"Chicken & Biscuits" Audition for the Theater
The theatre play "Chicken & Biscuits" is looking for actors. See the details listed below. About the project: Can rivaling sisters Baneatta and Beverly bury their father without killing each other? This proves difficult when Beverly shows up to the chapel with her "blessings" on display. Meanwhile, Baneatta's son brings his neurotic Jewish boyfriend along, knowing Baneatta disapproves, and Beverly's nosy daughter keeps asking questions no one wants to answer. Baneatta's pastor husband tried to mediate the family drama, but when a shocking family secret reveals itself at the altar, the two sisters are faced with a truth that could either heal or break them. Additional info: Callbacks: Saturday, 10/12 @ 10 AM. Auditions will include cold readings from the script. Be prepared to provide all scheduling conflicts between 10/14/24 and 2/2/25. REHEARSAL + PERFORMANCE DATES: Rehearsals are Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. All technical rehearsals and performances are mandatory. First read-through date: Monday 10/14 @ 7 pm Rehearsals begin: on Wednesday 10/16 @ 7 pm Tech rehearsals: Saturday 1/4/25 to Wednesday 1/15/25. Performances will be 1/17/25 through 2/2/25 (Fridays @ 8 PM, Saturdays @ 8 PM, and Sundays @ 3 PM). Brush-up rehearsals: Wednesday evenings; 1/22/25 and 1/29/25. If interested, please apply.
7 roles
An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She is overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways.
Baneatta's faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He's the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love with a side of corny dad jokes.
Baneatta and Reginald's youngest child. He's proudly queer, but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day he just wants to be loved.
Kenny's neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of 4 years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan's weed pen is his crutch for tough times.
Baneatta's younger sister. The "fun aunt" who is always in a push-up bra. But don't mistake her vibrance for incompetence. She is a savage, "classy," not so boujee, but definitely rachet when necessary.
Kenny's older sister and Baneatta's favorite. She followed the "right path." Though pulled, she can be shady. While fierce on the exterior, Simone is internally wounded from a recent failed engagement.
Baneatta and Beverly's half-sister through an affair. She didn't know her father, but has come to his funeral to gather more details on him. She's sweet, vulnerable and collected.
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