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<b>Schenectady Civic Players<br>12 South Church Street, Schenectady,
NY 12305<br>www.civicplayers.org<br><br>Open auditions for . . .<br>Bruce
Norris’<br>Clybourne Park<br>Directed by Chris Foster<br><br>--
Tuesday, March 1, and Thursday, March 3 –<br>(Performance dates
– May 6 through 20)<br><br>At 7:30 pm at Schenectady Civic
Players, 12 S. Church St., Schenectady. Sign-up beginning at 7 pm.
Roles for 4 men and 3 women. (Caucasian and African American)<br><br>________________________________________<br>STORY:
This funny and fiercely provocative play about race, real estate, and
the volatile values of each won nearly every honor the theater has to
give, including the Tony Award for Best Play, Olivier Award, the
Evening Standard Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Clybourne Park explodes
in two outrageous acts set 50 years apart. Act One takes place in
1959, as nervous community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a
home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the
present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood
battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.<br><br>Characters:<br><br>Russ/Dan:
Male, ages 47-57, Caucasian.<br>•Russ is a father, husband, homeowner
in 1959–has lost his son to suicide after the Korean War and has sold
his home site unseen to a family that turns out to be black (the
Youngers from “A Raisin in the Sun”). He’s fed up with his neighbors
and his neighborhood and just wants to move away.<br>•Dan is a
Handyman/Contractor in 2009–working for a young white couple who has
purchased the home and plans to tear it down and rebuild.<br>•<br>Bev/Kathy:
Female, ages 45-55, Caucasian<br>•Bev is a mother/wife/homeowner in
1959–has lost her son to suicide, but does not understand her
husband’s reaction and tries to get him help by calling in their
minister. She wants things to be pleasant and people to get along.<br>•Kathy
is a lawyer in 2009; she is helping the new homeowners negotiate a
petition brought against them by the homeowners’ association
concerning planned renovations for their home.<br>•<br>Francine/Lena:
Female, ages 33-40, African American<br>•Francine is Russ and Bev’s
housekeeper in 1959, who puts up with Bev’s unwitting condescension
and then is unwillingly pulled into a debate concerning the
neighborhood and the possible change of its demographic.<br>•Lena is a
woman in 2009, determined to preserve her neighborhood’s historical
legacy and wary of the new homeowners’ planned renovations.<br>•<br>Jim/Tom/Kenneth:
Male, ages 26-29, Caucasian<br>•Jim is the local pastor in 1959,
called by Bev to counsel Russ and asked by the homeowners’ association
to convince Russ and Bev not to sell their home to a black family.<br>•Tom
is a representative of the neighborhood association in 2009 that has
filed a petition arguing for preserving the historical look of the
community.<br>•capcaca<br>Albert/Kevin: Male, ages 33-40,
African American<br>•Albert is married to Francine in 1959, helpful
man, trying to keep himself and his wife out of the neighborhood’s
argument.<br>•Kevin is Lena’s husband in 2009, defending his wife’s
desire to preserve the neighborhood.</b><br>•<br><b>Betsy/Lindsey:
Female, ages 27-35, Caucasian<br>•Betsy is Karl’s pregnant, deaf wife
in 1959. Becomes lost in the conversation as it turns more volatile.<br>•Lindsey
is Steve’s pregnant wife in 2009. Hearing. Fighting to understand why
the community is against her renovations and to convince them
otherwise.<br>•<br>Karl/Steve: Male, ages 30-40, Caucasian<br>•Karl
is a man in 1959 determined to preserve his neighborhood and property
value by trying to stop the sale of the home to a black family.<br>•Steve
is married to Lindsey in 2009. The new homeowner who wants to renovate
his new house to a larger scale than the historical single-family-home
model.<br></b><br>
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