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clyde’s
Playwright: Lynn Nottage
Recommended audience: 16+ for language and adult content
Director: Andre Eaton Jr.
Production dates: June 15, 2024
Rehearsals begin on: 2-3 rehearsals on zoom to be scheduled in May and early June.
No conflict dates: June 15
No rehearsals on: May 12, 2024, May 24-27, 2024
Submissions open: April 1, 2024
Show Audition dates: Videos due by April 30, 2024
Pay: no pay
Please prepare: A contemporary monologue, dramatic or seriocomic. Please film yourself performing and submit it to auditions@liveartstheatre.org by April 30, 2024. Please slate at the beginning of your video, stating your name and the show you are auditioning for. Please also state your availability on June 15 between 1-5pm.
Please send: A headshot and resume if you have one and a list of all conflicts between May 1-June 15, 2024
Audition disclosures: This audition is for a staged reading that will take place outdoors at Jones Bridge Park in June. There is no pay.
Show description: In Clyde’s, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them down, the staff members learn to reclaim their lives, find purpose, and become inspired to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.
Roles being cast:
LAT policy is that any actor who can play the role as described is invited to audition and may be cast. Descriptions are provided by the playwright.
Clyde (she/her 30’s-50’s, Black) Formerly incarcerated. Owner of the sandwich shop. Frighteningly charming. Her way or the highway. Knows she’s the shit and doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. Her tough love is heavy on tough and very light on love. Invulnerable. Insensitive. Tyrannical. Fire and ice. Sees the worst in people. Delights in humiliating others. Dangerously funny.
Montrellous (he/him 50’s-60’s, Black) – Formerly incarcerated. Head sandwich chef. Mindful. Smooth as silk. Guides others to find their own way. Accepts himself fully and needs no one else’s approval. Patient. Kind. Inspiring. Experiences sandwich making as necessary healing. Sees the best in people. Relishes in empowering others. Wit as sharp as his wisdom.
Rafael (he/him, 20’s30’s Latinx)— Formerly incarcerated. Recovering addict. A romantic. In love with Letitia. Big personality. Bigger heart. Full of charm. Shows off and shows out with machismo and bravado. Takes everything a little too seriously because he fears no one takes him seriously. Sensitive but defensive. Needs this job to stay clean.
Letitia (she/her 20’s -30’s, Black) — Formerly incarcerated. Single mother to a child with health issues. A dreamer. Likes Rafael. Loves to laugh. Quick witted. Sharp tongued. Independent to a fault because she fears being vulnerable. Trust issues. Wants stability. Hopeful but impatient. Needs this job to stay afloat.
Jason (he/him, 20’s-30’s, white) – Formerly incarcerated. White supremacist affiliation. A survivor. Proud. Hard. Standoffish. A lone wolf. Quick to anger. Keeps his distance from people because he fears he is the monster they see. Wants someone to really see him. Earnest but lost. Needs this job to stay alive.
Disclosures:
This play will be presented as a staged reading as part of our annual Juneteenth celebration. There is no pay. The performance will take place outdoors under a covered pavilion at Jones Bridge Park.