[NEohioPAL]Karamu House Auditions "A Hip Hop Aesop" touring Winter 2006

[vivian wilson]

Contact:  Performing Arts Dept.
Phone (216) 795-7070 x 242

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Monday, November 28, 2005
Karamu Performing Arts Theater Announces Audition Dates for
A HIP HOP AESOP by Je Franklin
Told through hip hop with a grooving beat, this new, original and
fascinating piece is written by legendary Black Arts Movement and New York
playwright J e Franklin. Author of works such as the classic Off-Broadway
play "Black Girl," (also film directed by the late Ossie Davis) and "Grey
Panthers: Coming to the Mercy Seat."
Seeking a multiracial cast of six actors/actresses ages 19 or older, who can
move and groove to the hip hop beat. Must be available during school hours.
Sides will be provided with music. Slam poets are also welcome. Actors will
also be considered for the outreach production of "Langston Listens to
America", dramatized poems written by late Karamu alum Langston Hughes.  The
outreach program will tour the Cleveland area and beyond starting Winter
2006.
Audition Dates: Friday, December 9th (Please call for audition appointment)
 December 10th, 10AM - 1PM                   Where: Karamu House, 2355 East
89th

A HIP HOP AESOP is an adaptation of the ancient fables of Aesop in the form
of Three-Minute plays written in unforgettable hip hop rhythms and
accompanied by catchy musical numbers.  The works stay true to the ancient
wisdom of Aesop, who used fables to point out our human foibles, as Jesus
would later use parables to teach his disciples.  Aesop was a Greek-born
slave of Ethiopian ancestry, born deformed and unable to speak, until the
Priestess Isis, rewarding him for some deed he performed, miraculously
restored his speech. He lived 600 years before Christ.

For audition appointments for Friday, December 9th, please call 216-795-7070
ext. 242.

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