[NEohioPAL] MAY 23rd and MAY 24th AUDITIONS for the play "Neighbors" at Convergence Continuum

[Phillia Thomas via NEohioPAL]

Auditions for the dangerous "Neighbors"" by Obie Winner/MacArthur Genius
Brandon Jacob-Jenkins at Convergence-Continuum on May 23rd & 24th.



NEIGHBORS
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
directed by Terrence Spivey

July 7 - July 29


NEIGHBORS by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon, Appropriate) is in parts
minstrel show, family drama and tragic farce as it takes racial rage
head-on in our supposedly "post-racial" world with shocking, savage humor.
This outrageously provocative and controversial play will be directed by
Terrence Spivey (dir. of last year's con-con production of Bootycandy)


Audition Dates: Tuesday, May 23rd 7pm-9:30pm/Wednesday, May 24th 7pm-9:30pm

Rehearsal Start Date: May 30th (5 to 6 days a week). Please prepare a two
minute monologue, an upbeat song and be ready to improvise and move.

Please Research Before Coming To Audition.


Location:  The Liminis,  2438 Scranton Road


Characters Breakdown

Richard, thirty-nine, father, black

Jean, thirty-nine, mother, white

Melody, fifteen, daughter, biracial


Mammy, mother, in blackface

Zip Coon, uncle, in blackface

Sambo, oldest, in blackface

Jim, middle, in blackface

Topsy, youngest, in blackface


Setting: a distorted present.
Note: the ethnicity and/or gender of the actors playing the

Crows is not specified.


"…audacious, fitfully stunning…Jacobs-Jenkins invents a theatrical conceit
sure to baffle and enrage…it's exciting to hear a new voice that is by
turns silly and profound." —Time Out NY. "Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins has
talent…effective comic writing…daring conceit." —NY Times. "Part
deconstructed minstrel show, part family drama and a sharp retelling of
Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis, Jacobs-Jenkins' tragic farce has more energy
and ideas than half a dozen anodyne 'issue' plays…Jacobs-Jenkins knows that
rage plays best as savage humor, and he takes us to excruciatingly awkward
places—and then leaves us to fend for ourselves…Messy, bold, desperately
funny, and deeply felt: NEIGHBORS is worth getting to know." —LA Times.


If you have questions please
Call 216- 687-0774 <(216)%20687-0774>
Email info at convergence-continuum.org
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