[Capdist-auditions] REMINDER! THEATER VOICES AUDITIONS for A LESSON BEFORE DYING - SUNDAY AND MONDAY 7pm

[Theater Voices]

*AUDITIONS REMINDER!*



*THEATER VOICES will hold early auditions for a staged reading of Romulus
Linney’s A LESSON BEFORE DYING, directed by Carol Charniga.*



*Location*

Steamer No. 10 Theatre, 500 Western Avenue, Albany - corner of West
Lawrence Street.



*Times*

    Sunday January 5 at 7-9pm

    Monday January 6 at 7-pm



*All characters are African American except Sherriff Guidry*



Seeking actors for the following roles:



*Jefferson* – the prisoner, 20’s-30's

*Grant Wiggins* – a schoolteacher and friend, 20’s to 30’s

*Miss Emma* - Jefferson's Godmother, 60’s to 70’s

*Vivian* - Grant's girlfriend and fellow teacher, 20’s to 30’s

*Reverend Ambrose* – a minister, 50’s to 60’s

*Guidry* – The Sheriff, 40’s to 60’s



All characters have Southern or Louisiana accents



Actors will be asked to read scenes from the play.  Please arrive at the
start and be prepared to stay.



*Rehearsals will begin in early April.   *

*Performance dates May 16-18**.*



*Synopsis*:



Set in the Louisiana backwoods in 1948*, A Lesson Before Dying* is the
story of 2 young black men. Jefferson, innocent and awaiting execution,
insists that he will be dragged to the electric chair like the hog he was
compared to at his trial. Grant, a schoolteacher anxious to leave the
South, has a debt of honor to try to help Jefferson approach his death with
dignity. Together both men learn the power of love and compassion,
individual heroism and freedom as a state of mind.



Written by playwright, Romulus Linney, the play is based on Ernest J.
Gaines' celebrated novel about life and justice in pre-civil rights
Louisiana.



contact info at theatervoices.org with questions.

 www.theatervoices.org for more information about Theater Voices.
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