[NEohioPAL] AUDITIONS Dec 15 for 'Insurrection' at convergence-continuum

[convergence-continuum]

	CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM HOLDING AUDITIONS SUN, DEC 15 FOR

	_INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY
_ BY ROBERT O’HARA, 

	DIRECTED BY INDIA NICOLE BURTON

	_ _ 

	_INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY _IS A DARK COMEDY THAT IS PROVOCATIVE,
WITTY AND OUTRAGEOUS BY THE AUTHOR OF 
_BOOTYCANDY, BARBECUE 
_AND 
_Antebellum._

	____ 

	_Insurrection 
_has been described as 
_The Wizard of Oz_ meets 
_Roots_. As Ron struggles to finish his dissertation on Nat Turner’s
rebellion,TJ (Ron’s 189-year-old great-great grandfather) takes Ron
on a journey back in time to 1831, the year Nat Turner led his
infamous rebellion in South Hampton County, Virginia.  Mutha Wit
accompanies them on this mystical journey as she translates for TJ,
who can neither speak nor move anything but his left eye and the
middle toe of his right foot. When they arrive in the deep, deep, dark
South, the characters take on one of the most appalling times in
history. They see outrageous incidents unfold and come to realizations
that may or may not satisfy them on why they traveled back in time in
the first place. 
_Insurrection _is a work unafraid to utterly confound most traditional
narrative assumptions, and in a surreal version of history also
manages to address contemporary police violence against
African-Americans, to explore who has the right to tell whose story,
to look critically at attitudes toward sexuality, gender and
intolerance, and to explore how different generations adhere to
different rules.

	Available roles.  Note that some actors play multiple characters.

	(The roles of Ron and Mutha Wit have already been cast.)

	Gertha / Clerk wife / Mistress Mo’tel: Black Female between ages
35-50

	Octavia / Katie Lynn:
                         Black Female between
the ages of 21-30

	Nat Turner / Ova Seea Jones:           Black Male between
the ages of 30-40

	Clerk Son / Izzie Mae:                       
Black Female between 18-30  
*Character has a nude scene

	Reporter/ Cop /Clerk Husband/ Buck Naked/ Detective:   White Male
between the ages of 25-40

	Hammet:
                                           
Black Male between the ages of 21-35

	T.J:
                                                    
Black Male between the age of 25-35

	Equity contracts are not available for this production.

	Auditions will be held at convergence-continuum’s Liminis Theater,
2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland 44113, SUN, DEC 15, 3-7 PM.  Actors
should prepare two contemporary contrasting monologues and come
prepared to cold read.

	The production will open Fri, July 10, 2020 and run Thurs-Sat through
Aug 1 (11 performances). Rehearsals are expected to start mid-to-late
May.  Actors in the production will receive stipends.  

	 


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