FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL:
casting AT freedomtrainproductions dot org

AUDITION: Freedom Train Productions

Date, Time, & Location:
Wednesday, June 25th, 610pm to 9pm @ Audre Lorde Project,
85 South Oxford Street in Brooklyn
Thursday, June 26th, 610pm to 9pm @ Ripley Grier Studios,
520 8th Avenue (16th Floor) in Manhattan

More Information & How To Request Audition:
Freedom Train Productions, a political theatre company
and member of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York,
seeks actors and actresses for an upcoming stage reading series.
All plays will be featured at Fire! New Play Festival in August 2008.
Last year over 500 audience members, including
50 theatre producers caught Fire!
More infomation at Freedom Train Productions.

For more audition information
email address listed above.

- All performances are Actors’ Equity Association
sanctioned and AEA Actors are encouraged to audition.

Play Synopsis & Character Breakdowns:
delta dandi
by Sharon Bridgforth
Born and reborn in Congo Square, New Orleans,
delta dandi is a conjure woman whose music heals.
delta dandi, the performance, is a reimagined
sacred concert in the tradition that Duke Ellington
and Mary Lou Williams innovated.

delta dandi Casting:
(1) Black Male Singer/Actor
(1) Black Female Singer/Actor
Multiple Chorus roles
*Everyone will need to be able to sing gospel,
blues, have a sense of jazz, and interest
in working in non-linear theatre forms.
**Indicate on your resume if you speak multiple languages.
***Indicate on your resume if you are a tap dancer.

when last we flew
by Harrison Rivers
Set in small town Kansas, when last we flew asks the question
– how black can you be if you are surrounded by white people?
In his writing, Harrison seeks to tell stories which in
other contexts are often misunderstood, tuned out,
or dismissed as mere noise.

when last we flew casting: 7 total actors, 4 men, 3 women
(1) PAUL, 17, black boy — motivated and bookish,
the kind of kid who graduates early from high school.
On the verge of major self-discovery
(1) NATALIE, 16, black girl — brilliant,
quick-witted and bold, NATALIE breaks it down, then pays the price
(1) IAN, 17, white boy — eager
and slightly awkward, unsure how to express affection
(1) FRESH, 18, black boy — urban,
not much of a talker, sexy in a way that most high school boys are not
(1) ELLEN MCLAUGHLIN/ANGEL,
40s, white woman (or man in drag)
Fierce, not your average guardian angel/fairy godmother
(1) MARIAN, 40s, black woman, PAUL’S mother — broken
and unsure how to put herself back together
(1) PRISCILLA, 40s, black woman, NATALIE’S mother — Just
like her daughter, which causes continual strife
(1) FORD, 40s, PAUL’S father, any race — The kind of man
who’s always asking for another chance to do the right thing
(1) MAN, any race
(1) PRINCI-PAL, any race
*Ideally, MARIAN and PRISCILLA
will be played by the same actress
The actor playing FORD should also play MAN and PRINCI-PAL
**ALL ACTORS WILL ALSO PLAY OTHER SMALL
UNNAMED CHARACTERS/OFFSTAGE VOICES

Submerged From All Sides…
by Aurin Squire
In Aurin Squire’s new play, he uses laughter to call out
just how uptight our society is about sex. Can change happen?
After Submerged from All Sides…,
your hurtin’ stomach just might have the answer.

Submerged From All Sides casting:
(1) Black male 20s to 30s
(1) Black male 30-40s
(1) Black female 20-30s
(1) Mixed race female or White female 30s

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