YOUR MIND, GIRLS, IS THE FIRST BATTLEGROUND FOR FREEDOM from the novel Lilliane by Ntozake
Location: Bay Area, San Francisco/Oakland
Audition / Call Type: Theater
A workshop production of
YOUR MIND, GIRLS, IS THE FIRST BATTLEGROUND FOR FREEDOM from the novel Lilian by Ntozake Shange. Adapted for mixed reality by Hope Hutman, YOUR MIND, GIRLS… is a non-linear journey spanning 100+ years. This project takes an original approach to Shange’s novel by creating an immersive experience that juxtaposes Liliane’s past and future to explore what it means to be human in an increasingly technology-saturated world.
Presented as an instillation in a performance space, using immersive mixed reality technology and live performance the work explores what is lost and gained in this digital-dominated society.
Liliane’s life story from the 1960s and 1970s presented as digital memory objects, is contrasted with her life in 2078, a time when digital objects, created by brands and government agencies, coexist with the physical world.
Compensation
To be Determined
Need: 1 male and 2 female actors to portray
1 African American Female – Child Liliane -18 playing 15
1 African American Female- Adult Liliane – age range 30-65
1 Male Any Race– range 18-45- Memory harvester a representative of the ‘the big tech’ company called RealFab
*Rehearsal Dates: October 19,20 and 26, 27 (6-9p)
*Performance dates: October 27 and 28 (6-9p)
*Subject change
Additional Information
Writer, Interaction Design, Producer Hope Hutman
https://www.hopehutman.com/
Composer, Sound Designer Zachary James Watkins
https://zacharyjameswatkins.com/
Director- Margaret Kemp
http://www.mlkemp.space/
Payment: Paid
City or Location of call: Bay Area San Franscico/Oakland
Please submit to: yourmind.auditions@gmail.com by 09/06/2023 5:00 PM
Please record yourself…UPLOAD your submission
1. performing/read a short selection of any poem or monologue written by Ntozake Shange
2. moving/dancing contemporary dance with flavors of West African or Caribbean movement vocabularies.
3. singing two bars (a cappella) blues, jazz, gospel preferred
This casting notice was posted by: REMOTE THEATRE
