[Capdist-auditions] FENCES by August Wilson - A Soul Rebel Production

[Jean-Remy Monay]

Good afternoon!

I'd like to post the following auditions notice.

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Soul Rebel Performance Troupe, Inc. is holding auditions for its September
production of  FENCES, by August Wilson.

Auditions dates are:

Saturday June 21, 2014 at 4:00 PM and Monday June 23 at 7:00 PM

Performances will be the weekend of September 19, 2014 and the weekend of
September 26, 2014

Audition will be held at the Soul Rebel home located at 1501 First Ave in
Watervliet across from the library and the Senior Home Center near City
Hall.

Please email Info at soulrebelperformancetroupe.org
<mailto:Info at soulrebelperformancetroupe.org>  for more info and questions
about the auditions or call Jean-Remy Monnay (Remy) at 518-253-2888

 

Characters

Troy Maxson (50-60 years) -  The protagonist of Fences, a fifty-three
year-old, African American man who works for the sanitation department,
lifting garbage into trucks. Troy is also a former baseball star in the
Negro Leagues. Troy's athletic ability diminished before the Major Leagues
accepted blacks. Hard-working, strong and prone to telling compelling,
fanciful stories and twisting the truth, Troy is the family breadwinner and
plays the dominant role in his over thirty-year friendship with fellow
sanitation worker, Jim Bono. Troy's character is the centerpiece that all of
the other relationships in Fences gather around. Troy is husband to Rose,
father to Lyons, Cory, and Raynell, and brother to Gabriel. Troy is a
tragic-hero who has excessive pride for his breadwinning role. Troy's years
of hard-work for only meager progress depress him. Troy often fails to
provide the love and support that would mean the most to his loved ones. 

 

Cory Maxson (17-21) - The teenage son of Troy and Rose Maxson. 

 

Rose Maxson (40-50 years old) - Troy's wife and mother of his second child,
Cory. Rose is a forty-three year-old African American housewife who
volunteers at her church regularly and loves her family. 

 

Gabriel Maxson (30-50 years old) - Troy's brother. Gabriel was a soldier in
the Second World War, during which he received a head injury that required a
metal plate to be surgically implanted into his head. 

 

Jim Bono  -  Troy's best friend of over thirty years.. 

 

Lyons Maxson (20-30 years old) - Troy's son, fathered before Troy's time in
jail with a woman Troy met before Troy became a baseball player and before
he met Rose. Lyons is an ambitious and talented jazz musician. 

 

Raynell Maxson (7 to 10 years old) - Troy's illegitimate child, mothered by
Alberta, his lover. 

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