OLLI PLAYERS, a group that performs at Berkshire Community College, is seeking two African-American actors, a female and a male, for a reading of two short plays on the afternoon of October 19th. Mum Bett’s Minute is about the case that won Mum Bett (Elizabeth Freeman) her freedom in Massachusetts; General Washington’s Property is about the general’s attempt to retrieve his former slave, now free and working for the British.
Yes–slavery did indeed exist!
There are 5-6 daytime rehearsals in late Sept/October at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield. An honorarium will be offered.
Auditions are Sept. 3rd and 5th at the College: 1350 West St., Pittsfield, in Room G12 (next to the library and across from the visitor’s lot on the right just after entering the campus).
For more details, contact Barbara Waldinger barbarawaldinger@gmail.com