***ANNOUNCING OPEN AUDITIONS***



for the fully-produced student production of Ntozake Shange's



For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide/

When the Rainbow is Enuf



This production is an honors project by Carene Mekertichyan '16

Performances will be in the Bentley Theater May 13-15



Auditions: Wednesday* and Thursday eves, March 30 & 31

Callbacks: Friday, April 1



*Wednesday night auditions will be combined with auditions for

 an honors project by Robert Leverett '16:

Cotton Patch Gospel, book by Tom Key and Russell Treyz; music and lyrics by Harry Chapin.

Cotton Patch Gospel will be performed in the Bentley May 27-29.

Audition information for this show will be forthcoming-

please monitor the Theater Department website: theater.dartmouth.edu<http://theater.dartmouth.edu/>



There are six available roles in this production for self-identified women of color;

the role of Lady in Red is already cast.



NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY ~ ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO AUDITION!!!





ABOUT THE SHOW

This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is a spellbinding collection of vivid prose and free verse narratives about and performed by Black women.

Capturing the brutal, tender and dramatic lives of contemporary Black women, For Colored Girls... offers a transformative, riveting

evening of provocative dance, music and poetry.



"A triumphant event, filled with humor. Pure theatre."

 - New York Daily News



READ THE PLAY

We encourage you to read the play before auditioning.

Scripts are now available for 24 hours sign-out in the Paddock Music Library



THE AUDITION PROCESS

All auditions will be held in the Bentley Theater.

Auditions will consist of reading from the script and singing acapella (unacompanied) 32 bars of a song of your choice.

You will not be asked to move or dance at this audition.

Be sure to sign up for a time slot on the sign-up sheet that will be posted in Shakespeare Alley (in the Hopkins Center) on the first day of classes.



Please arrive early to fill out an audition form!



THE DIRECTOR

There will be a guest director for this production:  Deena Selenow.

In October 2015, Deena was named a Person to Watch<http://www.americantheatre.org/2015/09/30/20-theatre-workers-you-should-know/> by American Theatre Magazine.

You can read more about her at http://deenaselenow.com/



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