MFA Directing candidates Nick O'Leary and Kate Drummond are directing Suzan-Lori Parks' In The Blood, performing in the Producing Artists Lab in the University of Washington subscriber season. The show will run April 26th-30th, 2023, at the Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater.
This modern day riff on The Scarlet Letter follows Hester La Negrita, a homeless mother of five. Her eldest child is teaching her how to read and write, but the letter “A” is, so far, the only letter she knows. Her five kids are named Jabber, Bully, Trouble, Beauty and Baby, and the characters are played by adult actors who double as five other people in Hester’s life: her ex-boyfriend, her social worker, her doctor, her best friend and her minister. While Hester’s kids fill her life with joy—lovingly comical moments amid the harsh world of poverty—the adults with whom she comes into contact only hold her back. Nothing can stop the play’s tragic end.
Rehearsals will run 4-5 days a week. Actors will receive a general schedule at the start of the process. Exact calls will be sent out at the start of each week.
Rehearsal locations will all be within Hutchinson Hall or at the Penthouse Theater on the UW campus.
Tech: April 15th – April 21st Previews: April 22nd – April 25th
Shows:
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 7:30pm
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 7:30pm
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 7:30pm
Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 7:30pm
Sunday, April 30, 2023 - 2:00pm
Tech and performances will take place in the Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater on the UW campus.
PLEASE SUBMIT THIS FORM AND YOUR SELF-TAPE BY 6:00PM-Pacific ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH. A Google account is required to access the audition form.
Follow the link to the audition form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdATcKYxpSYcChUHVh6bihN89Ep7Gtzl_k9EJHS3JAcm0Yp-Q/viewform) and attach your audition self-tape to the form prior to submitting.
Audition Information
Auditions will take the form of a digital submission. Auditioners should submit:
1-2 monologues, no longer than 2 minutes each. Ideal submissions will demonstrate the auditioner's capacity and excitement for movement and/or gesture work.*
A resume or similar summary of experience
A headshot or other clear image of their face
Please note that there will be two separate casts for each act of the play.
COVID-19 Expectations: All members of the team must be fully vaccinated by the start of the rehearsal process. While not required, we strongly recommend receiving the bivalent booster prior to the rehearsal process beginning. Performers will be unmasked within rehearsals, and for shows.
