Casting Call for "Love I Awethu Further" Play
Casting performers for "Love I Awethu Further" show. Details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Callie dreams up a plan — slow-grown in tobacco rows, memorized in the body, waiting for the right storm. On the plantation that Mistress Catherine insists is a utopia of women, a constellation gathers around Callie: twin, lover, reader, seer, ancestor. Together, they wrestle with an infinite question — what does it cost to be free? Rate: SPT $885 weekly minimum (SPT 9) through 1/5/27, increasing to $911 weekly minimum. Additional info: Performances: June 1–27, 2027 Auditions by appointment only. Equity actors. The playwright invites a wide range of Black women, non-binary, and genderqueer people. Please prepare two contrasting monologues of your choosing. Total audition should not exceed 3 minutes. Please bring your headshot and resume stapled together. If interested, please apply.
8 roles
Dreams up the plan that drives the play’s revolution. Part of C.A.P. (Callie, Awethu, Portia) who have grown together on this ground.
Opens the play and sets the tempo of its breath; the ensemble’s anchor in the real-time casting model. Speaks the prologue.
Builds the church house in the play’s world. Part of C.A.P.
Part of C.A.P.
Per the playwright: “relative elder, anchor, constant, facilitator and wisdom keeper.” In the alternative rotational casting model offered by the playwright, Cinna remains constant across all performances and acts as the company’s ritual facilitator.
The only character outside the Black ensemble.
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