[NEohioPAL] Karamu performing Arts Theatre is Holding Auditions for Yellowman

[richard morris]

Karamu Performing Arts Theatre is holding Auditions for:

Yellowman
Written
by: Dale Orlandersmith 


Directed by: Fred Sternfeld 

 
Audition Dates:
Saturday, August 22 from 2:00pm – 3:30pm. Please arrive between 1:45 – 3:00pm - No appointment is necessary.
Callbacks will be held at 3:30pm. If you are unable to make this audition date,
contact director Fred Sternfeld at fsternfeld at gmail.com to arrange an alternate date and time.
 
Call Backs:  
(see Audition Dates)
 
Performance
Dates:
October 30 – November 22, 2009
Jelliffe Theatre
 
Rehearsals:
	* Rehearsals will begin on or around August 24, 2009
	* Rehearsals will usually run Monday – Friday  6:00 – 10:00 pm. , and some weekend dates. 
 
Audition
Requirements:
	* Please prepare a one minute memorized contemporary monologue OR you can read a monologue from the play that will be provided to you when you arrive.
	* Please bring 8x10 Headshot and Resume     
	* Check your calendar for any conflicts before auditioning (see “Fabulation” or The re-education of Undine )  performance dates and rehearsal dates above).
 
Audition Location:
 2355
east 89th, Cleveland Ohio, 44106
 
About
the Show
This Pulitzer Prize nominated play and winner of the
Susan Blackburn Award in 2002, was first workshopped at the Sundance Theatre
Lab. Yellowman is an edgy and provocative exploration of intra-racism within
the Black community and it’s unflinching look at its ugly legacy. Orlandersmith
is widely regarded as one of the most important new poetic voices in America
today and belongs to a daring new generation of women writing for the stage.
(Adult language and content)

Alma and Eugene have known each other since they were young children. As their
friendship blossoms into love, Alma struggles to free herself from her mother's
poverty and alcoholism, while Eugene must contend with the legacy of being
"yellow" - lighter-skinned than his brutal and unforgiving father.
 
 
Characters 
 
Two Characters – One Woman, One Man
Time: Present Day, Setting: A South Carolina community

ALMA: She is part of a culture where women tugged the soil right beside the men.
Although bright and ambitious, she can never escape the self-hatred taught by
her mother. 30s-40s, large, medium - dark- skinned.

EUGENE: He is the lithe son of a lumberman father and light-skinned mother and
is teased for being a "high yella" boy. He is branded by his father
as a failure and advised by his grandfather "don’t marry nothing
dark." 30s-40s, light- skinned.

This two character play is vocally and physically demanding. In addition to
playing Alma and Eugene, the actors play additional roles in their character’s
lives and speak with a Gullah / Geechee dialect.
 For more information, please contact Richard Morris at
216.795.7070 ext. 236
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