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Sign up to audition for the SLU Theatre & Dance production of Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN, directed by Kathryn Bentley. Performances are October 3-5, 2024 at The Grandel.These auditions are open to the public! Casting for all roles.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO AUDITION?
1. Sign up! Link below.
2. Learn a contemporary monologue or poem of 1-2 minutes!
3. Show up! If you don't know a monologue, choose one at the auditions (we will bring some)!
4. Perform your monologue for the director!
WHAT ROLES CAN I AUDITION FOR?
Lena Younger (Female, Black): Called Mama, a retired domestic and the matriarch of the Younger family. In her early sixties, she is a religious, optimistic, and proud black woman. Recently widowed, she speaks of her departed husband with love and presents him as a role model for other family members to emulate.
Walter Lee Younger (Male, Black): A chauffeur and Lena's son, still living at home in Mama's crowded apartment. He is an intense thirty-five-year-old black man. Walter believes wealth to be the answer to his feelings of desperation and hopelessness as a slum resident and employee in a dead-end job.
Ruth Younger (Female, Black): A domestic and Walter's wife. Thirty years old and in the first few months of pregnancy, she is a practical woman who, like Lena, cares deeply for the welfare of her family. The circumstances of her life have taken their toll: Her beauty has faded, and her spirit is almost completely broken.
Beneatha (Bennie) Younger (Female, Black): A college student and Lena's daughter. At the age of twenty, she is an attractive woman who, because of her education, speaks better English than do the other family members. She is an atheist, opinionated, and, at times, self-centered.
Travis Willard Younger (Male, Black): Walter and Ruth's son. A handsome ten-year-old boy, he seems content with his life and enjoys the attention of the other family members.
Joseph Asagai (ah-sah-GI) (Male, Black): A Nigerian student and one of Beneatha's two suitors. He is handsome, articulate, compassionate, and sophisticated.
George Murchison (Male, Black): A college student, an unlikely suitor for Beneatha because of his conservative beliefs, middle-class sensibilities, and disrespect for his African heritage.
Karl Lindner (Male, White): A middle-aged white man representing a homeowner's association in the suburbs where Lena has purchased a home.
Bobo (Male, Black): A friend of Walter Lee who is to become one of the three partners in the liquor store.
Moving Men (Two–Male, Black)
Kathryn Bentley is an associate professor of theater performance, and artistic director of Southern Illinois University’s Black Theatre Workshop. A theater professional with extensive experience as an actor, director and teaching artist, she holds a MFA in Theater Directing. She is a 2002 St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Community Arts Institute Fellow, is a National Conference for Community and Justice Diversity Facilitrainer and a recipient of the the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship. As a director, Bentley spearheads collaborations and devised work.
For more information and to sign up, visit
https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/slu-theatre-auditions/home
Can't make the audition date? Consider submitting a video audition! Please include an introduction with your name, major, classification, any acting experience including classes, and say if you are familiar with the play. Email your video audition to [email protected] by Sunday, April 21 at 5:00 pm.
“A Raisin in the Sun” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St Louis Univ-Xavier Hall, 3733 W Pine Mall Blvd, St Louis, MO 63108, United States,St. Louis, Missouri