The 5 & Dime is pleased to announce the following cast list…

NEXT FALL
by Geoffrey Nauffts

KEVIN ROBERTS as Adam
JOHNATHAN ROSS as Luke
KELBY SIDDONS as Holly
BROOKS STUDIER as Brandon
ISOM STEVE PHILIPS as Butch
TONI D’AMICO as Arlene

Performances will be in July. Exact dates to be announced soon.

Location: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, 1435 Atlantic Boulevard 

DIRECTIONS: Please go to the side entrance of Southside Baptist: Turn onto San Marco PLACE from Atlantic Blvd (between the church and the fire station). Park in the lot at your left and come in the doors under the portico. There will be someone downstairs to direct you to the third floor where we’ll be meeting

THE PLAY 

NEXT FALL 
by Geoffrey Nauffts 

Luke believes in God. Adam believes in everything else. NEXT FALL portrays the ups and downs of this unlikely couple’s five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. Through a series of flash-backs, Luke, Adam, and their friends and family grapple with the role that faith plays in their relationship. Adam and Luke seem like a case of opposites attract – Adam is older, neurotic and an atheist; Luke is impulsive, a struggling actor and a devout Christian. After Luke is involved in a critical accident, family and friends descend upon the couple and these longtime differences collide, forcing opposing views on faith and family into a stand-off. As timely as it is touching, this must-see play exposes the fundamental truth that we love people both because of – and in spite of – who they are.

NEXT FALL received 2010 Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Director, received the Outer Critics Circle’s John Gassner Award in 2010 for “Best New American Play,” and was nominated for a Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk awards for best play. It has been playing to great acclaim and success at numerous theatres throughout the country and now NEXT FALL is making it’s Jacksonville debut.

“Humorous … absorbing, often amusing and ultimately touching.”  — Los Angeles Times

“Critic’s Pick … hilarious and heartbreaking.”  — Back Stage

“The funniest heartbreaker in town!” — The New York Times

THE AUDITIONS

Basics

DIRECTOR:  Staci Cobb Grant

AUDITION DATE & TIME: Wed, May 9 at 6:30pm

PERFORMANCE DATES:  Exact performance dates are TBA as we are finalizing the performance space. Show will play 6 performances between June 29 – July 15. Dates will be finalized by auditions

AUDITION LOCATION: Southside Baptist Church, 1435 Atlantic Boulevard MAP

Available Roles

NOTE: The 5 & Dime is committed to casting considerations which reflect the diversity of the people of Jacksonville, while recognizing that a specific ethnicity is often a crucial aspect of a particular role or of the piece as a whole. We will include ethnicity in the breakdown when necessary and encourage actors of all types to audition where none is stated.

ADAM, male, caucasian, 40-45 
An atheist and a hypochondriac with a sharp, witty mind but an inability to trust his own happiness.

LUKE, male, caucasian, 25-30  
Born-again gay Christian, attractive, innocent, aspiring NY actor. Luke just wants Adam to believe in God (so he won’t go to hell).

ARLENE, female, caucasian, 50ish
Luke’s mother, a reformed wild-woman of Southern-fried eccentricities.

BUTCH, male, caucasian, 50-55
(The name says it all) Hard nosed, right wing, Southern born-again Christian. He is Luke’s homophobic father, who believes in Creationism. He raised Luke after he found God and his mother, Arlene, continued to party.

HOLLY, female 35-45
A candle store owner and Adam’s best friend and confidante. Her faith resides in self-help groups and 12 step programs. She is compassionate and witty.

BRANDON, male 25-35  
A successful friend of Luke’s. Deeply religious, reserved and serious. He has even deeper issues with his homosexuality than Luke.

Preparation

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Sides are available for downloading. Please fill out form below and you will be emailed a download link. If you have a question for the director, please include that too.

Request Sides

Time slots begin at 6:30pm

Please email LeeH@The5andDime.org to schedule your audition time or if you have any questions

Production Information

SPUNK

Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston
Adapted by George C. Wolfe
Music by Chic Street Man

Directed by Lee Hamby
Choreographed by Alex Rodriguez

Performance Dates:  March 22, 23, 24 and 25

Available Roles

4 African American Men (1 man plays Guitar)
2 African American Women

ALL MUST SING

Preparation

Please prepare a blues, Gospel or Jazz song of your choice. You will need to bring an accompaniment CD to use for the audition. A CD player will be provided.  *No  a cappella auditions please*

“This critically acclaimed adaptation was originally developed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and was first presented in New York as a co-production of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Crossroads Theater Company. The true spunk in SPUNK belongs to Mr. Wolfe, who has gallantly met Zora Neale Hurston in the theater on her own uncompromising terms and, better still, has found the imaginative means to make good on his half of so challenging collaboration. — NY Times.

“The show—three pre-World War II vignettes of African-American life filtered through Hurston’s black, ornery and feminist sensibility — has class, wit and passion… This is a great show… another tantalizing taste of the no longer forgotten Zora Neale Hurston.” — NY Post

“Mr. Wolfe has adapted three stories by Miss Hurston — translated them, actually, into jazz and blues — giving them a powerful injection of irony and wit, which in no way diffuses their rage” — The New Yorker

The Story

Hurston’s evocative prose and Wolfe’s unique theatrical style blend to create an evening of theatre that celebrates the human spirit’s ability to overcome and endure. Utilizing the blues, choral narrative and dance, the three tales focus on men and women trapped inside the “laughin’ kind of lovin’ kind of hurtin’ kind of pain that comes from being human.” The first of the three tales, SWEAT tells the story of a young washerwoman who is abused and betrayed by her estranged husband and of her ultimate triumph over him. The second piece, STORY IN HARLEM SLANG, is told in 1940s Harlemese. It is the story of two street lotharios trying to outhustle each other and win the favor of—and a meal from—a domestic on her payday afternoon off. The third tale, THE GILDED SIX BITS, is a bittersweet story of an adoring husband’s betrayal by his loving but innocent wife.

Here are a few videos of other productions to give you a feel and style of the show

VIDEO ONE  |  VIDEO TWO

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