THE COLORED MUSEUM Submission - The Umbrella Arts Auditions

THE COLORED MUSEUM - EQUITY VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

The Umbrella Arts

CONTRACT

SPT $328 weekly minimum (SPT Tier II)

SEEKING

Equity actors who are comfortable with music, singing, and dancing for roles in THE COLORED MUSEUM by George C. Wolfe (see breakdown).

INSTRUCTIONS

Please prepare a 1 minute contemporary monologue (no classical monologues, please.) If you are also comfortable playing a musical instrument, you may submit an additional 1 minute video demonstrating this ability. Along with your audition material, please include a headshot and resume. Videos may be sent via Youtube or Vimeo links.

Deadline: Wed, Nov 24, 2021

SUBMIT TO

auditions@theumbrellastage.org

PERSONNEL

Viewing auditions :
Brian Boruta, Producing Artistic Director
Pascale Florestal, Director
Barbara Pierre, Assistant Director

OTHER DATES

First Rehearsal: January 4th, 2022
First Performance: January 28th, 2022
Closing Performance: February 20th, 2022

OTHER

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

Available Roles:

TRACK 1 - Female, Transgender, or Nonbinary to play several roles. Black/of the African Diaspora.

TRACK 2 - Female, Transgender, or Nonbinary to play several roles. Black/of the African Diaspora.

TRACK 3 - Male, Transgender, or Nonbinary to play several roles. Black/of the African Diaspora.

TRACK 4 - Male, Transgender, or Nonbinary to play several roles. Black/of the African Diaspora.

There are no pre-defined tracks for this production. Tracks will be determined after casting based on those who are cast.

Character Descriptions:

Miss Pat - From Git on Board. A flight attendant who welcomes the audience aboard the celebrity slave ship going from the Ivory Coast to Savannah.

Junie Robinson - From Soldier with a Secret.

Lawanda - From The Hairpiece. straight haired wig.

Janine - From The Hairpiece. Afro wig.

Medea Jones - From last Mama on the Couch. The sister.

Admonia - From Lala’s Opening. The woman who brings flo'rance out on stage. Lala calls her her slightly overweight black maid.

Mama - From The Last Mama on the Couch. Well worn mama who makes her son wipe his feet in the ground.

Aunt Ethyl - From Cookin’ With Aunt Ethyl. She hosts a cooking show where she sings.

Miss Roj - From The Gospel According To Miss Roj. Transgender woman who looks beneath the surface of her glittery nocturnal existence.

Narrator - From The Last Mama on the Couch. The narrator hands out awards to the characters for their performance, acts like part of the audience.

The Lady In Plaid - From The Last Mama on the Couch. She is the wife of the son who puts on a very dramatic performance while her husband tries to get her to cook dinner.

Flo-rance - From Lala’s Opening. the man brought out on stage tied up. Lala's love who cheated on her.

Topsy Washington - From The Party. Topsy Washington imagines a huge party with all the characters.

Girl - Woman from The Photo Session.

The Woman - From The Hairpiece. Woman with the bald head who freaks out.

Walter-Lee-Beau-Willie - From The Last Mama on the Couch. The son of mama and the husband of the lady in plaid.

The Man - The man from Symbiosis. He throws away all of his belongings.

The Little Girl - From Lala’s Opening. Lala's younger self.

Guy - The man from The Photo Session.

Lala Lamazing Grace - Lala Lamazing Grace is a singer who is haunted by her former childhood self.

Normal Jean - From Permutations. The woman with the egg.

The Kid - From Symbiosis. He is the younger version of the man.

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.