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“BLACK PEARL SINGS” – A New Play w/Music
Paul Russell Casting is accepting Pictures and Resumes from appropriate African-American actresses who sing (see breakdown) for a new play with music, to be premiered at the Barter Theater. Postal submissions only. For full information visit www.PaulRussell.net.
“BLACK PEARL SINGS” – A New Play w/Music
BARTER THEATRE
APPALACHIAN PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
AEA LORT D + HOUSING & RT TRANS.
ABINGDON,VA
NYC AUD: 03/13 & 19
BEGIN: o/a 7/9
END: 8/12
Submit NO LATER than 3/8/07:
Paul Russell Casting
330 West 38th Street
Suite 709
New York, NY 10018
Mark Submissions: “Black Pearl Sings” - Barter
NOTE: The staging of this new work will be presented as part of Barter’s Appalachian Plays & Playwrights Festival. There will be 5 – 6 performances in total (between July 29th – August 12th) proceeded by a two week rehearsal period.
[ALBERTA “PEARL” JOHNSON] 40s – early 50s. African-American woman, who sings out of passion, the spiritual songs of African-American ancestry and hymns of struggle for respect, disregarded by a society that enslaved her parents. The story joins two women, a researcher for the Library of Congress and Alberta “Pearl” Johnson, a woman imprisoned in 1935 Texas, for the manslaughter of her abusive husband. Eager to find the child she lost after being imprisoned, Pearl bargains songs of historical significance against information discovered by the researcher that will lead Pearl to finding her lost daughter. With assistance from the researcher, Pearl is granted a pardon but under the condition that she be paroled into the custody of the researcher from the Library of Congress. Pearl accompanies the researcher to New York, where she is presented to wealthy patrons of the arts and academia. Pearl shares with them songs and knowledge of her family’s experiences of life during one
of America’s most shameful eras. As she performs for others, Pearl remains a woman without freedom, unable to still freely search on her own for her daughter. Pearl must rely on what little information is relayed to her by the researcher to which she has been remanded into custody. But the income generated from the lecture/song series at universities and symposiums is hope for a better future for her descendants…
Production Personnel:
Producing Artistic Director: Richard Rose
Managing Director: Joan Ballou
Director: Eugene Wolf
Musical Director: Eugene Wolf
Playwright: Frank Higgins
Casting: Paul Russell Casting
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