August 28, 1955…50 years ago… Emmett Till was brutally murdered. June 2, 2005…The F.B.I. reopens the case. The Face of Emmett Till is a true-to-life dramatization of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager who, while visiting relatives in Money, Miss., in August 1955, was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two white men who claimed they wanted to teach him a lesson for "allegedly" whistling at a local white woman.

 

The horror and the brutality of this crime were magnified even more when his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the fateful decision to invite the media to the funeral where she had an open casket. The shocking pictures were published by the American black press and were later republished around the world. The ramifications of this act are still being felt today.

 

As retold for the first time within a creative, nonfictional genre by Mamie Till-Mobley, the play chronicles this tragedy, its aftermath, and her heroic crusade for justice. The year 2005 commemorates the 50th anniversary of this incident, which has rightfully been called "the hate crime that changed America" and in fact sparked the Civil Rights movement; two months after the death of Emmett Till, Rosa Parks stood up against Jim Crow and helped spearhead the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott. She has often cited the tragic death of Emmett Till as one of a myriad of reasons she refused to give her seat to a white passenger.

King Productions is still casting to fill the following roles:

 

Emmett Till -  An African-American actor who can play early teens. 

 

Moses Wright - African American , Great uncle of Mamie and Emmett. mid 60's

 

John Whitten - Caucasian, defense attorney for Milam & Bryant. Early 40's

 

JW Milam - Caucasian, Stepbrother of Roy Bryant, early 40's

 

Auditions Wednesday October 24th, 2018

The African American Cultural Center. 

912 E 11th Street

Austin, TX 78702.

 

Please submit resume and headshot to kingproductionsatx@gmail.com to setup and auditions.