THE COLOR PURPLE Equity Principal Actors - North Carolina Theatre Auditions

Auditions@NCTheatre.com

PERSONNEL

Producing Artistic Director: Eric Woodall
Book: Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
Production Manager/Associate Producer: Max Kaufman
Viewing submissions:
Director/Choreographer: Christopher Betts
Music Director: Kailey Rockwell
Casting Director: Eric Woodall, CSA

OTHER

First Rehearsal: April 10th, 2023
First Performance: April 22nd, 2023
Final Performance: April 30th, 2023

OTHER

Venue: Fletcher Theatre in Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment
motion picture. 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 submit.

BREAKDOWN

SEEKING

Shug Avery: 30-45 Female-identifying. Black. A sultry siren and juke-joint performer who has seen
better days; a former lover of Mister and a ‘good-time girl’, whose body, soul, and desire to love again
is reawakened by Celie and the intimate bond they form with one another.

Mister: 30-45 Male-identifying. Black. A deeply troubled man, as well as Celie’s husband and abuser,
he is also the estranged love interest of Shug Avery for whom he still carries a torch; eventually, he is
redeemed by a self-reckoning and atoning for his transgressions.

Harpo: 25-35 Male identifying. Black. Mister’s hapless son from his first marriage; well-intended, but
often falls short due to exceedingly bad parenting by Mister; falls deeply in love with –and is
dominated by his wife Sophia, then later by his girlfriend Squeak

Celie: 25-35 Female identifying. Black, CAST. A radiant survivor who triumphantly journeys through a life filled with soul-reckoning challenges and emotional/physical violence, she is buoyed by a rock-
solid faith in God, love and devotion for her sister Nettie, as well as the intimacy-awakening bond that she develops with Shug Avery.

Nettie: 25-35 Female-identifying, Black, CAST. Celie’s sister, and her rock; smart, driven, and
protected by circumstance; unwaveringly devoted to her sister, she is nonetheless torn apart from her
and goes on to realize a fulfilled life in Africa.

Sofia: 25-35 Female-identifying. Black, CAST. Harpo’s wife and Celie’s friend for life; a woman who
possesses a giant personality, along with an equally expansive lust for life, and a proud sense of
justice; a domineering pacifist who suffers no fools.