[NEohioPAL] ***CASTING CALL*** BLACK MEN 18-35 Or Does it Explode? SUMMER TOUR 2019

[Ma'Sue Productions]

Or Does It Explode?

Summer Tour 2019

*Audition** Dates: *

January 16th-18th

6:30-8:00pm

*Location: *

Balch Street Theatre

220 S. Balch St.

Akron, Ohio 44302

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*Casting Specifications*


   - (3) BLACK MEN 18-35 NEEDED
   - Must be able to stay the duration of the audition
   - Please resume and headshot
   - Please be aware of any conflicts during time specified

*Time Commitments*


   - Rehearsals will be Wednesday -Saturday beginning in February or March.
   - We will provide a rehearsal schedule upon arrival.
   - The tour will be 10 performances starting in Mid May and ending in
   September
   - These performances will vary in duration, number of actors needed and
   technical arrangements. During this time there will be periodic rehearsals.
   - Flexibility and teamwork will highly and essential valued in the
   process

*About the Project*

Ma’Sue Productions’ original play provides poetic, thought-provoking, and
frequently confrontational language in its journey through the psychic and
social conditions and contradictions of the contemporary Black urban male
experience. Directed by John Dayo Aliya, this show includes dramatic
vignettes utilizing music, poetry, and traditional theatrical forms. The
play relays stories gathered from men ages 16-35 in Akron, Ohio in 2014.
The stories were turned into a play by co-writers John Dayo Aliya and John
Smith. The event was produced by Ma’Sue Productions and sponsored by Center
for Applied Theatre and Active Culture, The W.O.M.B and Stop the Violence
Movement.

Last year Ma’Sue Productions re-mounted a revised version of “Or Does It
Explode?” Due to much acclaim from the community they were awarded a 25,000
matching grant to tour the show to community centers, schools and pop-up
sights throughout the city. The goal is use great art in order to
facilitate conversation around race and identity in the city of Akron.

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*About Ma’Sue Productions*

Ma’Sue Productions is a local Akron company  producing original material
over the past several years  that explores and celebrates the
African-American cultural experience while creating a bridge between
historical and contemporary black voices. The company was founded 2011 by
John Dayo Aliya, India Burton and Thurayya Umbaymake out of  hunger for
more representation in African American original works and performance. The
name Ma’Sue honors the family matriarch of siblings, John Dayo Aliya and
India Burton. To the family her name was Mama, and to the neighborhood, she
was Sue.
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