[NEohioPAL] "Foot Soldiers for Freedom: The Birmingham Children's March"

[Raquel Robinson]

FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, December 12, 2008 

   

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre will hold
open auditions for youth theatre  

 “Foot
Soldiers for Freedom: The Birmingham 
Children’s March” 

A one-act ‘Movement
Play’     By Nicole C. Kearney 

                                                Director:
Raquel Robinson 

   

Friday, December 19, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

Monday, December 22, 2008 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm 

   

At Karamu House, Inc. 

SYNOPSIS 

  

In May 1963, thousands of Black youth took action by marching in
non-violent protest against the segregation laws in
 Birmingham , Alabama . 
In retaliation, Bull Conner, Commissioner of Public Safety, ordered the police
force and the fire department to turn attack dogs and fire hoses (with strength
to peel bark off trees) on the children, as the world watched in shock. 
However, this violence didn’t deter the children.  They continued to
be foot soldiers for freedom, placing themselves on the front lines. 
Their courage and persistence changed the course of history as the
 Birmingham children’s march succeeded in ending
segregation in Birmingham . 

   

CHARACTERS 

Age Ranges – 9 to late 60s   SPEAKING
ROLES 

(in order of appearance) 

   

Audrey Faye Hendricks                                   
9 year old African American girl 

Rev Fred Shuttlesworth                                    
Mid-30’s, African American minister 

Rev James Bevel                                 Mid-20’s
African American minister 

Mr. Roberson                                       Late
30’s African American male, Bernita’s father 

Bernita Roberson                                 14
year old African American girl 

Myrna Carter                                       Teen-aged
African American girl 

Rev. Martin King                                 Late
20’s African American minister    

(off-stage voice)                                   

Larry Russell                                       16
year old African American male 

Judy Tarver                                         17
year old African American girl 

Radio                                                   African
American male and female and Caucasian  

                                                            male/(off-stage
voice) 

Caucasian Women                               Mid-30’s/(off-stage
voice)                    

Wilma                                                  Late
30’s/(off-stage voice) 

Mary Gadsen                                       Teen-aged
African American girl 

Bull Conner                                         Late
30’s, Police Commissioner/off-stage voice 

   

Performance Dates: Saturday and Sundays at 1:00 Pm; February 7-February
22, 2009. 

   

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