Actors Needed for "Althea and Angela" Play Audition
Playhouse is looking for 2 strong female performers and one strong male to audition for second "Women On the Edge" Black Box Series production of "Althea & Angela". ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See more info below. About the project: Synopsis: In 1955 Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton were world-ranked tennis players...yet no one wanted to partner with them in women’s doubles. In fact, few even wanted to talk with them. Post-War America was still very segregated and the tennis world was still very anti-Semitic. Eight years after Jackie Robinson had broken the color line in major league baseball, the tennis world lagged behind, clinging to its country club roots. So, Althea, a black woman from Harlem, and Angela, a Jewish woman from Liverpool, were outcasts in two nations. So they decided to join forces outside their own country - and what happened then made history. Additional info: Those auditioning should prepare a 30-60 second monologue, highlighting strong character choices. Callbacks will be November 17 at 7 p.m. The show will run February 13-22; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. If you are interested, please apply.
3 roles
A street tough girl from Harlem who would do anything to win. Intermittently she also sings songs from the LP which she recorded after her tennis days. Part 3 finds Althea at age 68.
(Jewish Brit). A cultured girl from Liverpool who would do anything to win. She briefly plays American tennis champion Alice Marble and an announcer. Part 3 finds Angela at aged 61.
Plays tennis officials/scorekeepers from various countries, as well as racist spectators, announcers, members of the press, Angela’s father Harry Buxton, Queen Elizabeth, and Althea’s neighbor.
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