CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR Showin’ Up Black
Written by Jeanne Madison
Directed by Jimmie Woody
LOOKING TO CAST THE FOLLOWING ROLEs:
CLAIRE HOPEGOODE: Affluent, elegant, African American, early 50s, member and Cotillion Ball Chair of the elite African American sorority, Gamma Zeta Epsilon. Married to Louis since college.
LOUIS HOPEGOODE: Affluent, elegant, African American, early 50s, attorney and partner in the prestigious law firm Minor Gray and Carter, married to Claire since college.
EVVIE HOPEGOODE: African American, 17-year-old debutante, senior at Boston Preparatory Academy, an exclusive boarding school affiliated with Boston University, and daughter of Claire and Louis Hopegoode.
MARIE DEADWYLER: Affluent, elegant, African American, early 50s, Claire’s friend, neighbor, and sorority sister.
KWAN RICHARDSON: African American, 19 years old, sophomore at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and grassroots organizer from The Points, a fictional low-income neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, the “hood.”
*Accepting auditions from any equity & non-equity actors