Open Auditions Held for Topdog/Underdog
Champaign-Urbana - Open auditions have been announced for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Jason McCain.
Rm. 255, Armory Bldg.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
6-8 p.m.
Roles for 2 African-American Males, ages 20-50
Readings from the script will be available at the audition. Members of the community, Parkland College and U of I students with or without prior acting experience are welcome to audition for this darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity.
Performances: February 16-March 4
Station Theatre, Urbana.
Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the way we are defined by history. The play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two brothers whose names were given to them as a joke, foretelling a lifetime of sibling rivalry and resentment. Haunted by the past, the brothers are forced to confront the shattering reality of their future.
Jason McCain is an Instructor of Theatre and Film at Parkland College. He holds an M.F.A in Theatre-Performance from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA, and has performed in several regional and local plays throughout Florida, California and the Midwest.
Questions? Contact Jason McCain at jmccain@parkland.edu