[NEohioPAL] Auditions African Community Theatre

[SMALL, CINNAMON]

Pan-African Studies in collaboration with The Kent State University School of Theater and Dance announce :
Auditions for the production of..
“No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs”
Written by John Henry Redwood


Saturday, September 28, 2013 12 PM-3PM
Monday, September 30, 2013 7 PM-9:30 PM (Callbacks included)


Cast of Characters
· Rawl Cheeks, African-American male age 30-50
· Mattie Cheeks African-American female age 30-50
· Joyce Cheeks, African-American female, age 17 Matoka Cheeks, African-American female, age 11
· Aunt Cora, African-American female, age 30-50
· Yaveni Aarohnson, Caucasian male, age 50-70


ABOUT THE PLAY

Halifax, North Carolina is where the Cheeks family, Rawl and his wife, Mattie, and their two daughters makes its home.  The year is 1949, and the title refers to signs commonly posted in the region in that era. The Cheeks are visited by Yaveni, a Jewish scholar from Cleveland, who is researching the effects of prejudice on both blacks and Jews, and Aunt Cora, a mysterious local black woman who wanders around wrapped in in a black garment with a dark secret.


AUDITION PREPARATION: Please prepare 2 contrasting monologues no more than 2 minutes each. You will be asked to do a cold reading from the script. Please bring Headshot and Resume. This is a non - Equity production utilizing students and artists within Northeast Ohio. There are no stipends.
Production Dates are as follows:
November  21-24, 2013 & December 6-8, 2013


Location: Oscar Ritchie Hall room 230
African Community Theatre, 225 Terrace drive, Kent State University  OH, 44240
Questions: Contact (330-672-2300)



Cinnamon Small, M. Ed.
Development Officer
Department of Pan-African Studies
Kent State University
330.672.2300
www.kent.edu/cas/pas
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