Performing Arts - Open Audition Calls
Listed below are the current audition calls for productions presented by The Union for Contemporary Art in our Shirley Tyree Theater. Follow the links below to read to full details on casting needs and how to reserve an audition time.
"Confederates"
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Denise Chapman
SUMMARY OF PLAY:
Two Black American women – an enslaved rebel and a professor at a contemporary university – are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. Tony-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau’s exacting new play explores the reins that racial and gender bias still hold over American educational systems today.
PRODUCTION DETAILS:
Please Note: Staged Reading for National Day of Racial Healing
Production Date: Tuesday, January 16th at 7pm
Rehearsal Dates: January 9th – 14th Evenings
Honorarium: $250
General Auditions: Please reserve a time at the button below.
Saturday, November 4th: 4pm-7pm
Sunday, November 5th: 4pm-7pm
Monday, November 6th: 6:30pm-8:30pm
*Confederates is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com.
"Spunk"
By: George C. Wolfe, adapted for the stage from three short stories by Zora Neale Hurston
Music by: Chic Street Man
Directed by: Denise Chapman
SUMMARY OF PLAY*:
Hurston’s evocative prose and Wolfe’s unique theatrical style blend to create an evening of theatre that celebrates the human spirit’s ability to overcome and endure. Utilizing the blues, choral narrative and dance, the three tales focus on men and women trapped inside the “laughin’ kind of lovin’ kind of hurtin’ kind of pain that comes from being human.” the first of the three tales, Sweat, tells the story of a young washerwoman who is abused and betrayed by her estranged husband, and of her ultimate triumph over him. The second piece, Story In Harlem Slang, is told in 1940s Harlemese. It is the story of two street lotharios trying to outhustle each other and win the favor of - and a meal from - a domestic on her payday afternoon off. The third tale, The Gilded Six Bits, is a bittersweet story of an adoring husband’s betrayal by his loving but innocent wife.
*This is a play with music, all roles are singing roles.
PRODUCTION DETAILS:
Production Dates: February 16, 2024 - March 10, 2024 (Thursday - Sunday, 15 shows)
Rehearsal Dates: Wednesday, January 17th – February 15th 2024 (evenings and daytime weekends)
Honorarium: $2000
General Auditions: Please reserve a time at the button below.
Saturday, November 4th: 4pm-7pm
Sunday, November 5th: 4pm-7pm
Monday, November 6th: 6:30pm-8:30pm
