EXPIRES: April 12, 2025
Paid Performers Needed for Upcoming Production
Description
The company is holding auditions for “Shades of A Colored Girl: The Difference Between You & I” show and looking for performers, please see the details below.
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED.
Rate:
Paid.
Additional info:
Location: Online–Zoom
Time: 10:00am. – 1:00 p.m. -Please note all auditions will be given a specific time within this window
Production Dates: June 20th 21st @ 7pm
Production Location: Oakland, CA
When applying, please include headshot and resume.
7 Project roles
Adana
Female, Male.
20
-40.
African-American, White / Caucasian.
Light Skin. Very light skin female that could possibly pass for white.
Shaped by her racial ambiguity, self-awareness, and her mother's influence. She experiences privilege in certain spaces while also feeling alienated from her own community.
Application deadline closed.
Hanifa
20
-40.
Dark skin. Shaped by both her intelligence and her unwavering sense of self-worth. She refuses to be overlooked, underestimated, or silenced. She understands power dynamics and knows when to push, when to listen, and when to strike.
Application deadline closed.
Halima
30
-50.
Carmel/Fair complexion. Multiple roles. 1990s- Pragmatic yet deeply nurturing woman, shaped by the harsh realities of how Black womenespecially dark-skinned womenare treated in society. Runs a boarding house in the 1920s for young black women escaping Jim Crow laws and seeking new opportunities.
Application deadline closed.
Issa
20
-40.
Multiple roles. 1990s- Sister to Hanifa who benefits from their mothers favoritism due to her lighter skin. 1960s- SNCC member who is passionate, and deeply aware of racial injustice. A potential dancer in the 1920s in a black owned nightclub. A maid in 1875 who has a flashback of slavery while on the job.
Application deadline closed.
Zuri
20
-40.
Light Skin. Multiple roles. Carries the essence of Black resilience, culture, and struggle across different historical eras. Each role reflects a unique facet of the Black experiencea young rebel of the '90s, an activist of the '60s, and bartender of a black owned night club in the '20s.
Application deadline closed.
Amari
20
-40.
Brown Skin. Multiple roles. Principal of a high school in the 90s catching teenagers in a troublesome situation. Right hand man of a club owner in the 1920s who is looking for his time to shine. He has loyalty, but he also has ambition.
Application deadline closed.
Sarah
20
-50.
She is a disruptor, someone whose actions, even if not malicious, cause irreversible consequences. She is a symbol of historys repeating cyclesthroughout the eras she embodies the ever-present challenges of racial dynamics in America.
Application deadline closed.
