Audition Notice: Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park Auditions
The Footlight Club is happy to announce upcoming auditions for Clybourne Park, written by Bruce Norris. Audition slots are likely to fill up quickly, so sign up early and reserve your spot! We look forward to seeing you at auditions!
Director: Heather Konar
Producer: Michael Colford
Performance Dates:
Saturday, February 22nd, 8pm
Sunday, February 23rd, 2pm
Friday, February 28th, 8pm
Saturday, February 29th, 8pm
Sunday, March 1st, 2pm
Friday, March 6th, 8pm
Saturday, March 7th, 8pm
Tech Dates (attendance is required): February 16th through opening night, February 22nd.
Location: The Footlight Club, Eliot Hall, 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
Rehearsals: The first rehearsal is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, 1/5/20 at 1pm. Rehearsals will begin that week and will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 - 10 pm and Sundays from 1 - 5 pm. (Exact rehearsal nights subject to change based on cast availability.)
Strike: Mandatory strike is Sunday, March 8th.
AUDITIONS: By appointment only, please sign up here. Please email producer Michael Colford with any questions.
Location: The Footlight Club, Eliot Hall, 7A Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA
Dates: Monday, December 9th or Tuesday, December 10th, at 7-8pm or 8-9pm. Sign up for an hour slot via the link above.
Callbacks: Thursday, December 12th from 7-10 pm.
Audition Requirements:
You will be asked to read sides from the show.
Bring your resume and head shot (does not have to be a professional headshot).
Know your conflicts from December 16 through February 15 to list on the audition sheet. Please be thorough. Some conflicts can be scheduled around if we know about them ahead of time.
We are seeking a deaf actress to play the role of Betsy. An ASL Interpreter will be available on Tuesday, January 10.
Other Audition Info:
Appointment times are start times. Each time slot will accommodate up to twenty (20) auditioners. Please arrive in enough time prior to your appointment time to be ready to begin the process promptly.
Missed appointments or late arrivals will only be accommodated as space and time allows.
Not all roles require callbacks.
Actors needed at callbacks will be notified following each audition (or by 10am the day of callbacks). Actors called back will be given additional sides to work on.
To streamline the registration process, the Producer will email you an audition form. Please bring the completed form with you to auditions.
All actors will be notified of casting results following callbacks.
SHOW SUMMARY:
Clybourne Parkexplodes in two outrageous acts set fifty years apart. Act One takes place in 1959, as white 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.
THE CHARACTERS:
The Footlight Club welcomes and encourages qualified performers of all ages, ethnicities, body types, genders, and abilities to audition. Please feel free to audition for the role you'd most like to play.
Russ (Act I)/ Dan (Act II): Caucasian male, 45-55. In Act I, a middle-management businessman selling his house to escape memories of a family tragedy. In Act II, a friendly but somewhat oblivious construction worker.
Bev (Act I)/ Kathy (Act II): Caucasian female, 40s. Married to Russ, whose brooding is eroding her natural optimism. In Act II, a breezy real estate agent and lawyer.
Francine (Act I)/ Lena (Act II): African-American female, 30s-40s. A stoic and polite domestic worker to Russ and Bev in Act I. In Act II, a no-nonsense professional woman invested in her neighborhood and fiercely opposed to white gentrification.
Albert (Act I)/ Kevin (Act II): African American male, 30s-40s. As husband to Francine in Act I, he is accommodating but a shrewd judge of character. In Act II, an easy-going investment banker married to Lena.
Karl (Act I)/ Steve (Act II): Caucasian male, late 30s-40s. In Act I, a character borrowed from "A Raisin in the Sun" who comes to persuade Russ and Bev not to sell their house to a "colored family." In Act II, a well-educated man, but not exactly a diplomatic one. He's seeking to purchase the home in the now-black neighborhood.
Betsy: Caucasian female, late 20s-30s. Married to Karl and seven months pregnant in Act I. Betsy is deaf but does speak, although her speech is difficult to understand.
Lindsey: Caucasian female, late 20s-30s. A professional woman, also pregnant, who is married to Steve.
Jim (Act I)/ Tom (Act II): Caucasian male, mid-20s-30s. The well-intentioned minister at Russ and Bev's church in Act I. In Act II, a lawyer hired by Kevin and Lena to represent their community association in negotiations with Steve and Lindsey. Tom is smart and good at his job but in a hurry.
Kenneth: Caucasian male, 20s. Russ and Bev's son who has come home after service in the Korean war. Kenneth appears only briefly in a flashback at the end of Act II. He is sometimes played by the actor playing Jim/Tom.