Acting in Atlanta
Kudzu Playhouse is desperately trying to move into their new space. This is the third play that was supposed to Open in the new location. The delays have been, as far as I know, issues out of Kudzu’s hands.
So we are not opening this weekend. Hopefully next weekend.
Relativity Theatre Concern in Association with Aurora Theatre will be presenting Iron Moon, a world premiere by Gabriel Dean. This will be the inaugural production in the Aurora Theatre’s new blackbox, The Discovery Point Studio Theatre. The play will be directed by Jessie Dean. Rehearsals begin on or around July 11, 2007. Rehearsals will be during evening hours M-F and during the day on weekends, unless actor schedules accommodate daytime rehearsals during the week. Show runs August 16 – September 8 (TH-SAT) at 8pm, two Sunday Matinees, August 26 and September 2 at 2:30pm.
We will be holding auditions this coming Friday, July 6, 2007 beginning at 4pm at the new Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville. All roles are paid. Some roles have already been cast. Roles available are listed below:
Jim Freeman (LEAD): (40’s-50’s) Caucasian male, looking for equity/non-equity actor. He longs for innocence and feeling which he has forgotten—his lost boyhood. Has fought an internal battle his entire life regarding his emotional ideals for himself. This struggle makes him appear inactive to others around him. Is trapped in the portrait of manhood society has taught him. Sensitive and sensible. Sometimes he possesses the articulation of a poet.
Blondie Shoemaker (SUPPORTING): African-American male, looking for non-equity actor. 30s-40s. Scrawny with graying hair. Leafy’s (Jim’s wife) lover. In touch with the ghost world. His actions are slow and deliberate. Highly aware of convention.
Eller Freeman: (SUPPORTING): Caucasian female, late teens, early twenties, looking for non-equity actor. Leafy and Jim’s oldest daughter. Like her father, she longs to maintain innocence until she realizes that it is merely a veil of ignorance.
Annie Freeman (SUPPORTING-CHILD ACTOR): Caucasian female 6-14, looking for non-equity actor. Middle daughter of Leafy and Jim. Talks to no one but Eller. Strangely fond of Leafy.
Linda: (SUPPORTING) African-American female, Mid 20s- mid 30s. An unmarried black mother working a dead-end job.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Iron Moon tells the story of the unraveling of a Southern family on one extraordinary night in the 1930’s. Based on the true life story of the grandmother of playwright Gabriel Dean, Iron Moon weaves together a beautiful and poetic story of people’s complicated relationships with God and ultimately of how we justify our own twisted redemption.
To schedule an audition or request a copy of the script, please contact the Stage Manager, Daniel Green at danigree@hotmail.com or 404-583-4058. Please indicate which role you you are auditioning for.
I had planned on going to audition at Blackwell Theatre for To Kill a Mockingbird, but after looking at mapquest, it was over an hour drive from there to home with good traffic, so never mind.
Just got home from doing an audition for County Seat Players, The Philadelphia Story. I don’t think it went well. There were about 20 people at the audition, which apparently was very good for them, but at some point, the director and assistant director stopped asking me to read.
So driving home, I was thinking about what one director in the past said about me was that I had a “sing-song” voice. I wonder if I just read poorly and don’t realize it. I suppose I should ask around with the people I have acted with or auditioned for. Maybe find some information on voice modulation or something.
The Metropolitan Atlanta Theatre Awards’ 2008 Season is underway. Kudzu Playhouse has submitted two plays for review. One of them is Breaking Legs. Looking over the award categories, I think BEST ACTOR IN A MINOR SUPPORTING ROLE, PLAY is what I would be looking at in the individual categories. That would be cool.
We have a great cast and I would hope we could get BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY.
Take a look at MATs website for more details.
Blackwell Playhouse will hold auditions on Monday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. We will be casting 8 men and 6 women ages 20-70, 2 boys ages 8-13 and 1 girl 7-9 years old. Show dates for To Kill a Mockingbird are August 31 through September 29 (Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m.)