<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv9391177635"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923373722_2781"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923373722_2780"><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2963"><b style="line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2964"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2965">To: </span><span style="line-height:28px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2966"><font size="4" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2967">Actors, Directors, Producers, Theatre & Artistic Directors, etc . . . .</font></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2968"><b style="line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2969"><span style="line-height:28px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2970"><font size="4" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2971"> Please feel free to forward / refer other actors for consideration.</font></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2968"><b style="line-height:19.2px;"><span style="line-height:28px;color:black;"><font size="4"><br></font></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2972"><b style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2973"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2974">Need Actors for Reading </span></b><br id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2975"></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;line-height:19.2px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2976"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2977"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2978"> Auditions - Mon. 8/22, 6:00 P </span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2979"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2980"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2981"> “Emporer of Lincoln Street</span></b><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2982"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2983">,” by Richard Asbury</span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2984"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2985"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2986"><font size="4" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2987">Reading in mid- late September</font></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2988"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2989"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2990"><font size="4" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2991">Limited Rehearsals</font></span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2992"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2993"> </span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2988"><b style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="color:black;"><br></span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2994"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2995"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2996"><font size="4" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2997">WHO: </font><span style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2998"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_2999">Richard Asbury, emerging local playwright, wants to see his project develop into being produced </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3000">and performed as a fully staged production.</span><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3001"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3002"> </span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3003"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3004"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3005">WHAT: </b>Auditions for upcoming</span><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3006"> reading of his 2-Act drama, to refine and develop its concept, characters,</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3007"> content, and format.</span><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3008"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3009"> </span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3010"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3011"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3012">WHEN: Monday, August, August 22, 2016. 6:00 P.</span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3013"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3014"> </span></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3015"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3016"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3017">WHERE: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3018">Shaker Hts. Location, TBD.(Van Aken Blvd) </span><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3019"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3015"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3020"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3021"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3022">THE STORY LINE: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3023"> </span>A drama in 2 acts that highlights a successful, upper-middle class, African American family in 1968. Set in the fictitious city of Jefferson in 1968. The play addresses the issues of sibling rivalry, race in the African American community (at that time), homosexuality, and the price of success.</div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3024">The main character, NAPPY, is a "self made man" who is tough on his family and demands respect from all that cross his path. He is conflicted with the changes he sees in his community and his family's desire to leave his oppressive control and find their own lives. He loves them but does not know how to communicate that love.<span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3025"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3024"><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3026"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3027"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3028">CASTING: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3029">Seeking actors<b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3030"> </b></span><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3031">who may be considered for portraying the lead and supporting characters, </span></div><div align="center" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3032"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3033"><tbody id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3034"><tr id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3035"><td valign="top" style="margin:0px;padding:0in 9pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3036"><div style="line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3037"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3038">as the play is developed and produced. No need for ongoing commitment at the time of audition,beyond actual reading, mid - late Sept. unless actor expresses interest and availability for further auditions, rehearsals and performances.</span></div><div style="line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3039"><span style="color:black;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3040">This is a non-AEA project. Exemptions from AEA. Small stipend, each actor.</span><span style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3041"> </span></div><div style="line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3039"><span style="color:black;line-height:14.4pt;font-size:12.8px;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3042"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3043"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3044"> CHARACTERS: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3045">(Can portray the characters approximate ages. Certain roles may be double cast for reading, only.)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3046"> </span></div><div style="line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3042"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><br></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3047"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3048"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3049">NAPPY:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3050"> 68, ‘self-made,’ fair-skin African American. Good health, Athletically built. Veteran of WW-1. Veteran of the Harlem Renaissace. Has acquired his wealth solely in the Black community, under de-facto segregation. Stern tough, pragmatic, intolerant of most anything that differs from his point of view. T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3051">ough on his family and demands respect from all that cross his path. He is conflicted with the changes he sees in his community, and his family's desire to leave his oppressive control and find their own lives. He loves them but does not know how to communicate that love.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3052"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:14.4pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3047"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3053"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3054"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3055">MENA:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3056"> 49, African American. Brown skin, half sister of Nappy. Raised by Nappy, with her twin brother Leo. Mena is warm, motherly, artistically talented. Peace-maker in the business and family. She wants to leave the family businesses.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3053"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3057"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3058"> </span><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3059"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3060">LEO:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3061"> 49, MENA’s twin. Stiff, tightly wound. Deeply closeted homosexual. A wiz with numbers and anything mechanical. Hates NAPPY for his controlling nature, and fact that Nappy has tried to "beat the Sissy" out of him since he was teenager. Wants to leave the family businesses.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3062"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3057"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3063"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3064"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3065">CUE STICK:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3066"> 32, former college football player. NAPPY's Aide de Camp. Born and raised in Jefferson. Street-wise hustler. NAPPY's confidant and surrogate son. Helps Nappy run his illegal operations with the the "numbers" racket and does "favors" for the local mob occasionally. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3067"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3063"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3068"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3069"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3070">JEANETTA:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3071"> 45-50, Jamaican American. Medium toned skin. NAPPY's lover. Local bank manager. NAPPY’S "tough-love" interest. Stylish, with an "effervescent elegance" in her walk and manner. Knows NAPPY is a sea urchin, prickly, on the outside but luscious and sweet on the inside.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3072"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3073"><b id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3074"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3075">SCHYLER/NARRATOR:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3076"> 35-40, African American woman, reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier. Polished, professional, ambitious.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3073"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3077"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3078"> </span><b style="font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3079"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3080">OTTO: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3081">30-40, Caucasian, Leo’s lover, former U.S. Marine. Macho, deeply closeted homosexual. Dispatcher and warehouse manager for one of NAPPY’s factories in Jefferson. Met Leo through business dealings. Found that they both have an affinity for electronics and technology. Wants Leo to run away to San Francisco with him so that they can life their life openly. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3082"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3083"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3084">Please submit headshot and resume to <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:wakeupandlives@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3085">wakeupandlives@gmail.com</a>. Must be submitted by <u id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3086">Fri. August 5.</u></span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3087"> </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3088"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3089"><br id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3090"></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3091"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3092">Sue Johnson</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3093"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3094">Director</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;" dir="ltr" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3095"><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv9391177635yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469923309654_3096">Wake Up And Live’s Actor Studio</span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>