AUDITIONS
AUDITION INFORMATION FOR
AUGUST WILSON’S FENCES
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by August Wilson.
SYNOPSIS:
A former African American League baseball player struggles to co-exist with the racial trauma he still carries from his time in the league. When his frustrations lead to a series of tragic choices, his relationships with his wife and son suffer the consequences. Set in the 1950s, Fences is the sixth installment in The American Century Cycle, a series of ten plays by August Wilson that trace the Black experience through 20th century America.
SHOW DATES:
March 7, 8, 14, 15 @ 7:30pm / March 9, 16 @ 2:00pm
AUDITIONS:
January 10, 2025 6:00pm-8:30pm
January 11, 2025 12:00pm-3:00pm
Auditions held at Theatre Albany - 514 Pine Avenue
PREPARE:
One of the monologues from the show found HERE
CALLBACKS (if needed):
January 12th, 2025 (Tentative) 2:00pm-4:30pm
REHEARSALS:
Begin January 20, 2025 6:30pm
FULL REHEARSAL SCHEDULE available HERE
QUESTIONS?
Email: professortavaris@gmail.com
GUEST DIRECTED BY: TA’VARIS WILSON
Character Breakdown:
Troy Maxson – African American, 40-60s, Father, husband, former Negro League Baseball player.
Jim Bono – African American, 40 – 60’s, Troy’s friend
Rose – African American, 40’s – 60’s,
Troy’s wife
Lyons – African American, 20’s – 30’s, Troy’s oldest son by a previous marriage.
Gabriel – African American, 30’s- 50’s, Troy’s bother that suffers from a WW2 brain injury
Cory – African American, 18 – 25,
Troy and Rose’s son.
Raynell – African American, 7-10,
Troy’s daughter