Website Pegasus Theatre Chicago
Where Epic Stories Take Flight
Slate your name, pronouns and prepare the side(s) for the character(s) you are most interested in. Sides can be found HERE.
Please also sing ACAPELLA, a 1 minute/16 bars of a song (protest, spiritual, folk or fave)
All Talent must submit through the AUDITION FORM HERE.
Time Commitment:
PRODUCTION DATES
Rehearsals: 4/7/25 - 5/14
Rehearsals are generally Tuesday - Thursday evenings andSaturdays 10:30am-1:30pm and/or 2PM - 5PM at Chicago Dramatists.
Tech: 5/8/25 - 5/14/25
Previews: 5/15/25 - 5/19/25
Opening: 5/19/25
Closing: 6/16/25, possible extension to 6/30/25
Character Type/Restrictions:
DAUGHTER: Black woman, mid to late 20s, acts as a child and as a narrator.
*Read Miss Corine & Daughter Side
*Read Dee Dee & Daughter Side
BIG MAMA: Daughter's guardian. Very religious. A healer and storyteller. Sings spirituals with feeling.
*Read Big Mama & Aunt Mae Side
AUNT MAE: Big Mama's sister. An independent woman. A sensuous sister, her clothes and jewelry are flashy. She has a wicked laugh and sexy walk.
*Read Big Mama & Aunt Mae Side
MISS CORINE: A hairdresser and professional maid. Wears hair in a long braid or wrapped.
*Read Miss Corine & Daughter Side
MAGGIE: A con woman. Wears a long wig or hair piece. Doubles as: Miss Rosa. MISS ROSA: Funeral director. Very proper gossip, dressed in black, perpetual mourning.
*Read Maggie Monologue
MISS MARY: A maid with unearthly powers. Doubles as: Miss Tom. MISS TOM: A carpenter and Prayer Circle member. Married to Miss Lily. Only woman in pants.
*Read Miss Tom & Daughter Side
MISS LAMAMA: A maid with an African husband and ways. Has affected, distinctly African accent.
*Read Four Women Side
DEE DEE: Daughter's fast cousin and know-it-all. Doubles as: Daughter's Mother/Dancer.
*Read Daughter & Dee Dee Side
FANNIE MAE: Daughter's blood Mama, a dancing ghost. Doubles as: YOUNG WOMAN & MISS SHINE. YOUNG WOMAN: On bus as maid (no dialog) MISS SHINE: A maid at the governor's mansion.
*Read any of the scenes listed above
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