Audition Notice

Back In the Day by Harold Clark
Directed by Lauren Turner Hines
With Support by Sherri Marina Memorial Grant

Development Workshop/ Reading
Open to AEA and Non- Union Actors
AEA Special Appearance Agreement

Synopsis

Corrine returns to New Orleans to live with her estranged daughter, Nahdirah, after serving sixteen years in prison. She also reunites with Rhonda, who she rescued from a brutal sexual assault when Rhonda was a teenager. Rhonda's sole surviving violator, Kenyatta, serves as head football coach at a local university and is being strongly considered for a major head coaching position at a university in California. With Corrine's assistance, Rhonda confronts Kenyatta about the incident. Rhonda eventually tells a local sports journalist about the role Kenyatta played in her sexual assault. Upon learning this, Rhonda's estranged mother, Bobbie, admonishes her, questioning the motivation, timing, and necessity of the revelation.

Auditions:

12:30 pm -2:30 pm - Saturday, May 27th (in person) André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts

& Cultural Justice (ACC) (Mainstage Theatre)

11 am - 1pm Sunday, May 28th (in person) ACC

Audition Sign Up

Audition Sides

Page 62: Kenyatta and Rhonda

Page 70: Bobbie, Rhonda, Corrine and Nahdirah

Special Invited Reading Performance Date, Sunday, June 25th 5pm- ACC

Rehearsals - ACC

Thursday, June 22rd - 6:00 pm - 9:00pm

Saturday, June 24th- 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sunday, June 25th - 1pm - 3pm

Actor Pay Rate for Reading - $300

Co-production of No Dream Deferred and HEC Communications

World Premiere Saturday, October 14, 2023 at André Cailloux Center for Performing Arts &

Cultural Justice (actors in reading will receive first consideration for the full production,

rehearsals beginning in September)

Character Breakdown:

KENYATTA: Head football coach at Gulf Coast Louisiana University in New Orleans. Excellent physical condition. Charismatic. Exudes lots of confidence. Natural leader. Wears shades when he's initially seen in the Prologue, Possibly wears a neat beard. Black. Thirty-two.

NAHDIRAH (pronounced Nuh-deer-uh): Corrine's daughter. Short or tall full-figured woman. Displays confidence, yet at times seems uncomfortable with her appearance, and is a bit gruff. A large tattoo covers her back. Wears large hoop earrings. Black. Thirty-one.

CORRINE: Nahdirah's mother. Returning home for the first time after serving sixteen years at a northwestern Louisiana prison. Top canine teeth (two) are capped with gold. She wears one tattoo on her arm. Black. Forty-seven.

RHONDA: Nahdirah's close friend. Bobbie's daughter. Short or tall and in excellent physical condition. It's obvious that she eats the right foods, lifts weights and does cardio regularly. Reminiscent of a champion Olympic sprinter. Wears clothing that highlights her well-toned, muscular physique, including, at least one time, her midriff. Her hair in super-neat cornrows or a hairstyle featuring short dreadlocks. Tattoos adorn her legs, arms and neck. Top and bottom canine teeth (four) are capped with gold. The side of her nose features a diamond stud or a small hoop nose ring. She also wears several earrings and a navel ring. Black. Thirty-two.

BOBBIE: Rhonda's mother. Recovering crack addict and alcoholic. Doesn't display even a hint of her former self. Regularly meditates, practices mindfulness. Black. Forty-six.