*Seeking Actors for June Workshop: The Oberlin Wellington Rescue Theater Project* *What:* Paid engagement. Developmental workshop of a new play with playwright Ifa Bayeza, exploring a transformative chapter of the history of the Underground Railroad. Will lead toward a premiere projected for ‘23. ( www.owrproject.org) *When: *Workshop Dates: Sat. June 11 through Friday, June 17. *How to Submit:* Via Email ASAP to Debra Wise, Producing Artistic Director, dwise@undergroundrailwaytheater.org: Headshot/Resume, Paragraph re interest in project, and all availability (day and evening) for the workshop dates. Virtual interview/audition may be requested. *Who: *A cast of 10-15 actors to represent Black and white residents of 1850’s Oberlin/Wellington/Cleveland, ranging in ages 12-80. Actors of all racial, ethnic, and gender identities are invited to submit, and actors with disabilities. Union and non/union. *Questions*: Debra Wise, dwise@undergroundrailwaytheater.org, 617-645-2046 *Representative list *of only a few of the many characters in this play-in-progress: *John Price *escaped from the Bacon plantation in Mason County, KY, crossed the Ohio River and made his way to Cincinnati and eventually to Oberlin – all in spite of the fact that he suffered a malformed leg that turned his foot almost entirely backwards. Black, male, 20’s. *John Copeland, Jr*. attended Oberlin and was a leader of the Rescue, bursting into the Wellington hotel where John Price was held. Accompanied Price to Canada, then went to Harper’s Ferry with John Brown and was later tried and hanged. Black, male, 20’s. *James Harris Fairchild *was the third president of Oberlin College, a committed abolitionist, and professor of theology, philosophy, Latin, Greek, and mathematics. John Price was brought to his house after the Rescue and hidden there. White, male, 40’s. *Mary Fletcher Kellogg Fairchild* was one of the first 4 women to be admitted to Oberlin College, but did not graduate after her father's business failed. While in Louisiana, she held an enslaved woman, whom she later emancipated. She married Fairchild, had 6 children. White, female, 40’s. *Anderson Jennings *spoke with a heavy Kentucky accent, was hired by John Bacon and appointed power of attorney for Bacon to capture John. He was a farmer, ran a livery stable, held 13 enslaved people, carried 2 pistols and a pair of handcuffs. White, male, 40’s. *Seth Bartholomew *was a tinware peddler who considered himself in show business, promoting a new theatrical innovation: the “panorama.” Had a reputation for being a liar. White, male, 30’s. *Delilah Evans. *Came to Oberlin from North Carolina. Her siblings were *Wilson Bruce Evans* (in the Rescue and a carpenter - his house still stands) and *Henry Evans* (also in the Rescue and a carpenter). Became a prominent abolitionist in town. Black, female, 40’s. *Shakespeare Boynton* was the young son of a wealthy Oberlin landholder who was convinced by Jennings to entrap John Price. In this play, he is given a chance to grow. White, male, early teens.