Talent Wanted for "Stick Fly" Production
The company is holding auditions for "Stick Fly" and looking for actors, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: The affluent, African-American LeVay family is gathering at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time. Kent’s fiancée, Taylor, an academic whose absent father was a prominent author, struggles to fit into the LeVay’s upper-crust lifestyle. Kimber, on the other hand, is a self-described WASP who works with inner-city school children and fits in more easily with the family. Joining these two couples are the demanding LeVay patriarch, Joe, and Cheryl, the daughter of the family’s longtime housekeeper as the two newcomers butt heads over issues of race and privilege, longstanding family tensions bubble under the surface and reach a boiling point when secrets are revealed. Additional info: Callbacks: August 11th Start at 12 PM Please prepare a one to two-minute monologue of your choice, either comedic or dramatic. Directors will also have sides available for those who do not have a monologue to perform. Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, and Sundays at 3:00 PM. Performances will run from October 11th to October 26th, 2024. Tech rehearsal will take place from Friday, October 4th to Thursday, October 10th Tech rehearsal is mandatory. Please apply if interested.
6 roles
Youngest son of the LeVay family; has grown up with an artistic disposition in a family of doctors and lawyers
Daughter from an earlier marriage of renowned, recently deceased, public intellectual, James Bradley Scott; was raised by a single mother college professor
The daughter of the family maid; pretty, bright, always well-intentioned; has always had a crush on Flip
Oldest son of LeVay family; the “golden boy” who, with some compromises, has fallen in line with his father’s expectations; an incorrigible ladies man
LeVay patriarch; a well-intentioned man, who rules his family with a firm, loving hand; has always had a way with women
Is an intelligent woman with a quick wit and sincere warmth; her social status matches that of the LeVays, with of course, the undeniable privilege of whiteness - of this she is aware, and on some level appalled