<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">CASTING NOTICE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">The Orchard Project, an incubator for new work based this June in Saratoga Springs, is seeking actors to join a workshop reading of Eric Falkenstein’s MOMENTS WITH MLK, directed by Stephen McKinley Henderson (Between Riverside and Crazy, Jitney). The workshop will involve table work between June 10-14, with hours likely 10-6 but staggered calls.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Actors can be AEA or not; stipend, regardless, is $150.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Available and interested actors should email pictures, resumes and link to any video to <a href="mailto:casting@exchangenyc.org" class="">casting@exchangenyc.org</a></span></p><div class="">For more information about the Orchard Project, visit <a href="http://www.orchardproject.com/" class="">www.orchardproject.com</a> or <a href="http://www.exchangenyc.org/" class="">www.exchangenyc.org</a>.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">SEEKING:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, African American, 50s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">E.D. NIXON - leading organizer from Montgomery for decades. Blue collar, uncompromising, unvarnished. 50s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Rev. Fred SHUTTLESWORTH – Baptist minister and leading black leader organizer from Birmingham. An SCLC board member. Undeniably committed and fearless in to a degree some see as bravado even reckless with regard to his own safety. 40s.</span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">CROWD/CROWD MEMBER.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, African American, 20-30s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Fred RUFUS – Montgomery lawyer and organizer; young, serious and driven. 20s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">JULIAN - Morehouse student, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Charismatic, principled, thoughtful. Newscaster accent, 20s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">ANDREW YOUNG - smart, imperious Executive Director of SCLC; shields MK when </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">possible. 30s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">STUDENT 2.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, Caucasian, 40-50s, plays:</p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Stanley LEVISON - New York lawyer-businessman who becomes a reliable, selfless advisor to MK. Among the few MK trusts completely. White, northern accent. 50s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">RFK (Robert Francis Kennedy) – John F. Kennedy’s brother and campaign director; future U.S. Attorney General. Yearns to do the right thing but balances hard-nosed pragmatic and political considerations. A shy nature contrasts with a sharp temper. White, Boston accent, 30s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Police Commissioner SELLERS – direct, abrasive, white male, 40s.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, Caucasian, 30s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Harris WOFFORD – Washington lawyer devoted to Gandhism and civil rights; trusted liaison between Kennedy campaign/administration and SCLC. Drily witty, self-deprecating. White, northern accent. 30s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Rev. GRAETZ – white pastor of an African-American church. Committed supporter of </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">the boycott. 20s-30s</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">BULL CONNOR, GUARD 3 and HOODLUM 3.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, African American, 40-50s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Bernard LEE – student insider with both SCLC as well as He becomes MK’s dutiful body man/travelling aide. 20s. Actor also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">JOHN LEWIS – Baptist seminary student in Nashville; highly trained in nonviolence; </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">sit-in leader; founding member and early chairman of SNCC; Freedom Rider. Innocent, quiet, brave and incorruptibly principled. Never hesitates to put his safety in jeopardy for the cause. Speaks slowly, simply, softly and earnestly. Early 20s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">MAN 2.</span> </li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">ACTRESS, African American, 20-30’s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Diane NASH - Nashville student protest leader. Highly trained in nonviolence. Shows a brave face in public but is otherwise shy except when her fiercely-held principles are at stake. Early 20s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Rosa PARKS – seemingly meek but quietly self-assured and socially aware seamstress; </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">catalyst for bus boycott. 30s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">WOMAN and NURSE 1.</span> </li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">ACTRESS, African American, 20-40’s, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">James FARMER - head of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Conceiver of the Freedom Rides. Prone to self-aggrandizing, blustery talk. Northern accent, 40s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">LONNIE - student leader of Atlanta sit-ins. 20s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">SOLEMN REVEREND – highly revered elder statesman minister of Montgomery. 60s.</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">BLACK FRIEND, WILKINS (v/o), DOCTOR 2 and CROWD/CROWD MEMBER.</span> </li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, Causasian, 40’s-ish, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">MAYOR of Montgomery - outwardly charming. White, 30s-50s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">COP 2, WHITE ACCUSER (northern accent), POLICEMAN, GUARD 2, JUDGE, VANDIVER, Voice of JFK (Boston accent), TROOPER FLOYD.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal">MALE ACTOR, Causasian, 40’s-ish, plays:<o:p class=""></o:p></p><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">BUS COMPANY LAWYER – White male, 30s-50s. Also plays:</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">WHITE MAN, GUARD 1, COP 1, WHITE FRIEND, CITY LAWYER, DOCTOR 1, REPORTER 1, HOODLUM 1, SARGENT SHRIVER, BURKE (northern accent), GUARDSMAN 1, STUDENT 1, STUDENT ANNOUNCER.</span> </li></ul>
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