ART Seeks Older Teens and Young Adults for Landmark Play, "I Ain't Yo' Uncle!"‏

AUDITION NOTICE

Info Line: 615-329-iAct(4228)
Website: www.theamunratheatre.org

Amun Ra Theatre announces auditions for the upcoming Nashville Premiere of "I Ain't Yo Uncle"by Robert Alexander

AUDITIONS: Saturday, May 2, 2009 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. ART Playhouse, 2508 Clifton Avenue, Nashville, TN 37208. Call Backs will be held Sunday May 3, 2009. To reserve an audition slot, contact ART at 615-329-iACT(4228).

PREPARE: Actors should prepare one (1) dramatic monologue showing their emotional range. Be ready for possible cold reading. Please bring one (1) copy of an acting resume, as well as one (1) 8 x 10 headshot.

SEEKING: Solid, hungry, gifted young actors ranging from 17 years-young adult of african american and caucasian backgrounds for this groundbreaking drama. Selected actors must be committed to all rehearsals and performances.

REHEARSALS: Rehearsals will be held 3-5 evenings per week leading up to the production dates. As production nears opening, weekend rehearsals will be required.

PERFORMANCES: Performances run Thursdays through Sundays in the black box theater of the ART Playhouse.

PAY: There is NO PAY for actors. Amun Ra Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit, performing arts ensemble, seeking serious actors who are ready to immerse themselves in a professional environment with active professional directors and technicians.


CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS:

I AIN'T YO' UNCLE
By Robert Alexander
Rehearsal Start Date: May 5, 2009
Production Dates: June 12-28, 2009

Cast: 5m., 5w. (Multi-racial cast, seeking older teens-young adult)

This play takes Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist novel and spins it on its ear. Old stereotypes get to meet their creator, as Uncle Tom, Topsy and Eliza put Harriet Beecher Stowe on trial for not only perpetuating negative stereotypes but also for failing to "get their story right." In this play these same stereotypes reinvent themselves, while the story gets updated from their own Afrocentric perspective in such a way that it not only retains the story's original power, but also draws sharp parallels on matters of race between yesterday and today. If Uncle Tom's Cabin was the novel that helped start the Civil War, I Ain't Yo' Uncle reminds us that the war for equality in America still continues.

Topsy: female, wild and crazy slave urchin. ability to rap

Uncle Tom: male, darker complexion, man with an image problem

Eliza Harris: female, mulatto slave, young and motherly

George Harris: male, strong, runaway slave

Little Eva: female, cauacasian, dying liberal

Simon Legree: male, caucasian, racist slave owner, must have older look, will play multiple roles

Shelby: male, caucasian, a Kentucky slave owner, will play multiple roles

Phineas: male, caucasian, a reformed character, will play multiple roles

Marie St. Clare: female, caucasian, a New Orleans Belle

Jane: female, a slave



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