Auditions Announced for CLYBOURNE PARK at Mariemont Players

Mariemont Players, Inc. is pleased to announce auditions for our September 2024 production of Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, directed by Dan Maloney and produced by Elizabeth Leigh Taylor.

We previously announced that Elizabeth Leigh Taylor would be directing this show, and due to familial and work obligations, she has decided to step down as director but gladly and confidently passes the reigns to Dan Maloney, and looks forward to serving this show as producer.

Audition Dates/Times:

• Sunday, April 21 from 2 PM – 4:30 PM
• Monday, April 22 from 7 PM – 9:30 PM

Auditionees only need to attend one audition date.

Location: Mariemont Players – 4101 Walton Creek Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227

Audition Requirements:

• Head shots and resumes are appreciated, but not required.
• Be prepared to read from the script.
• Actors not available for the audition dates may contact the director before the scheduled auditions at maloneykd@gmail.com.
• Auditionees must be 18 years of age or older at the start of the rehearsal process.

Production Dates: September 5 – 22, 2024

Synopsis: CLYBOURNE PARK explodes in two outrageous acts set fifty years apart. Act One takes place in 1959, as white community leaders anxiously try to stop the sale of a home to a black family. Act Two is set in the same house in the present day, as the now predominantly African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same, fifty years on? This excruciatingly funny and squirm-inducing satire explores the fault line between race and property. Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s play, A RAISIN IN THE SUN.

Casting
Actors will play one character in Act I and a different character in Act II.

• Russ / Dan – late 40’s, white, male
• Bev / Kathy – 40’s, white, female
• Karl / Steve – 30’s, white, male
• Betsy / Lindsey – late 20’s, white, female
• Francine / Lena – 30’s, black, female
• Jim / Tom – late 20’s, white, male
• Albert / Kevin – 30’s, black, male
• Kenneth – white, male

For full character descriptions, visit www.mariemontplayers.com/auditions.

Rehearsal Schedule: Rehearsals will begin at the end of July and scheduled around the cast. Note, Labor Day falls during what is traditionally Tech Week. Tech may be held early depending on availability.