Talent Sought for "Kudzu 2012" Play Reading
Casting Non-AEA actors for "Kudzu 2012" Play Reading. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Play Synopsis: KUDZU 2012 is a screwball tragedy that highlights how tech-driven gentrification devastates working-class Black families. All the hipster obsessions and excesses get dragged and dragged hard—kombucha and ka le, tiny housing, horrible food substitutes, cosplaying, obnoxious wearable technology, etc. But behind the laughs is a hard look at the dynamics and values displacing Black people from their homes. Rate: $200 Additional info: Proof of Vaccination required. Rehearsal dates: Date/Time (zoom) 3 hours Tues Nov 1, 4:30-7:30pm Date/Time (zoom / In-person) 3 hours Thurs Nov 10, 4-7 pm (West Oakland) participants will need to test self in advance. Date/Time (In-person) Dress rehearsal Sunday, November 13, 2022 (10 am). Reading performance & time: Call time for actors: 10 am 2pm Sunday, November 13, 2022; call @ 10am Please note: All actors, except for the ones playing Angela Warfield and Melbert Warfield Sr will play other roles in addition to the one listed. When applying, please include your headshot/resume/and any video clips of your work. Deadline for submission: Monday October 10th, 2022 5PM
5 roles
(LEAD): New hire at upscale EcoGrocer, one of the neighborhood’s more artsy/quirky moms who is inching toward menopause and reckoning with that.
(LEAD): Oakland native, community activist with ties to City Hall, older, semi-disabled, retired union man, mild-tempered, and devoted to his younger, formerly happier wife.
(“June” “Mr. Boo Jangles”) / Pretty Boy Twin: (LEAD) (must be able to play a youth 16-20): Teen son, mischievous, girl-crazy turf dancer, barista hopeful who’s beginning to notice that society is putting him at a distance / Earnest security guard at EcoGrocer who’s smitten with Tamika (Angela’s daughter).
(SUPPORT) Trans Woman: New produce manager of EcoGrocer, transitioning transgender woman who isn’t as progressive as she appears.
(“Jolly Cholly Olly”): (SUPPORT) Melbert Sr’s old buddy, neighborhood dude who inherited a large home years ago, has never seemed to have a real job, vinyl record dealer, cagey, selfish, and stubborn in that way doggedly stupid people have.
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