[NEohioPAL] AUDITIONS: MAAFA at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Wednesday June 5th @6PM

[Charles Gilpin]

> AUDITIONS: “MAAFA”
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>  Written and Directed by Terrence Spivey
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> When:  Wednesday, June 5th @ 6pm-9pm
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> Call Backs: Saturday, June 8th 10am-1pm
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> Where: The historical Olivet Institutional Baptist Church
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>              8712 Quincy Avenue
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>  Cleveland, OH 44106
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> Show Dates: February 14-15, 2020 Black History Month (3 Performances. The
> play is part of a week long conference and exhibition on the Transatlantic
> Slave Trade leading up to the opening night performance.
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> Rehearsals:
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> November 25-December 14, 2019 (3 Week Preparation Workshops). The
> workshops will be 3-4 days a week,
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> January 6-February 7, 2020 (Rehearsal Start Date)
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> January 8-13, 2020 (Tech Rehearsal)
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> *Pay Is Provided For This Production
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> TEAM
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> Terrence Spivey, Writer/Director
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> Musical Supervisor, Damon Dandridge
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> Stage Manager, Geri Harris
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> Costumes: Barbara Bennett & Harold Crawford
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Sound Design, Calvin Lane
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> The Play
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> MAAFA is a mystical, theatrical commemorating epic drama with music. The
> original version “The MAAFA Suite” A Healing Journey,  first premiered in 1995
> at St. Paul Community Baptist Church in New York City. Spivey’s version,
> like the New York production, will span elements in World History that
> African Americans refer to as the MAAFA. His version shifting from past
> to present setting will take place in Honey Island, an unincorporated
> community in small timber town, Kountze, Texas. MAAFA is a Ki-Swahili
> word that means great tragedy, calamity, disaster, and refers to the Middle
> Passage or Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Through drama, song, rhythm, and
> dance, MAAFA tells a story of Africans confronted with the arrival of
> white slavers, the voyage of Africans to America, and the complex
> circumstances under which enslaved Africans were oppressed to present day.
> The play has spawn over fifty churches with their own versions throughout
> the country to commemorate this historical and significant moment for the
> past twenty-four years. St. Paul will be celebrating its
> twenty-fifth anniversary this Fall 2019. Cleveland's historical Olivet
> Institutional Baptist Church under the guidance of Rev. Jawanza Karriem
> Colvin along with Mr. Spivey will present this epic production in February
> 2020.
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> Actors/Singers
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> Noomo, African-American male 20’s to 30’) An African spirit dancer who
> glides between the past and present. Must be advance in dance.
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> African Mothers; African-American, 30s-40’s (3-5 actors)
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> Village Elders African-American male and female actors/singers, 50’s-60’s
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> Initiates: African-American females, 20’s actors/singers, Very attractive,
> must move well for African celebration (3-5 actors)
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> Two Slave Catchers: White Males, 20’s – 50’s
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> Two Slave Drivers: Two White Males, 20’-50’s
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> Massa James: White Male, 40’s-60’s
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> Honey Bourgeois – Rich slave owner, Compassionate, White Female, 30-40’s
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> Dangerous Mattie- Fast and defiant, daughter of a Slave Owner late 20’s,
> early 30’s
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> Willie Lynch: The Trouble Maker
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> Trebel Cliff- African American- 30s-40’s
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> Estabon- African American, 40s-50’s
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> Zeke Treadwell- Homeless man with powers to shape shift, African American,
> 30s-40s
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> Charlie Treadwell- Great grand father to Estabon. He is the root of
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> Nia Mann African-American Female, part of the Treadwell Family tree, ages
> 7-9. Very intelligent and inquisitive
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> Shante Mann-Nia’s older sister, supports her sister but very independent,
> caught into Hip Hop. Part of the Treadwell tree. Female age 12-14
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> Marcus Mann- Nia and Shante’s father, disconnected with his ancestral
> history. Zeke is his long lost uncle.
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> Nigg- Constantly in and out of incarceration, he is feared in town, walks
> the street at night, African American, 30s-40s.
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> ENSEMBLE for Africa, Slave Plantations Setting: Supporting parts for Men,
> Women  and children.
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> ALL Actors-Please prepare a two minute dramatic monologue. Be prepared to
> move.
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> ALL Singer/Actors-  Please prepare a monologue and a spiritual or gospel
> song. Be prepared to move.
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> DANCERS- Seeking African-American male/females with experience in
> Modern/African dance.
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> THE DIRECTOR/PLAYWRIGHT
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> TERRENCE SPIVEY BIO
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> Former artistic director at Karamu House is a member of The HistoryMakers,
> a 2018 Alan Schneider Directors Award nominee, 2017 Best Director and 2005
> Best Theatre Honcho by Cleveland Scene. He was given a proclamation in 2010
> by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson for his artistic contributions locally and
> nationally. He garnered multiple awards at Karamu and the historical
> institution was given Repertory Company of the Year in 2013 by AUDELCO in
> NYC. He directed plays such as Dream on Monkey Mountain (2006 Best Stage
> Production), The Blacks: A Clown Show (2008 Best Drama) and Joe Turner’s
> Come and Gone to name a few. Since leaving Karamu, Lady Day at Emerson's
> Bar and Grill (2018 Chandelier Best Drama-Akron) Boodycandy (2016 Top 10
> Plays-Cleveland Plain Dealer) and the nationally acclaimed Objectively/Reasonable.:
> A Community Response to the Shooting of Tamir Rice, 11/22/14 at
> Playwrights Local which appeared on Michel Martin’s NPR Going There.
> Spivey has worked at numerous theatres as director locally and nationally
> as actor/director; Lincoln Center, Cherry Lane Theatre, Black Girl Ensemble
> (NYC).  He has a B.A. in Theatre from Prairie View A & M University. He was
> keynote speaker for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology in
> 2015. Has served on the board for the Community Partnership for Arts and
> Culture and a member of the National Theatre Conference. He is currently
> board member for AUDELCO, NYC.
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> Spivey has been featured in numerous media coverages such as Ebony,
> Backstage,Artists and Influence and the PBS documentary Karamu: 100 Years
> in the House. He is the founding director for Powerful Long Ladder.
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> MUSICAL SUPERVISOR
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> Damon H. Dandridge was recently hired as Minister of Worship & Arts at
> Cleveland's Olivet Institutional Baptist Church. He was the Director of
> Choral Activities at Cheyney University. He holds the Master of Music
> degree in Choral Conducting from The Florida State University and the
> Bachelor of Music Education degree in Choral Music/Voice from South
> Carolina State University with additional studies at Boston University.
> Prof. Dandridge has had the esteemed pleasure of working with some of the
> most influential African-American composers of our time including Dr.
> Brazeal W. Dennard, Dr. Roland M. Carter, Dr. André J. Thomas, and the late
> Mr. Moses G. Hogan. As an artist, Dandridge's choral arrangements have been
> met with worldwide acclaim. From across the United States to Korea,
> Australia, and Italy, his pieces have been featured at various all-state
> festivals and international festivals. Prof. Dandridge is a past-winner of
> the National Association of Negro Musician's Brantley Choral Arranging
> competition.
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> For further information, please contact pllecompany2.0 at gmail.com. You may
> also send head shots in advance before auditions to the email address.
> Please DO NOT CONTACT THE CHURCH.
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