THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL Submission - Penumbra Theatre Auditions

THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL/Submit for St. Paul appt

Penumbra Theatre | St. Paul, MN

Send To

Allen Weeks

270 N. Kent St.

St. Paul MN 55102

Email

allen.weeks@penumbratheatre.org

Contract

SPT

Tier 9; actor minimum $550/wk

Seeking

Submissions from AEA members. Please see

Breakdown.

Other Dates

All rehearsals and performances for this production will be at Penumbra Theatre in St Paul, MN. Rehearsals Begin - January 7, 2014

Opening – February 6, 2014

Closing – March 2, 2014

Personnel

Director Talvin Wilks will attend with casting authority.

Other

St. Paul, MN audition by appointment will be held

April 22nd. Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, April

_23rd.

Breakdown

BO (Emmett Till) – (African American Male, late teens - early 20’s), needs to be believable as a young teenager, 15, but quickly becoming a man, dapper, slightly husky. Needs to be able to sing a cappella, doo-wop, slick but playful. Loves to tell jokes.)

MAN 1 – Uncle Mose, Johnny B., H.L. (African American Male, 50’s-60’s), mature, needs an elder’s bearing, multiple characters, main character is Uncle Mose, 64, Mississippi Sharecropper. Physicality reflects a life of hard labor, wiry but strong. Needs to be able to do field shouts, hollers, gospel moans.)

MAN 2 – Wheeler, Bo II, Roy Bryant (African American Male, early to mid 20’s), multiple characters, main character is Wheeler Parker, 16, Emmett Till’s cousin and best friend from Chicago, also plays Roy Bryant, 24, white store keeper. Main partner to Emmett, matches his energy and youth but moremature. Adds to Emmet’s doo wop group.)

MAN 3 – Bo III, Maurice, Ruthie May, Milam (African American Male, mid 20’s – 30’s), multiple characters, main character is Maurice, 16, Emmett’s cousin,son of Uncle Mose, southern sharecropper, also plays Milam, 32, white, Roy Bryant’s half brother, and a female, Ruthie May, southern, sexy and seductive.Strong, aggressive, able to play a malevolent racist and sympathetic friend, carries a sense of country innocence, but willful. Also adds to Emmett’s doo wop group.)

WOMAN 1 – Miss Mamie, Simmy (African American Female, multiple characters, age range –

Casting Calli Job Notice

late 20's-30's, main character is Mamie Till Mobley also plays Simmy, young boy age 12. Spry, youthful but earthy. Mournful mother with a courageous bearing.)

WOMAN 2 - Mamoo, Heluise, Miss Lizabeth, Caroline (African American Female, multiple characters, age range -40's-50's, main character is Emmett's grandmother, Mamoo, also plays teenager Heluise, Aunt Lizy, Uncle Mose's wife and Caroline, white wife of Roy Bryant. Mature with youthful energy. Carries the weight of being an elder in the ensemble. May provide soulful underscoring, gospel and Blues...)