Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival

We are seeking immediate submissions for the 3rd annual Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston, right outside of Chicago, IL. All events will take place at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center (927 Noyes St). The mission of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre is to present work that centers the Black American experience and explore stories of the African Diaspora.

This year’s plays are:
Visitation by Caitlin Frazier
directed by Faramade F. Oladapo

Miss Spence’s Play by Annie Janeiro Randall
directed by Rashaad Bond

Black Enough by Beckett Thompson
directed by Lip Lewis

This festival will consist of two weekends:
July 11-12th: Play workshopping with the playwright and director
July 17-18th: Rehearsal, culminating in a public reading
The exact schedule will be determined by the director.

For weekend 1, everyone will be working off of devices so the playwright can make edits. For weekend 2, we will be providing printed scripts. If you have any issues bringing a device (laptop, tablet, phone), please let us know and we can work on securing one for you.

Actors are not required to attend the other performances, but highly encouraged to. We are building a supportive community of theatre artists. Each one, support one.

Actors will receive a stipend of $50. Housing and transportation is not provided.

Seeking submissions for the role of LOGIC in BLACK ENOUGH
Performance July 18th at 5:00PM

SUMMARY
A Black playwright has one night to write a “black enough” play for their white Boss Man. Creativity, Doubt, and Logic pop in to help. Generations of family and culture are explored in the form of vignettes and choreopoems – highlighting black men through history shaping and changing America while still living on the margins of society. Ghosts of the past reckon with their place in the still changing present and future.

LOGIC (Black femme or nonbinary person 20s-30s): A rigid character who focuses on the realistic aspects of life. The glass isn’t half empty or half full, there is simply water in it and you’re dehydrated. Perhaps you should consider remedying that.

Instruction:
Submit headshot, resume, any conflicts for the scheduled dates, and a video of a one minute contemporary monologue to gbcplayfestival@gmail.com. We are not concerned with the quality of the filmmaking, we just want to see what you can do!