AUDITIONS
BY BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS
DIRECTED BY JEANNÉ WYNNE HERRING
DATES:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, FROM 2 - 4PM AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, FROM 6:30 - 8PM
AUDITIONS WILL CONSIST OF READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT.
PLEASE SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION APPOINTMENT AND THE SCRIPTS WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU BETWEEN NOV. 10 & 13.
SCRIPTS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE AUDITIONS AND CALLBACKS.
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ABOUT THE SHOW
PURPOSE CENTERS ON A PROMINENT BLACK FAMILY, WEIGHED DOWN BY THEIR LEGACY AND THE PROFOUND EXPECTATIONS THAT COME WITH HAVING A PATRIARCH REVERED AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ICON.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
NOTE: AGE RANGES LISTED NEED NOT BE THE ACTORS’ AGES. WE ARE LOOKING FOR ACTORS WHO CAN CONVINCINGLY PORTRAY THE AGES LISTED.
SOLOMON "SONNY" JASPER SR.
ROLE: PATRIARCH | AGE: 70-80
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
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CLAUDINE JASPER
ROLE: MATRIARCH | AGE: 70-80
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE
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SOLOMON "JUNIOR" JASPER JR.
ROLE: OLDEST SON | AGE: 45–55
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
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NAZARETH "NAZ" JASPER
ROLE: YOUNGEST SON | AGE: 40-50
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE
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MORGAN JASPER
ROLE: WIFE OF SOLOMON, JR. | AGE: 45–55
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE
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AZIZA HOUSTON
ROLE: FRIEND OF NAZARETH | AGE: 30-35
DESCRIPTION: AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE
MANOA VALLEY THEATRE IS COMMITTED TO A POLICY OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY, OR RELIGION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT CASTING POLICIES OR FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT ROB DUVAL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. TO EMAIL ROB CLICK HERE.
