Seeking video submissions for FROM 145TH to 98TH STREET by Nia Akilah Robinson.

 

From 145th to 98th Street by Nia Akilah Robinson

Directed by Jerrica D. White

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Rehearsals Begin: April 29, 2025
Tech: May 23, 24, 25, 2025
Previews: May 29, 2025
Opens: May 30, 2025
Closes: June 29, 2025

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Urbanite utilizes a 5-day work week. For this production, there will be 5 performances per week.

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Salary: $625 a week, housing, and travel provided; Urbanite utilizes the AEA Guest Artist Tier 2 Contract which includes health weeks/per diem.

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Character Breakdown:

Jackie:(she/her) 51. Black. Married to Cedric. Mother to Fatima and Jamal. She oversees the in-house sanitation staff at 42nd Port Authority Bus Terminal. Head of household, Observant, frequently watches “My 600 Pound Life” on TLC.

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Cedric:(he/him)50-60. Black. Married to Jackie. Father to Fatima and Jamal. A retired bus driver employed under Port Authority Bus Terminal. His route was to Newark, New Jersey every day for fifteen years. Spends his mornings practicing karate and his afternoons in the library. Jokester by nature, Team Jackie, Avoids the doctor and dentist.

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Fatima:(she/her)18. Black. A senior at Beacon Highschool. Bubbly, Prone to outbursts. Recently did a big chop.

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Jamal:(he/him)20. Black. Works at Planet Fitness. Suffers from anxiety. Still doesn’t have his driver’s license. Always in a relationship.

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Dawn:(she/her) late 30s-40s. Black. Works as a therapist and specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. Raised by white parents. Enjoys farmer’s markets. Has a crush on young Viggo Mortensen.

 

Below is the link for sides and script. 

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/844rezwoaaplz8fh7zksl/AKz0k7i7CDnCaBLBaYDB3z8?rlkey=sybx0t4s8ry6pb357do86ktvm&st=idtrzzb7&dl=0

 

For more information about the play

https://www.urbanitetheatre.com/from-145th-to-98th-street

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Please see Video Guidelines for how to submit a video

 

Video Submissions Due by January 13, 2025, by Noon. 

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VIDEO SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

When submitting a video audition, please follow these guidelines carefully:

 

   1. Film yourself standing, with your scene partner(s) off camera. If the scene calls for you to be sitting, make sure we can see more than just your face. Please use a horizontal orientation.

   2. Load your video to YouTube or Vimeo, and send us the link. We will not accept emailed video files.

   3. On YouTube, please make your video setting PUBLIC or UNLISTED. Do not make videos PRIVATE, as we need to share your audition with the director and artistic director via email, and PRIVATE videos are not shareable links. 

   4. On Vimeo, please set your viewing settings to PUBLIC or PASSWORD, and supply us your password.

   5. Send your video link to submissions@urbanitetheatre.com with your headshot and resume, and please let us know your union status and if you'll need local housing in Sarasota. Please write "Audition Video - SHOW TITLE" in the subject field.

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CASTING PHILOSOPHY

Urbanite Theatre strives to create an inclusive artistic home by casting as broadly and diversely as possible. We acknowledge that many roles we list fall on the gender binary, but invite transgender, gender non-comforming, non-binary performers to read for the roles (cisgender or otherwise) they most identify with.

 

We gladly embrace actors of all physical abilities, and we will make reasonable accommodations in order to cast performers, regardless of disability, in any role. Unless the required race or ethnicity of a role is intrinsically tied to the dramatic action or plot, we will cast any race or ethnicity in all roles. Roles will be identified as "Open Ethnicity" unless the script requires otherwise.

 

We believe the theater should always be a refuge from harassment and oppression, and we continue to work to make opportunity more accessible. If you feel there may be something more we can do to pursue that goal, or if there are any accommodations we can provide, please contact us at info@urbanitetheatre.com and write "Casting" in the subject field.

  

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AUDITION ADVICE

The fundamental identity of Urbanite Theatre has always been prioritizing people over production. We're interested in relentlessly talented professional artists, and we have exceptionally high standards for our actors.

 

At the audition, be familiar with your sides, enough to act with presence, action, and sensitivity. Better to make choices than impress with your memorization skills. Arrive early and have a copy of your side, and headshot and resume. 

 

We want you to be perfect for the role as badly as you do. As artists ourselves, we also understand the pressure of auditions. Take a deep breath,  be yourself, make choices, and Break a leg!

 

Stay in the loop: sign up for our audition announcement list.

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