| Job Title: | Actors needed for a Stage Play |
| Compensation: | Paid |
| Job Category: | Cast |
| Project Name: | What If Heaven Was Black – Stage Play |
| Contact: | Angelique Marshall |
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| Email: | [email protected] |
| Job Description: | The story of 8 uniquely, beautiful strangers, whose lives intersect in a surprising way. Their interconnectedness is soon realized while they are all struggling with varying degrees of fear, sadness, confusion and lack of understanding, but with the assistance of an unassuming matriarch and a seemingly ever present ‘ANGEL’ they find an overwhelming PEACE in HEAVEN
Paige Nelson- 8 yrs. old-3rd Grader Black female – single parent household, mother is unemployed. She sees her mother getting beat often. Hit by car (DUI) and killed after running out into the street while her mother gets beat by boyfriend. North Philly Terri (Quadir’s Girlfriend) 18 Black Female. Quadir Jackson aka ‘Q’- 18 yr. old- Black male- raised by single mother) Mrs. Jackson (Quadir’s Mother) 40ish Black Female Trish (Mercedes girlfriend) (Mercedes Johnson-22 yrs. old Black female Upper-middle class family (both parents) Kendra (Mercedes girlfriend) Late 20’s Any Race (Mercedes Johnson-22 yrs. old Black female Upper-middle class family (both parents) Crazy Charlie’s Wife -40-50’s Black Female-(Crazy Charlie- 53 yr. old. Black Male- lives alone in house after wife dies) Calvin (Karima’s Boyfriend) – 30-35 Black Male (Karima (Paige’s Mother) – 25 Black Female) David (Nelson’s Co-worker) 30-35 Black Male Mark (Kathy’s Son) 29-32 Black Male 2 Thugs – 16-18 Any Race 2 Boys (Charlie’s Neighbors) 12-13- Any Race Rehearsals will take place at Community Education Center – 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19104. Production will be held on June 27th at the Esperanza Art Center 4261 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19140. |