TIMBUKTU - St Louis, MO EPA
St Louis Black Repertory | Saint Louis, MO
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
12:00 PM - 8:30 PM (C)
Breaks 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM, 6:45 PM - 7:00 PM
To set up an audition appointment contact Brian McKinley at 314-730-9408 or BrianM@theblackrep.org, M-F, 1-4.
SPT
$500 weekly minimum (SPT 5)
Equity actors for roles in TIMBUKTU (See breakdown).
Please prepare one song AND one monologue. Also, bring your headshot and resume stapled together.
St Louis Black Repertory Company
813 N Skinker Blvd
St Louis, MO 63130
Expected to attend:
Ron Himes - Producing Director/Director
Geovonday Jones - Director
First Rehearsal - August 22, 2023
Preview September 20-21, 2023
Opening September 22, 2023
Closing October 8, 2023
OTHER
www.theblackrep.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. 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.
The Poet - Male, 40-60, A poet who dresses in rags and has a sense of tattered handsomeness. He needs and wants everything and every woman, but has never quite lost his sense of humor. G2-F4
Lundanda - Female, 30-40, wife of wives to the Wazir of Police, born a princess in her own right in a neighboring kingdom. Rich, bright, and bored with her life. She takes a romantic interest in the Poet and works to bring him to power. F#3-B4
Marsinah - Female, 15-25, The Poet's beautiful daughter. She has lived her life in the streets but has maintained her innocence and retains a sense of humor. She falls in love with the Mansa. Hungry and ragged.
The Mansa - Male, 20-30, The newly acceded leader to the throne. A handsome and romantic youth who falls in love instantly with Marsinah, but hides his identity. C3-Ab4
Wazir of Police - Male, 30-45, The new Commander of the Royal Camel Corps and appointed executioner in Timbuktu. Androgynous, murderous, and corrupt. A2-F#4
M'ballah Of The River - Male, 55-70, A king among pirates and brigands. He has traveled to Timbuktu to undo a curse that lost his son. Imposing, tall, fierce.
Ensemble - Citizen Of Timbuktu; Vendors And Merchants; River Pirates; Guards; Antelopes; Birds In Paradise.
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