UMass Theater is looking for performers who are interested in creating a new work that explores how the artistic and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora can restore balance in contemporary society. We are creating a multiracial and multicultural ensemble of folks who love theater, storytelling, music, poetry, and movement and encourage all local performers to audition to be part of Many Patterns, One Cloth!
AUDITION INFORMATION
MANY PATTERNS, ONE CLOTH
Directed by Professor Iya Judyie Al-Bilali, dramaturgy by Dr. Priscilla Maria Page
AUDITIONS: Feb. 13 and 14, 6-10
Callbacks are Feb. 15 & 16, 6-10 p.m.
Bromery Center for the Arts, Room 204/203
Rehearsals start Feb. 21, and performances run March 30, 31, and April 1
This multi-faceted performance piece draws its inspiration across time and place to explore how the artistic and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora can restore balance in contemporary society. Utilizing Jazz Aesthetics, as defined by Omi Osun/Joni L. Jones and others, Professors Al-Bilali and Page, are building a creative team that will meld storytelling, poetry, music, and dance as a spiritual offering to Oshun and the divine feminine.
How to Prepare:
We are seeking a multiracial/multicultural ensemble for this piece that will include storytelling, music, poetry, and movement related to Afro-diasporic cultural expression. Members of this ensemble will have skills in the following areas: improvisation, physical theater, music, movement/dance, and singing. An understanding of devised theater and an openness to collaborative process are welcome. Please come prepared with a 1-2 minute monologue that best shows us who you are. Actors will be asked to improvise and to move at the auditions.
You do not need to be a theater major to audition!
More information about UMass Theater auditions is on our website Audition page: https://www.umass.edu/theater/auditions