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7:30pm Sunday in the Park with George - in concert
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7:30pm Sunday in the Park with George - in concert
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7pm Tut, Tut!
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7pm Auditions: Clue on Stage
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Chicken and Biscuits
Audition Date: Rescheduled to THURSDAY JANUARY 9 - starting at 7 p.m.
Callbacks: TBA
First rehearsal: Sunday, Jan. 19
Show Dates: March 7 - 16
Casting: 5 women, 3 men
This is an ensemble cast of predominantly African American characters, including a juvenile female character (15), and one white Jewish young adult male.
Director: Darren Canady
Stage Manager: Amanda Viehweg
About the show:
Can rivaling sisters Baneatta and Beverly bury their father without killing each other? This proves difficult when Beverly shows up to the chapel with her “blessings” on display. Meanwhile, Baneatta’s son brings his neurotic Jewish boyfriend along, knowing Baneatta disapproves, and Beverly’s nosy daughter keeps asking questions no one wants to answer. Baneatta’s pastor husband tries to mediate the family drama, but when a shocking family secret reveals itself at the pulpit, the two sisters are faced with a truth that could either heal or break them.
Character Descriptions
BANEATTA MABRY-An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She's overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways. Late 40s-mid 50s, African American.
REGINALD MABRY-Baneatta's faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He's the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love with a side of corny dad jokes. 50s, African American.
KENNY MABRY-Baneatta and Reginald's youngest child. He's proudly queer, but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day he just wants to be loved. Mid-late 20s, African American.
LOGAN LEIBOWITZ-Kenny's neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of four years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan's weed pen is his crutch for tough times. Mid-late 20s, white.
BEVERLY JENKINS-Baneatta's younger sister. The "fun aunt" who's always in a push-up bra. But don't mistake her vibrance for
incompetence. She's a savage, "classy;' not so boujee, but definitely ratchet when necessary. Early 40s-50s, African American.
LA'TRICE FRANKLIN-Beverly's daughter. She's nosy, loud, and in everyone's business but her own. When not on her phone, she shows
love-but in her own Gen Z way. Sarcasm is her love language. 15, African American.
SIMONE MABRY-Kenny's older sister and Baneatta's favorite. She followed the "right path:' Though pulled, she can be shady. While
fierce on the exterior, Simone is internally wounded from a recent failed engagement. 30s, African American.
BRIANNA JENKINS-Baneatta and Beverly's half sister through an affair. She didn't know her father, but has come to his funeral to gather more details on him. She's sweet, vulnerable, and collected. Early 40s-50s, African American.