[NEohioPAL] BREATH, BOOM Auditions John Carroll University Directed by Terrence Spivey

[Nagy, Keith via NEohioPAL]

Open Call Non-Equity Audition for Current/Former JCU Students and Local
Actors
"Breath, Boom" by Kia Corthron
Saturday, September 10th
John Carroll University Kulas Auditorium, 4:30pm-6:30pm.

The show runs November 4 - November 12.

For the protagonist, Prix, fireworks are an escape from her harsh reality.
After growing up in an unlivable home life, she now lives in the streets as
a gang member and dreams of launching an incredible fireworks display.  The
audience gets to know Prix over a 14-year period during which she meets new
friends, encounters old ghosts, and bounces in and out of juvenile
detention and prison.  All the while her head is in the sky, dreaming of
fireworks.

Character Breakdown:

Cast: 7 Females (4 African-American/ 3 other), 1 Male (African-American).
There is a span of fourteen years with lead characters-from teens to adults.

Prix (Pree) – sixteen, seventeen, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty (African
American)
Angel: sixteen, thirty (African American)
Malika/Socks: around seventeen, around thirty looking considerably older
(African American)
Comet: eighteen, twenty-six, thirty-two (African American)
Jerome: thirties (African American)
Prix’s Mother: thirties, fifties
3 Corrections Officers (C.O.S)
Cat: fifteen
Officer Dray
Shondra: teens
Fuego: teens
Denise: thirties
Pepper: sixteen or seventeen
(Shirl: sixteen or seventeen
Jupiter: fourteen
Woman: coming out of the bathroom
Jo: around thirty
Jo’s Friend: around thirty

Ensemble parts will double.
For further information Please contact:
-- 
Keith B. Nagy
Asst. Professor/Managing Director of Theatre
216-397-4308 (O)
216-397-1759 (F)
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