[NEohioPAL] Insurrection AUDITIONS this Sun, Dec 15 at convergence-continuum

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	CONVERGENCE-CONTINUUM HOLDING AUDITIONS THIS SUN, DEC 15 

	_INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY_ BY ROBERT O’HARA, 

	DIRECTED BY INDIA NICOLE BURTON

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

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	_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
or 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 travelled 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 and run Thurs-Sat through Aug 1
(11 performances). Rehearsals are expected to start mid-to-late May. 
Actors in the production will receive a stipend.  

	 


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