You are invited to submit a request to audition for the WAM Theatre/NORA co-production of PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Dawn M. Simmons

Deadline to submit: June 12. [Info on how to submit is at the end of this notice]

There will be two audition dates (one in the Berkshires and one in Cambridge).  You only need to attend one.  The Berkshires auditions will be held on Saturday June 15th 1:30-5:30pm at the Foundry, 2 Harris Street in West Stockbridge, MA.  The Cambridge auditions will be held on June 19th 6-10pm at Central Square Theatre (contact Kate Kally for details – kkelly@centralsquaretheater.org).

You should prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary monologue and be prepared to stay to read sides or scenes with other actors.  If you are an Equity member please bring your AEA card with you.  This is an SPT contract. 

Roles

NYA – Black woman, mid-late 30’s. Single mother. Public H.S. Teacher. Trying to raise her teenage son on her own with much difficulty. A good teacher inspiring her students in a stressed environment. A struggling parent doing her damnedest. Strong but burning out. Smoker. Sometimes drinker. Holding together by a thread.

OMARI – Black man, late teens. Smart and astute. Rage without release. Tender and honest at his core. Something profoundly sensitive amidst the anger. Wrestling with his identity between private school education and being from a so-called urban community. Nya’s son.

JASMINE – Black or Latina woman, late teens. Sensitive and tough. A sharp bite, a soft smile. Profoundly aware of herself and her environment. Attends upstate private school but from a so-called urban environment. In touch with the poetry of her own language.

XAVIER – Black man, mid-late 30’s. Single father – struggling to connect to his own son. Marketing exec. Wounded relationship with his ex-wife. Financially stable. Emotionally impoverished. Nya’s ex-husband. Omari’s father.

LAURIE – White woman, 50’s. Pistol of a woman. Teaches in Public High School and can hold her own against the tough students and the stressed environment. Doesn’t bite her tongue. A don’t-fuck-with-me chick. (this will be non-union)

DUN – Black man, early-mid 30’s. Public High School security guard. Fit and optimistic. Charismatic with women. Genuine and thoughtful and trying to be a gentleman in a stressed environment. It’s not easy. 

Rehearsal/Performance dates and locations

Rehearsals for both runs will be in Cambridge.

The WAM Theatre performances, presented in partnership with Multicultural BRIDGE, will run October 24 – November 9, 2019 at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, MA. [www.wamtheatre.com/pipeline/]

The Nora Theatre Company performances will run March 5 – 29, 2020 at Central Square Theater in Cambrige, MA. [www.centralsquaretheater.org/shows/pipeline/]

Present at auditions:

Dawn M. Simmons, Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner, Artistic Director/Nora Theatre, Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director/WAM Theatre, Representative from BRIDGE

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