Auditions: August Wilson's Seven Guitars
AUDITION DATES:
MONDAY, JUNE 23RD @ 6 PM - 9 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH @ 6 PM - 9 PM
CALLBACK DATE:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH @ 6 PM - 9 PM
PRESENTED IN THE WARNER STUDIO, GHOSTLIGHT THEATRE (BENTON HARBOR), ST JOSEPH COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND SOUTH BEND AREA SCHOOLS.
BY: August Wilson
DIRECTOR: Tiana Mudzimurema
SYNOPSIS:
Set in 1947, the play takes place in the backyard of a small apartment building in the Black district of Pittsburgh. Five people have congregated after the funeral of Floyd Barton, a jazz musician who had been on the rise: Vera, Floyd’s grief-stricken fiancée; Red Carter and Canewell, two musicians in Floyd’s band; Louise, who owns the building; and Hedley, who experiences a combination of severe delusions and transcendent clarity.
Seven Guitars begins and ends directly after the funeral of Floyd ‘Schoolboy’ Barton. We then flashback to the week leading up to Floyd’s unusual death. We learn that Floyd has recently been released from jail and has become an overnight sensation with his record ‘That’s All Right’. He comes back to Pittsburgh trying to convince his old love, Vera, to come with him to Chicago so he can become a star. We find out that Floyd has made a lot of mistakes, and he sets off on a journey to right his wrongs and prove to his community that he has changed. As soon as everyone is convinced and it seem as though things are finally going his way, Floyd is killed, and everyone’s world comes crashing down once more. Floyd, as well as the other men in the play, grapple with what it means to be a man, and all of the characters struggle with how to get ahead in a world that seems to be set against everything they are.
Source: Super Summary and Stage Agent
AUDITION/CALLBACK INFORMATION
Audition/Callback location: South Bend Civic- 403 N. Main Street, South Bend, Indiana -- Enter through main doors off Main Street
AUDITION DATES:
MONDAY, JUNE 23RD @ 6 PM - 9 PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH @ 6 PM - 9 PM
CALLBACK DATE:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH @ 6 PM - 9 PM
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