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