Auditions for the dangerous "Neighbors"" by Obie Winner/MacArthur Genius Brandon Jacob-Jenkins at Convergence-Continuum on May 23rd & 24th.
NEIGHBORS by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins directed by Terrence Spivey
July 7 - July 29
NEIGHBORS by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon, Appropriate) is in parts minstrel show, family drama and tragic farce as it takes racial rage head-on in our supposedly "post-racial" world with shocking, savage humor. This outrageously provocative and controversial play will be directed by Terrence Spivey (dir. of last year's con-con production of Bootycandy)
Audition Dates: Tuesday, May 23rd 7pm-9:30pm/Wednesday, May 24th 7pm-9:30pm
Rehearsal Start Date: May 30th (5 to 6 days a week). Please prepare a two minute monologue, an upbeat song and be ready to improvise and move.
Please Research Before Coming To Audition.
Location: The Liminis, 2438 Scranton Road
Characters Breakdown
Richard, thirty-nine, father, black
Jean, thirty-nine, mother, white
Melody, fifteen, daughter, biracial
Mammy, mother, in blackface
Zip Coon, uncle, in blackface
Sambo, oldest, in blackface
Jim, middle, in blackface
Topsy, youngest, in blackface
Setting: a distorted present. Note: the ethnicity and/or gender of the actors playing the
Crows is not specified.
"…audacious, fitfully stunning…Jacobs-Jenkins invents a theatrical conceit sure to baffle and enrage…it's exciting to hear a new voice that is by turns silly and profound." —Time Out NY. "Mr. Jacobs-Jenkins has talent…effective comic writing…daring conceit." —NY Times. "Part deconstructed minstrel show, part family drama and a sharp retelling of Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis, Jacobs-Jenkins' tragic farce has more energy and ideas than half a dozen anodyne 'issue' plays…Jacobs-Jenkins knows that rage plays best as savage humor, and he takes us to excruciatingly awkward places—and then leaves us to fend for ourselves…Messy, bold, desperately funny, and deeply felt: NEIGHBORS is worth getting to know." —LA Times.
If you have questions please Call 216- 687-0774 Email info@convergence-continuum.org