Upcoming Casting Opportunities
MARYS SEACOLE Auditions
MARYS SEACOLE by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Aiyana Straughn
Performances: Feb. 13, 2025 (preview), Feb. 14 (opening), Feb. 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 (matinee), 26, 27, 28, March 1, March 2 (matinee).
Auditions: Sunday, Nov. 24, 7-10pm, and Monday, Nov. 25, 7-10pm
PLEASE NOTE: If you are unavailable on the audition dates listed, please let us know. We are also accepting video auditions.
Callbacks: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 7-10pm. Additional callback date if needed: Sunday, Dec. 1, 7-10pm
Rehearsals Begin: Wed., Dec. 4, 7-10pm
Rehearsals are scheduled Sundays at either* 1-4pm or 7-10pm (*to be determined with actors’ schedules); and Monday through Thursday evenings from 7-10pm.
Please bring a list of schedule conflicts to your audition.
Show Description:
Based on the real-life Mary Seacole, 19th century Jamaican nurse, adventurer and entrepreneur, MARYS SEACOLE sets sail on a kaleidoscopic voyage across oceans – and centuries.
To Audition:
Please email volunteer@livearts.org with any questions or if you are interested in auditioning and would like to reserve a time slot. We encourage you to read the script before auditioning. Please contact Aldrian Argante (aldrian@livearts.org) and Susan E. Evans (susan@livearts.org) if you need assistance.
This play contains:
– adult language
– depictions of violence
– sensitive subject matter (childbirth, war)
What to Prepare:
Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary dramatic monologue. Director may ask actors to read from sides from MARYS SEACOLE.
NOTE FROM DIRECTOR: Many of these characters speak with accents, Jamaican-American, English, Scottish, etc. For purposes of this audition, please speak in your natural dialect. If you are comfortable with one of the dialects in the play, please let the director know; she may ask you to demonstrate by reading a side.
Character List:
Please note: descriptions are the playwrights’
Our Characters are these women:
MARY
Creole or Black, accent varies: Jamaican-American with touches of patwah. She is many things, but at her core, she keeps finding herself to be a legend, a businesswoman, a fierce and charming striver.
MAY
White, accent varies: American, English. She is many things, but at her core, she keeps finding herself to be an exacting technician, a businesswoman, a woman mother who needs everyone to be better.
MIRIAM
White, accent varies: American, English, Scottish
MERRY
White, accent varies: American, English, Scottish
MAMIE
(pronounced May-mee not Mam-mee)
Black, accent varies: Jamaican-American with touches of patwah.
DUPPY MARY
Black, accent varies: Jamaican-American with touches of patwah.
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Meet Our Production & Volunteer Manager Aldrian Argante!
Looking to get involved, but don’t know where to start? Aldrian Argante will get you signed up for an audition, help you find volunteer resources, or chat about what volunteer opportunities might be a good fit for you.
If you are interested in auditioning this season, reach out to aldrian@livearts.org.
