Open Call for Staged Reading "An' Push da Wind Down"
The UPenn Equity in Action Visiting Scholars Program is thrilled to announce open auditions for a Staged Reading of Lisa Sharon Harper's award-winning play, An Push da Wind Down. About the Play Set in rural Georgia from 1828 to 1838, An' Push da Wind Down follows a self-emancipated girl as she heads north in search of freedom with nothing but a roll of cloth napkins with letters written on them by her dead mother. On her way, Nellie is taken in and cared for a Cherokee family . Ultimately, the key to everyone’s freedom is found in the writing on the napkins. Rehearsals 11/5, 6-9p; 11/7, 9a-2p Performance 11/11, 5:30-8:30
8 roles
10*, Self-emancipated (Black/White) female
12*, Cherokee male
Nellie’s mother
10-20 yr old. Cherokee female
30-40 yrs old, Rosahana’s Cherokee father
30-40 yrs old, Rosahana’s mother
8-18 yrs old, Cherokee male
Enslaved woman, owned by the Barrett Family
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