Show Synopsis
HOMOPHOBIA, COFFEE SHOPS & RACISM ON STAGE IT’S A DRAMEDY, IN AMERICA... IT’S A TUESDAY Nearly Naked Theatre presents a timely and darkly um... let’s go with “droll” limited engagement. Danny has written a complex new drama about an African-American family trying to get out of the projects, and it’s just been selected for the nation's preeminent play festival. Problem is: the fact that Danny submitted the work under a pen name in the hope
of increasing its chances of production. That... and his lily white face. So he hires Emilie, a black actress, to stand in for him as author. What starts as a terrible idea becomes more and more terrible as Danny drags his boyfriend (Pete) and his best friend (Trevor) down a long and dirty path of truth, lies, revelation and betrayal. A fiercely funny new comic-drama about the words we use to describe each other-- and the things we'll do to get what we want. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award for New American Play and the Laurents/Hatchner Award for Best New Play
Character Breakdown
NEEDED
1 MALE age 22-32 (the character is 27) for the role of TREVOR, Danny’s straight best friend from college.
Handsome, smart and very open-minded, Trevor & Danny’s friendship often causes tension between Danny and his boyfriend. Trevor, however, has a secret relationship that will complicate things even more as he falls down the rabbit hole of Danny’s terrible, terrible, very terrible idea. Due to the racial themes of this play, this actor must be Caucasian. WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER APPLICANTS WHO MEET THIS CRITERIA.
What To Prepare
PREPARE cold reads from the script. Sides will be issues via email if actors submit an electronic headshot and resume (or any picture and a brief summary of experience).
Additional Info
APPOINTMENTS are made by emailing your headshot and resume (or photo and brief summary of experience/training) to [email protected] Please include your FULL NAME and PHONE NUMBER in the body of the email, NOT just on your attached resume. (Volunteers monitoring email account do not open attachments and thus cannot see your name and phone if you do not put it in the email). RESUMES are not required, but a HEADSHOT or ANY PICTURE OF YOURSELF is REQUIRED.
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