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KILL MOVE PARADISE
By James Ijames
Directed by Jon Herbert
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, July 20 & 21, 2021, 6:30pm
Where: SCT Operations Center, 2025 E Chestnut Expressway Suite D
Rehearsals: begin July 25, 2021 (no rehearsals August 1-14)
Performances: September 17-19, 23-26, 2021
Those auditioning are asked to fill out an audition form in advance. Click here to access audition form.
Those auditioning will be asked to read from the play. Sides can be downloaded here:
By James Ijames
Directed by Jon Herbert
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, July 20 & 21, 2021, 6:30pm
Where: SCT Operations Center, 2025 E Chestnut Expressway Suite D
Rehearsals: begin July 25, 2021 (no rehearsals August 1-14)
Performances: September 17-19, 23-26, 2021
Those auditioning are asked to fill out an audition form in advance. Click here to access audition form.
Those auditioning will be asked to read from the play. Sides can be downloaded here:
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About the Play: Four black men find themselves stuck in a waiting room for the afterlife. As they attempt to make sense of their new paradise, Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny are forced to confront the reality of their past, and how they arrived in this unearthly place. Inspired by the ever-growing list of slain black men and women, Kill Move Paradise illustrates the potential for collective transformation and radical acts of joy. This production contains adult language and content. Southwest Missouri premiere.
Roles (4 Black Men*):
ISA: Male, 20-30, African American. He’s sincere, a true brother who bears the names of the fallen. He’s been here before.
GRIF: Male, 20-30, African American. A valedictorian without a family. He loves the etymology of names.
DAZ: Male, 20-30, African American. A truth-teller and a fighter. He is fiery and fiercely protective of his own.
TINY: Male, 15-16, African American, short. He’s always the cowboy in cowboys and aliens. Too young for this shit.
*Note on casting: This is a play about Black American men who have been victims of racial profiling and police brutality. That said, the characters may be biracial or of mixed race, so long as the actor may be reasonably identified as Black.
Roles (4 Black Men*):
ISA: Male, 20-30, African American. He’s sincere, a true brother who bears the names of the fallen. He’s been here before.
GRIF: Male, 20-30, African American. A valedictorian without a family. He loves the etymology of names.
DAZ: Male, 20-30, African American. A truth-teller and a fighter. He is fiery and fiercely protective of his own.
TINY: Male, 15-16, African American, short. He’s always the cowboy in cowboys and aliens. Too young for this shit.
*Note on casting: This is a play about Black American men who have been victims of racial profiling and police brutality. That said, the characters may be biracial or of mixed race, so long as the actor may be reasonably identified as Black.
FEATHERS & TEETH
By Charise Castro Smith
Directed by Gretchen Teague
Conceived by Gretchen Teague and Nathan Shelton
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, August 3 & 4, 2021, 6:30pm
Where: SCT Operations Center, 2025 E Chestnut Expressway Suite D
Rehearsals: begin September 12, 2021
Performances: October 22-24, 28-31, 2021
Those auditioning are asked to fill out an audition form in advance. Audition form will be available soon.
Those auditioning will be asked to read from the play. Sides will be available soon.
By Charise Castro Smith
Directed by Gretchen Teague
Conceived by Gretchen Teague and Nathan Shelton
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, August 3 & 4, 2021, 6:30pm
Where: SCT Operations Center, 2025 E Chestnut Expressway Suite D
Rehearsals: begin September 12, 2021
Performances: October 22-24, 28-31, 2021
Those auditioning are asked to fill out an audition form in advance. Audition form will be available soon.
Those auditioning will be asked to read from the play. Sides will be available soon.
About the play: Home-sweet-home turns into a haunted house for thirteen-year-old Chris when Carol--her father's new fiancee-- moves in. Struggling with the recent death of her mother, Chris is convinced Carol is evil, but she just can't persuade Dad. When a mysterious, potentially dangerous but kind of cute creature is found in the family's backyard, Chris assumes it's a sign from above to eliminate Carol once and for all. This imaginative, bone-chilling, and wildly funny play brings the notion of dysfunctional family drama to sensationally scary heights. This show has been described as "The Partridge Family" or "Brady Bunch" meets "Gremlins."
Roles:
CHRIS (13 yrs old) Sullen. Teenager working through her issues in a sitcom world. Sings a little in a flashback scene with her mother.
ARTHUR (40 yrs old) Chris' father. **This role is already cast and will be performed by Nathan Shelton.**
CAROL (32 yrs old) Coiffed like Farrah Fowcett. Arthur's new girlfriend & his wife's former hospice nurse, soon to be Chris' step-mother.
HUGO SCHMIDT (11 yrs old) German. The next door neighbor. Speaks with a German accent.
*Note on casting: Due to the adult nature of the script and the mature language used by most of the characters, the roles of Chris & Hugo may be played by actors older than the roles are written. Actors that look young. Interested actors aged 13-22 are encouraged to audition.
Roles:
CHRIS (13 yrs old) Sullen. Teenager working through her issues in a sitcom world. Sings a little in a flashback scene with her mother.
ARTHUR (40 yrs old) Chris' father. **This role is already cast and will be performed by Nathan Shelton.**
CAROL (32 yrs old) Coiffed like Farrah Fowcett. Arthur's new girlfriend & his wife's former hospice nurse, soon to be Chris' step-mother.
HUGO SCHMIDT (11 yrs old) German. The next door neighbor. Speaks with a German accent.
*Note on casting: Due to the adult nature of the script and the mature language used by most of the characters, the roles of Chris & Hugo may be played by actors older than the roles are written. Actors that look young. Interested actors aged 13-22 are encouraged to audition.
Audition details subject to change.