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The Attic Ensemble, Theater for a New Jersey City,announces auditions for Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years adapted by Emily Mann. The play will be directed by Judith Moss. Auditions are Monday, December 10th and Tuesday, December 11th 7:30-9pm at the Attic Ensemble, located in the historic Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. Callbacks, if necessary, are TBA.
CASTING: Two female African-American actresses (45 or older) to portray 103 and 101-year-old Sadie and Bessie Delany. They are educated women, with strong faith and love of history, family and each other.
Familiarity with the script is strongly encouraged; sides will be provided for cold readings, monologues are not required.
Please bring pictures and resumes stapled together. There are no appointments necessary; auditioners will be seen on a first come/first served basis. There is no pay/no fee. Sides will be posted on
our website for review.
The Story: HAVING OUR SAY opens as 103-year-old Sadie Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany welcome us into their Mount Vernon, New York, home. As they prepare a celebratory dinner in remembrance of their father's birthday, they take us on a remarkable journey through the last hundred years of our nation's history, recounting a fascinating series of events and anecdotes drawn from their rich family history and careers as pioneering African-American professionals. Their story is not simply African-American history or women's history. It is our American history, told through the eyes of two unforgettable women as they look not only into the past, but also ahead into the twenty-first century.
Performances are February 15-24, 2013. Rehearsals will be held in the evening, with weekend rehearsals as needed.
The Attic Ensemble is located just two blocks from the Grove Street PATH Station, in the Historic Barrow Mansion, 83 Wayne Street, Jersey City. There is free parking after 7 p.m. in the parking lot 1 ½ blocks away on Christopher Columbus Drive. For directions and information:
www.atticensemble.org; phone
(201) 413-9200, e-mail:
info@atticensemble.org.
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