Casting Call for Clybourne Park (a politcal satire)
Location: ST. LOUIS , Missouri
Type: Theater
Encore! Theater Group is casting for our next theatrical production of Clybourne Park. Auditions will be held:
May 16 at 7pm at 6701 Delmar Blvd, University City, MO 63130
What is Clybourne Park?
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp satire about the politics of race. In response to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Bruce Norris set up Clybourne Park as a pair of scenes that bookend Hansberry’s piece.
These two scenes, fifty years apart, are both set in the same modest bungalow on Chicago’s northwest side that features at the center of A Raisin in the Sun. The first scene takes place before and the second scene takes place after the events of A Raisin in the Sun. In 1959, Russ and Bev are moving out to the suburbs after the tragic death of their son. Inadvertently, they have sold their house to the neighborhood’s first black family.
Fifty years later in 2009, the roles are reversed when a young white couple buys the lot in what is now a predominantly black neighborhood, signaling a new wave of gentrification. In both instances, a community showdown takes place, pitting race against real estate with this home as the battleground.
Characters:
Russ / Dan ——— white male
Bev / Kathy ——– white female
Francine / Lena — black female
Jim / Tom ———- white male
Albert / Kevin—— black male
Karl/Steve———- white male
Betsey / Lindsey — white female
Kenneth————- white male
APPLICATION HERE: https://forms.gle/d8YbK2JkbSuDdxTU6
Payment: Paid
City or Location of call: ST. LOUIS , Missouri
Please submit to: encorestrategicmarketing@gmail.com
This casting notice was posted by: Encore! Theater Group
