Casting Call: ResurGENTs: The Reappearance of Hope (NYC)

Black Obsidian Group is accepting submissions from African American and Hispanic actors (20's - 30's) for future replacements in ResurGENTs: The Reappearance of Hope, a new millennium choreopoem by Lawrence Floyd and Damion Sanders. Directed by Patricia R. Floyd. Please e-mail pictures and resumes to levans912@aol.com. Auditions will be held by appointment only in NYC. ResurGENTs will be presented at the 2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival (midtownfestival.org) July 12, 17, 22, 23, 31 and August 1 at the June Havoc Theatre in Manhattan. The play is scheduled to perform in London August 2-8, 2010.

ResurGENTs explores the rise of the Black Man in the geo-political era of President Barack Obama. Through poetry, monologues, singing and dancing, five Black men speak about life, love and freedom. They take us on a spiritual journey from the present to slavery, in his relationships as well as his politics. ResurGENTs is a resurrected love song.

Seeking strong actors who are a quick study with the ability to handle poetry, prose, and move well. Singing and/or rapping a plus.

Source: Terrance Spivey

Casting Call (NYC)

“HOMECOMING”

The Hyperion Theatre Project is casting Homecoming, a new play written and directed by Eugene Ashe. Rehearses May/June 2010, runs from June 8-13 at the Roy Arias Theater, in New York City.

Seeking:
Leslie: African-American female, mid to late 30’s, physically fit, pretty but not glamorous, LEAD;
Deena: African-American female, mid to late 30's, not overweight, but not skinny, outgoing, LEAD;
Young Leslie: African-American female, 18-20, strong modern dance skills required;
Hill: African-American male, mid to late 30’s, college professor, an intellectual… but not pompous, LEAD;
Robert: African-American male,18-20, handsome with a 1990’s hip-hop vibe; dreadlocks a plus.

Auditions will be held by appointment only April 20th and 21st. Email submissions only.

Please indicate which role you are submitting for in the subject header of the email.

Email pix and résumés to: Homecomingplay2010@gmail.com

AEA Showcase (approval pending), Equity/Non Equity.

Casting Call

The National Black Theatre in association with Orisha Tales Rep Radio Theatre Co is seeking NON-UNION actors who dance, and /or move well to audition for the Yoruba Dance Drama, OSHUN (THE GODDESS OF LOVE).

Male and female roles available from ages 20 through 60. African Americans, Afro-Latinos and Afro-Asians welcome.

Male roles:

ELEGBA- The Orisha of the Cross roads, OGUN- The Orisha of Iron, IKU- The Orisha of Death, ORUNMILA- The Orisha of Divination, AGANJU- The Orisha of The Volcano, OCHOSSI- The Orisha of The Hunt, and various Farmers and Warriors

Female Roles:

AGEMO- The Chameleon, OYA- The Orisha of the Cemetery, YEMOJA- The Orisha of the Ocean. The AJE- The Witches, WOMEN WARRIORS, and TOWNSPEOPLE.

The production runs from April15, 2010 until May7, 2010.

Auditions are Monday March 15, 20210 from 4pm until 9pm at 2033 5th Ave bet 125 and 126th St

Bring headshot and resume and be prepared with a one minute monologue.

Bring or wear clothing that you can dance in.

For further information contact: Orishatales5@aol.com

Casting Call

The Negro Ensemble Company is accepting submissions for

SUNDOWN NAMES AND NIGHT-GONE THINGS

by Leslie Lee

Directed by Woodie King, Jr

Equity showcase. Some pay. Please e-mail pictures and resumes to Lawrence Evans at LEvans912@aol.com. Auditions will be held by appointment only on Thursday, April 9 from 11:30am-3:30pm and Friday, April 10 from 10:30am- 2:30pm. Callbacks are Saturday, April 11 from 1:00pm-5:00pm. 1st rehearsal: April 21, 2009. The show runs May 14 through May 31, 2009. Thursday-Sunday. Some Wednesday performances during latter part ofthe run. Venue: TBA.

SYNOPSIS: At 20, armed with little skills but curiosity and the need to earn a living, Cairo Biggs flees rural Mississippi for Chicago in search of the Promised Land. He obtains a job as an agent in a black insurance company, which provides an indispensable service to denizens of the South Side who are denied life insurance coverage by white companies. Young and still sewing his wild oats, Cairo becomes involved in a scheme in the office in which the black insurance agents, all older than he, give free insurance to single and married female customers, who are unable to pay the ten cents weekly premium, in exchange for sex. They barter and trade these desperate women like chattel when they tire of them, or, "someone better" comes along. Cairo, still naive, falls in love with Ruby Meeks, an illiterate, eighteen-year old single mother with a daughter born out of wedlock. Her only means of survival is her wit and her sensuality. Obsessed and jealous because Ruby refused to commit to a monogamous relationship, Cairo doggedly hounds and stalks her. Ultimately, she rejects him when she decides to return back home to Alabama becauseof an incident with cocaine in which she endangers the life of her daughter. Cairo realizes that what he and the agents are doing is morally wrong. He refuses to participate any longer in the scheme. Unable to convince the others, he quits the agency to seek his fortune elsewhere.

ALL CHARACTERS ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN. SEEKING THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS:

CAIRO BIGGS: Young black male, early 20s --- new to Chicago from Mississippi, naïve, idealistic and vulnerable.

RUBYMEEKS: Young woman from Alabama. 18-19 years old. Sexy, outgoing and sassy, which conceals a sense of inadequacy and trepidation about the future.

ARJAY THORNTON: An insurance agent; 40s or early 50s, a family man, possessing a great sense of humor and a conscience.

TRAVIS MCKINLEY: An insurance agent; 40s; a family man, but somewhat conceited and in love with his appearance. He has strong convictions. Like Arjay, he has a sense of humor.

BOYD HENRY: An insurance agent; 40s, a wry sense of humor; opinionated, race conscious, sometimes hardheaded and stubborn.

MAE ANN BROADNECK: Early-late 30s, sensitive, hardworking, filled with guilt but without many choices in life, vulnerable.