[NEohioPAL] Looking for African-American actors for Starve the Devil Stage Play

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Starve The Devil- Stage Play -written by Mike Oatman

                                                           -directed by Stacey Malone

 

When: Sunday August  30th,  2015

Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm

Place: Shaker Dance Academy

          23440 Commerce Park Rd

          Beachwood, OH 44122

 

Characters:

 

*Mother Sud --- An older woman who functions as the “neighborhood memory.”  She lives in an inner city neighborhood that has decayed over the years.  She is a modern day griot.

 

*'Bread --- He is the deceased husband of Mother Sud and the narrator of the story.  He is an older man who walks with a hitch and smokes a pipe.

 

*Patricia --- She is the beloved daughter-in-law of Mother Sud.

 

Will --- He is the son of Mother Sud who is a busy politician who is running for public office.

 

{Duel Roles}Mr. Jackson--- A feuding older couple from the neighborhood / Doctor Davidson --- He is the physician who is treating Mother Sud in the hospice.

 

{Duel Roles} Mrs. Jackson/ Sister Cheney ( Church Women) --- A feuding older couple from the neighborhood. 

 

{Duel Roles}Morse --- A service man from the neighborhood who marries Keisha. / Doctor Wilhelm --- The first doctor to treat Mother Sud in the hospital.  

 

{Duel Roles} Keisha Harden / Sister Bush (Church Women) --- A neighborhood girl who marries a military man who is also from the neighborhood. 

 

Pastor Sturgess --- An effeminate church official who used to be homosexual but now claims to be completely “healed” of his homosexual desires by Christ.  He is the younger brother Patricia.

 

Pastor Graham --- He is the minister of the church that Mother Sud left years ago.  He is also supporting her son who is running in a tight race to get elected.

 

Church Women: Sister Bush, Sister Cheney, Sister Rove ---- Devout church women who come to see Mother Sud in the hospital to assist Pastor Graham in a “praise healing.”

 

Lorenda --- A young girl who comes to visit Mother Sud.

 

{Duel Roles} Dorita/ Sister Rove (Church Women) --- The mother of Lorenda.  She has a drinking problem.

 

Please send your Resume and Head Shot to 1221entbookings at gmail.com to reserve your audition slot. 

 

* will be paid roles
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