Actors Needed for "Alabama Story" Play Audition
The "Alabama Story" play seeks male & female talent. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: As the Civil Rights movement is brewing, a controversial children’s book about a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit stirs the passions of a segregationist State Senator and a no-nonsense State Librarian in 1959 Montgomery, Alabama. A contrasting story of childhood friends — an African American man and a woman of white privilege, reunited in adulthood — provides private counterpoint to the public events swirling in the state capital. Political foes, star-crossed lovers, and one feisty children’s author inhabit the same page in a Deep South of the imagination that brims with humor, heartbreak, and hope. Additional info: When registering, please indicate which night you will be auditioning, along with all roles for which you would like to be considered. Please provide a schedule of conflicts from October 9, 2024 – February 1, 2025. Please be aware that performance conflicts may preclude you being cast. If cast in the show, you will be asked to show proof of vaccination for COVID. Actors cast will also be asked to get a Flu shot. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Sunday matinees at 2pm. Call times are usually 1 hour before curtain. When applying, please send your resume, headshot, and reel.
9 roles
White writer and illustrator from the East Coast. Frisky, sardonic, dry, funny, deadly serious and omnipresent, when practical. Requires a charismatic chameleon actor with range and gravitas. ***In this production, the actor portraying Garth Williams may or may not also assume the roles of: aged, sickly Alabama
A white woman from small-town Alabama privilege. Genteel Alabama accent. Politically unversed, she is the product of (and enjoys the benefits of) a racist system and has not questioned it. Sheltered, ashamed, loyal, religious, garrulous, charming, unhappily married, sentimental, all facade, ready to blossom.
Upwardly mobile, middle-class African American man who left Alabama years ago, settling in the north after serving in the Army. Purposely subtle and suppressed Alabama accent, which becomes pronounced when agitated. He is politically active, aspirational, loyal, kind, worldly, happily married, slow to boil, susceptible to nostalgia without getting lost in it, a disciple of Dr. King.
A white Alabama State Senator. Pronounced Alabama accent. He is an active racist, a charmer, a bully, a bull, a poisoner, a politician. Most of what he says is rhetorical or performative. Not as smart as he thinks he is, but influential. He is never sorry. An extrovert.
A white female librarian, the State Librarian of Alabama, born in North Carolina and raised in Indiana. No Southern accent. She has no sense of humor. She does not suffer fools, she is all-business. When cornered, fallible. When her vulnerability is accessed and her heart unlocked, a person of good character is revealed. An introvert.
A white male reference librarian, Emily’s assistant. Pronounced Alabama accent. Buttoned-up, genteel, educated, officious, efficient, slightly uncomfortable in his own skin. Neutral and objective when conveying information. The kind of man you want as your colleague, or your son.
White male Alabama State Representative. Pronounced Southern accent. Aged, sickly, irritable, avuncular, wise.
White male Montgomery newspaper reporter. Sincere, fair, liberal-leaning. Pronounced Southern accent.
Fiery segregationist columnist from the Deep South. Pronounced Southern accent.
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