened by her prophetic dreams and as a young woman eager to please her parents. Actor must be able to sing and move well.
Dolly:
African American. Character appears from 40s to late 60s. Viola and Donis’s grandmother, Mona and Zechariah’s mother. The matriarchal figure in the family. Concerned about the toll their familial gifts may have on her children and grandchildren. Actor must be a strong singer and able to move.
Zachariah:
African American, mid – late teens. Viola and Donis’s uncle. Highly intelligent and somewhat secretive young man, eager to please his grandfather. Actor must be able to sing and move.
James:
African American, mid - late 20s. James voluntarily tutors Donis. He is a caring but confused man who drinks to escape his feelings.
*Note from Equity: freeFall Theatre Company is holding Equity Principal Auditions for its production IN THE NEXT ROOM concurrently with this call. The IN THE NEXT ROOM Equity auditions will be held in a separate room at the Theatre, with a separate schedule, and with separate casting personnel.
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