[NEohioPAL]Karamu Auditions for The Colored Museum

[vivian wilson]

Contact:  Vivian C. Wilson
Marketing Manager
Phone (216) 795-7070 x 215

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Monday, November 28, 2005
Karamu Performing Arts Theater Announces  Audition Dates for

THE COLORED MUSEUM by George C. Wolfe (Comedy Satire)

AUDITION DATES: Friday, December 9th, 5PM-8PM Concert Hall
                            Saturday, December 10th, 2PM-4PM (Jelliffe)

Seeking 2 Black Males and 3 Black Females
Please bring a headshot/resume and prepare a 2-3 minute comical monologue.


The Colored Museum is a series of  eleven revue sketches which satirize what
the playwright calls “the myths and madness of black/negro/colored
Americans.” Among the “exhibits” in the museum are: a stewardess on a
slaveship; two models trapped in the pages of EBONY; a black soldier who has
returned from the dead; two wigs that talk; a parody of Aunt Jemima; and a
hilarious burlesque of black dramas like RAISIN IN THE SUN called “The Last
Mama-on-a-Couch Play.”  Mixing broad comedy with occasional drama, The
Colored Museum involves a great deal of dancing and songs in styles ranging
from blues to gospel to pop.
January 27 - February 19, 2006 Caroline Jackson-Smith,Director