[NEohioPAL] KARAMU HOUSE IS HOLDING AUDITION FOR "LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILL"

[richard morris]

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre is holding Auditions for:
 
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Written by: Lanine Roberston
 
Directed by: Caroline Jackson Smith
 
 
Audition Dates:
February, 23,               7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
 
Call Backs:
t.b.a.
 
Performance Dates:
April 24, - May 24, 2009
Arena Theatre
 
 
R ehearsals:
	* Rehearsals will begin on or around March 9, 2009.
	* Rehearsals will usually run Monday – Friday  6:00 – 10:00 pm., and some weekend dates. 
 
Audition Requirements:
	* Please come prepared to Sing a Billie Holiday Song, and please prepare a short monologue.
	* There will be sides for you to read from at the audition.
	* Please come prepared for movement and improvisation. 
	* Please bring 8x10 Headshot and Bio.     
	* Check your calendar for any conflicts before auditioning (see “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” performance dates and rehearsal dates above).
 
Audition Location:
 2355 east 89th, ClevelandOhio, 44106
 
About the Show
Show is set in a small bar in South Philadelphia where Holiday performed four months before her death in 1959 of cirrhosis and heart failure at 44. The return to her old stomping grounds not for nostalgic reasons but out of necessity sets the scene for this last-chance gig before she finally gives up the ghost for good. 
Though she's there to sing, it is clear that Holiday has more than music on her mind. In her own entertaining no-nonsense, chatty style, she is profane, headstrong and often funny as she recounts the highs and lows of her life and career to the audience.
 
Character Breakdown
 
Billie Holiday, (Lady Day)......African American Female,  Mid 30's - early 40's, must be able to sing.
 
For more information, please contact Richard Morris at 216.795.7070 ext. 236
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