St. Louis Black Repertory Company 2025-26 Season Equity Principal Actors - St. Louis Black Repertory Company Auditions

AUDITION DATE

Friday, October 10, 2025
2:00 PM - 10:30 PM (C)

BREAK: 5:00PM - 6:00PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an appointment please contact Brian McKinley, 314-730-9408,

brianm@theblackrep.org, M-F, 10am-4pm

CONTRACT

SPT
$482 weekly minimum (SPT 4)
$538 weekly minimum (SPT 5)

SEEKING

Equity actors for roles in St. Louis Black Repertory Company's 2025-26 Season (see breakdown).

PREPARATION

Please bring a hard copy of your headshot and resume and prepare two contrasting monologues not to exceed 2 minutes.

LOCATION

St Louis Black Repertory Company
813 N Skinker Blvd
St Louis, MO 63130

PERSONNEL

Expected to Attend:
Ron Himes - Producing Director
Geovonday Jones - Director
Brian McKinley - Director of Education & Community Engagement

OTHER DATES

DANCE ON WINDOWS ROW
First Rehearsal December 9, 2025
Opening/Closing - January 7-25, 2025

THE BLACK FEMINIST GUIDE TO THE HUMAN BODY
First Rehearsal January 13, 2026
Opening/Closing - February 4 - March 1, 2026

FLYIN WEST
First Rehearsal February 10, 2026
Opening/Closing - March 11-29, 2026

FAT HAM
First Rehearsal April 21, 2026
Opening/Closing - May 20 - June 7, 2026

www.theblackrep.org

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

Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA

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

St. Louis Black Repertory Company 2025-26 Season

SEEKING:

DANCE ON WIDOW'S ROW

(SPT 5)

NOTE: All characters are late forties to mid-fifties.

Magnolia Mag Ellis — Wealthy, good looking widow who is determined to marry again. Magnolia is the leader and the mayor of the street known as Widow's Row. Quick to speak her mind and is never lost for an opinion. Knows how to be a southern charmer when the situation calls for it. Magnolia has buried two husbands who had great life insurance policies.

Annie Talbot - Age forty. A devout church goer. Annie has buried four husbands. Claims to have been a virgin until the age of twenty-five. Annie is Magnolia's friend. Annie likes to think of herself as delicate and gentle, but something else seems to be lurking under the surface. Especially when several choice curse words occasionally slip out. Lives on Widow's Row. Lives on many pensions and trust funds.

Simone Simi Jackson - An also ran actress who never quite made it in New York. Simi returned home to Port Town one year ago where her husband died. Simi has suspiciously cashed in a huge insurance policy: Talks of her days in the theater and all those commercials that she shot. People, however, only saw one. It was bad. Lives on Widow's Row. Third house from the corner.

Lois Miller - Widow. Has buried two husbands. Everyone in town suspects that Lois poisoned her husbands. A straight arrow that has resigned herself to being a widow for the rest of her life. A fun loving person inside waiting to burst out. Magnolia's friend. Lives on Widow's Row and a pension.

Deacon Hudson — Widower. Handsome and church going. Deacon is very rational. Not a Christian fanatic. Likes Magnolia. Considered in town to be a good catch for some lucky woman. Financially secure. Invested well.

Newly Benson — Retired Army Sergeant. Newly is Deacon Hudson's best friend. Newly is not fond of Widow's Row. Thinks that it's cursed. Has a strong and often funny opinion. Believes in honor and loyalty. Thinks of himself as a lady's man. Recently divorced.

Randolph Spears — Divorcee. Loves a good party and loves to eat. Has done well in the turkey business and is considered a good catch by the ladies in town. He dies at Magnolia's house.

THE BLACK FEMINIST GUIDE TO THE HUMAN BODY

(SPT 4)

Dr. Beatrice “Bea” Free - Black woman, late 50s-60s. African American Studies department chair and history professor who specializes in Black women’s history. She wears a white tank top with blue jean shirt, or a tailored white shirt, and black pants. She’s barefoot. She is Mind.

Cee Cee - Black woman, any age but with girly youthful energy. Joyful, innocent singer/dancer, strong yet soft and beautiful, and very alive and very spiritual. She’s wearing a flowing dress with a tight top. She is Body, one of Bea’s alter egos.

Dee - Black woman, any age. Tired, tender, tame but witty. Very real. Her sharpness masks her vulnerability and righteous anger. She is Soul, another one of Bea’s alter egos.

FLYIN' WEST

(SPT 5)

SOPHIE WASHINGTON, a black woman, born into slavery, 36

MISS LEAH, a black woman, born into slavery, 73

FANNIE DOVE, a black woman, 32

WIL PARRISH, a black man, born into slavery, 40

MINNIE DOVE CHARLES, a black woman, 21

FRANK CHARLES, a very light-skinned black man, born into slavery, 36

FAT HAM

(SPT 5)

JUICY is thicc. 20-21, Black. He’s beautiful. He is lonely. He is smart. A kind of Hamlet.

TEDRA is Juicy’s mother. 45-50, Black. She is a good mother. A kind of Gertrude.

REV is Tedra’s husband. 45-50, Black. Her dead ex-husband’s brother. Pig farmer and pit master. Electric. A kind of Claudius. Doubles as PAP.

OPAL is one of Juicy’s only friends. 19-20. Black. She loves Juicy and worries about him. A kind of Ophelia.

LARRY is a boy that is attracted to Juicy. 21-23. Black. A marine. Trying to heal from PTSD. Has a secret. Awkward. A kind of Laertes.

RABBY is Larry and Opal’s mother. 40-45. Black. Tedra’s friend. Semi-churchy but honestly she just wanna drink and praise the Lord. A kind of Polonius.

PAP is the Ghost of Juicy’s father. Appears 45ish. Black. Was in prison for killing someone cause their breath stank, til he got shanked on the way to dinner. A kind of Hamlet’s Father. Doubles as REV.

TIO is clever. 20-40. Black or Afro-Latinx. Juicy’s cousin. Oldest friend.