MAY MONOLOGUE COMPETITION-$100 TO WINNER
- Artists interested in participating should submit their info below. Once info is received you will be invited to self tape.
- Self tape should be 8-10 minutes long, showcasing a monologue of your choice. Original material is not required but selection should be artistically compelling.
- You will be notified regarding the status of your submission by April 27th, 2020.
- Submission does not guarantee participation.
*NOTE* If selected, material demonstrated in self tape is the piece required on stage.
NEW DATE TBA
- Poets interested in participating should submit their info below. Once info is received you will be invited to self tape.
- Self tape should be 100% original, artistically compelling, and 5-6 minutes long.
- Singing and rapping is permitted, but cannot be more than 25% of the material.
- You will be notified regarding the status of your submission by April 13th, 2020.
- Submission does not guarantee participation.
*NOTE* If selected, material demonstrated in self tape is the piece required on stage.
CASTING OPPORTUNITIES
DIAMONDS IN THE WAITING ROOM-STAGE PLAY (ABTF)
Submissions closed
SHEENA
A talented singer with a Cinderella turnaround; a daddy's girl. Halfway orphaned. Her friends are the sisters she's never had. Spiritually driven. Reluctant and beautiful.
Role type: AFRICAN AMERICAN: BBW, NATURAL HAIR, DARK CHOCOLATE SKIN, VOCALIST | Gender: Female | Age: 24 - 27 | Ethnicity: African American
TIA
A pregnant college student from the inner city. Destroyed after her fiance is killed. Spiritually rooted. Edgy girl next door. Woke, and cute as a button. Excited to be a new mother.
Role type: THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, RAPPER | Gender: Female | Age: 24 - 27 | Ethnicity: African American
BERNICE
The woman in charge. She went to college, got married, does carpool, and still fell short. The welfare office was her biggest nightmare yet that's where she ends up.
Role type: BUSINESS SAVVY, HOMEMAKER, PUNCTUAL, HUMOROUS, RAPPER | Gender: Female | Age: 27 - 30 | Ethnicity: African American
REECI
A mother that won't wait on a man, and thug with a beautiful face. Society has its rules and so does she. Openly despises her mother but secretly desires her love. Daughter of a crackhead.
Role type: HOOD, EDUCATED, POLITICAL, BEAUTIFUL, RAPPER | Gender: Female | Age: 27 - 30 | Ethnicity: African American
NICKI
Working actress. She made it out of the hood but visits whenever she has the time. Fabulous and bougie. Trouble with commitment due to molestation. Invested in her friendships. Loud and obnoxious.
Role type: AFRICAN AMERICAN: SUPER STAR, FIERCE, FULL FIGURED, TAINTED, VOCALIST | Gender: Female | Age: 27 - 30 | Ethnicity: African American
YVETTE
The mother of REECI. A previous drug addict looking for redemption. Young grandmother. Remorseful but prideful. Street.
Role type: SUPPORTING ROLE | Gender: Female | Age: 40 - 45 | Ethnicity: African American
OFF MY CHEST
A docu-fiction series featuring ordinary people, telling cautionary tales about extraordinary experiences.
Self tapes must be submitted by 2/15/20
DONOVAN
25-32 years old, Black/African American male. Stand up guy. Works as a security officer but is beginning to want more. Ready to let go of the past. Disapproving of his fathers past transgression but ready to forgive. Father of three. Intelligent. Wants to give his girlfriend more. Work in progress. Family man.
A man acknowledges his own self destruction as his role into fatherhood expands.
MIA
21 to 27 years old, Black/African American female. Under 5'8. Petite-curvy. Feisty and sure of herself. Young and in love but unhappy with the state of her marriage. Mother of a toddler. Wife of a flirtatious and immature man. Desperate to be heard.
Frustrated with the state of her marriage, a young woman holds nothing back when confronting her philandering husband.
RAMARAH
25 to 30 years old, Black/African American female. Weight; optional. Height; optional. Eccentric and expressive attire. Borderline personality but exceptionally intelligent. Girl next door with suicidal thoughts. Misunderstood and underrepresented. Struggling to understand her pain. Plagued by family secrets. Haunted by the pain of her biological mother.
Family secrets leave a young woman emotionally, and mentally unstable.
CHANTELL
35 to 37 years old, Black/African American female. Beautiful face. Weight; fit-curvy. Height; optional. Well put together business woman. Polished. Mother of four. Independent and hardworking. Comedic, lovable, and approachable. Unresolved anger with ex husband. Looks at the glass half full. Determined to give her children a better future. Wants to resolve strain. Hates the idea of putting the father of her children on child support.
A mother of four narrates what lead her to filing for child support after finally obtaining a career of her own.
Additional details will be provided to actors chosen to move forward with production.