11/17/2021
Casting volunteer actors for "How Black Mothers Say I Love You."
All persons applying to audition or be part of the crew must have proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
Synopsis:
Claudette still can’t forgive her mother, Daphne, for leaving. For six years of her childhood, Claudette and her sister Valerie were left with their grandmother while their mother moved from Jamaica to Canada to start a new chapter for her family. But in that time, Daphne remarried and had another daughter.
Now Montreal-based Claudette is in her late thirties, visiting her dying mother in Toronto, but that doesn’t stop her anger and abandonment issues from bubbling up. It doesn’t stop Daphne from voicing her opinions on how Claudette lives her life, either. With Daphne, Claudette, and Valerie all under one roof again, each family member is forced to confront their emotions while there’s still time.
This play deals with family, LGBTQ issues, and death.
Roles: 4 Black women
Daphne: Female, 54
fifty-four-year-old former domestic worker from Jamaica; she has terminal cancer; she is a very religious woman; she’s known for being a bit
dramatic and loves to tell a good story; however, she is also a very private and proud woman; she has refused treatment and is relying on God to heal her now.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Claudette, Female, 37
thirty-seven years old, a social worker and a social activist; she is Daphne’s eldest daughter; she’s a pretty tomboy type who often wears a white T-shirt and a pair of jeans, occasionally she wears red lipstick; she is gay, which is not accepted by her mother, and has been living in another city and has not been home for several years.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Valerie: Female, 35
thirty-five years old, married into money, but “works” at her husband’s office; she is Daphne’s middle daughter; she is pretty and tends to be a bit stiff and proper; she values tradition and the proper way of doing things; she tends to dress like Michelle Obama; she is the peacemaker of the family, and thus often has a nervous energy about her.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Cleo: Female, 18+
8+ to play teens to early 20s; strong movement/dance and vocal skills; Daphne’s youngest child; she is “dead"; yet her spirit remains a constant presence in the house; Cloe is seen mainly by Daphne but felt by everyone. Cloe died when she was ten years old from sickle-cell anemia; role is often onstage, but Cloe is a ghost and will need to be able to sing.
Ethnicity: Black / African Descent
Rehearsals will begin Monday January 24th, 2022, and run Monday – Thursday evenings, with Saturday rehearsals if needed.
Performance will be the evenings of Friday March 4, 2022 and Saturday Match 5th at 8pm with a matinee performance at 2pm on Saturday March 5th.
Resurrection Casting call for volunteer Actors on Saturday December 4th, 2021, from 2:30 pm until 5pm
All persons applying to audition or be part of the crew must have proof of Covid-19 vaccination. Proof must be brought with you to the audition.
