Open Call Non-Equity Audition for Current/Former JCU Students and Local Actors "Breath, Boom" by Kia Corthron Saturday, September 10th John Carroll University Kulas Auditorium, 4:30pm-6:30pm. The show runs November 4 - November 12. For the protagonist, Prix, fireworks are an escape from her harsh reality. After growing up in an unlivable home life, she now lives in the streets as a gang member and dreams of launching an incredible fireworks display. The audience gets to know Prix over a 14-year period during which she meets new friends, encounters old ghosts, and bounces in and out of juvenile detention and prison. All the while her head is in the sky, dreaming of fireworks. Character Breakdown: Cast: 7 Females (4 African-American/ 3 other), 1 Male (African-American). There is a span of fourteen years with lead characters-from teens to adults. Prix (Pree) – sixteen, seventeen, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty (African American) Angel: sixteen, thirty (African American) Malika/Socks: around seventeen, around thirty looking considerably older (African American) Comet: eighteen, twenty-six, thirty-two (African American) Jerome: thirties (African American) Prix’s Mother: thirties, fifties 3 Corrections Officers (C.O.S) Cat: fifteen Officer Dray Shondra: teens Fuego: teens Denise: thirties Pepper: sixteen or seventeen (Shirl: sixteen or seventeen Jupiter: fourteen Woman: coming out of the bathroom Jo: around thirty Jo’s Friend: around thirty Ensemble parts will double. For further information Please contact: -- Keith B. Nagy Asst. Professor/Managing Director of Theatre 216-397-4308 (O) 216-397-1759 (F)