MainStreet Musicals Austin Festival: AFTER THE FAIR, TILL and WOODY
by MainStreet Musical Festival in Austin

Oct. 07 - Oct. 15 (2016)

 

MainStreet Musicals Austin Festival Casting Call: After the Fair, Till, and Woody

All Contracts: Equity Membership Code Project with IRS donation receipt, EMC points available

All shows will be performed as concert readings (workshop productions with music) and will have up to ten rehearsals prior to Austin’s Festival November 18-20, 2016. 

 Produced by Ann Pittman Zárate in cooperation with Actors Equity, HBMG Foundation, RKJB Entertainment, Trinity Street Players, and the Vortex. 

To Audition: email MSMAustinFestival@gmail.com by October 15. List your name, playable age range, vocal range, and all parts/shows you are interested in auditioning for. Attach a PDF of your headshot and resume.

Ethnicity Specific:

  1. Mamie Till (Emmett’s Mother) - 30s-40s, black, straight

  2. Emmett Till (“Bo”) - playable age 14 years old, black

  3. Alma Till (Mamie’s Mother, Emmett’s Grandmother, aka “Mamoo,” Matriarch), black, 40s-60s

  4. Mose (Mamie’s Uncle, Alma’s Brother-in-law, aka “Preacher”), black, 50s-80s

  5. Wheeler (Emmett’s first cousin once removed, Emmett’s best friend), black, playable age: teenager

  6. Maurice (Mose’s eldest son) black, teens/early twenties

  7. Simeon (Mose’s youngest son) black, playable age: pre-teen/teen,

  8. Thelma (Mose’s daughter) / (Triple cast as LIZZY and WOMAN), black, early twenties

  9. Carolyn Bryant (Wife to Roy Bryant and owner of a country store), white, 21 years old

  10. Juanita Milam (Carolyn’s sister-in-law), white, 20s-30s

  11. Samuel Johnson (Store Customer), black, any age

  12. Roy Bryant (Husband to Carolyn and owner of a country store), white, twenties

  13. Reverend Davis (Pastor of Emmett’s Church), black, any age

  14. Gene Mobley (Mamie’s suitor), black, 30s-50s, straight male

Color-blind casting:

  1. Woody – 29 years old, gay, male, virtual world app designer (modern day)

  2. Anna - early 20s, female, illiterate housemaid, (Victorian, rural England)

  3. Charles - 20s-30s, male, London barrister (Victorian, rural England)

  4. Brian – 27 years old, male, gay, arborist (modern day)

 

    1. Betty Blue / Reverend Betty Blue – Age unknown - A famous drag queen and mother (modern day)

    2. Marty – Female, C.F.O., any age (modern day)

    3. Sharon Sweeley – female, C.E.O., any age, straight (modern day)

    4. Carmela – female, 46 year old, Italian psychic (modern day)

    5. Dinah - female, 36 years old, Secretary (modern day)

    6. Doctor Gumm – any gender, 40-52 years old (modern day)

    7. ten Sopranos

    8. ten Altos

    9. ten Tenors

    10. ten Basses


After the Fair

by Matthew Ward and Stephen Cole

• Performance: Nov. 18th, 7:30 pm at Trinity Street Players

• Director: Manuel Zarate

• Music Director: Adam Roberts

• Precast: Ann Pittman (Austin) and Tim Jerome (New York City)

 

 

Till: A Musical

by Leo Schwartz and DC Cathro

• Performance: Nov. 19th, 7:30pm at Trinity Street Players

• Director: Robert King Jr.

• Music Director: Nikki Birdsong

• Precast: Vincent Hooper (Chicago)

 

 

Woody: a New Fairy Tale

by John Carden and Nolan Doran

• Performance: Nov. 20th, 2pm, at the Vortex

• Director: TBD

• Music Director: David Blackburn