[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.
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> NEIGHBORS
> by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
> directed by Terrence Spivey
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> July 7 - July 29
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> 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)
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> Audition Dates: Tuesday, May 23rd 7pm-9:30pm/Wednesday, May 24th
7pm-9:30pm
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> 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.
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> Please Research Before Coming To Audition.
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> Location:  The Liminis,  2438 Scranton Road
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> Characters Breakdown
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> Richard, thirty-nine, father, black
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> Jean, thirty-nine, mother, white
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> Melody, fifteen, daughter, biracial
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> Mammy, mother, in blackface
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> Zip Coon, uncle, in blackface
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> Sambo, oldest, in blackface
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> Jim, middle, in blackface
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> Topsy, youngest, in blackface
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> Setting: a distorted present.
> Note: the ethnicity and/or gender of the actors playing the
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> Crows is not specified.
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> "…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.
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> If you have questions please
> Call 216- 687-0774
> Email info at convergence-continuum.org
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