CASTING NOTICE
Production Title: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
Music/Poetry: John Adams and June Jordan
Union / Non-Union: Non-Union
Production Type: Theater (live)
Compensation: Yes - Weekly Contract
Producing Company: Theater Alliance & IN Series
Production location: Anacostia Playhouse: Washington, DC
Company website: https://theateralliance.com
Director: Raymond O. Caldwell
AUDITION INFORMATION
What to Prepare: A video submission containing the following:
- Two arias: preferably one in English, preferably one in a popular/musical theatre style
OR
A selection from Ceiling/Sky (please contact corinne@inseries.org for sheet music excerpts)
- Tell us a 90 second story (it can be personal, or one that you were told)
- A recent picture & performance resume
Audition Location: DIGITAL
Send Materials to: submissions@theateralliance.com
KEY DATES
Audition Video Submissions: July 1, 2021 - July 31, 2021
Call-Back Auditions in Washington, DC:
Vocal/Acting: August 12, 13, or 19, 2021
Auditionees will be scheduled for specific times & sides within this window
Movement: August 20, 2021
Auditionees will be informed if they should attend
First Rehearsal: January 11, 2022
First Preview: February 22, 2022
Opening: February 25, 2022
Closing: March 13, 2022
Possible extension through March 20.
Synopsis:
Ceiling/Sky is a powerful musical play that explores the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles. Young people in their twenties navigate racial conflict, relations with the police, the criminal justice system, the persecution of immigrants, and sexual identity. The Northridge quake, a natural catastrophic event forces inner transformations in the lives of each character in profound ways.
CHARACTERS
DEWAIN
GENDER: MALE
RACE: BLACK
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: BARITONE
DAVID
GENDER: MALE
RACE: BLACK
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: TENOR
LEILA
GENDER: FEMALE
RACE: BLACK
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: MEZZO-SOPRANO
CONSUELO
GENDER: FEMALE
RACE: LATINX
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: SOPRANO/MEZZO-SOPRANO
MIKE
GENDER: MALE
RACE: WHITE
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: BARITONE
TIFFANY
GENDER: FEMALE
RACE: WHITE
AGE: 20's
VOCAL PART: MEZZO-SOPRANO
RICK
GENDER: MALE
RACE: ASIAN
AGE: 20’s
VOCAL PART: TENOR/BARITONE
ENSEMBLE #1
GENDER: MALE
RACE: BLACK
AGE: 20’s
ENSEMBLE #2
GENDER: FEMALE
RACE: BLACK
AGE: 20’s
ENSEMBLE #3
GENDER: MALE
RACE: WHITE
AGE: 20’s
ENSEMBLE #4
GENDER: ALL
RACE: LATINX
AGE: 20’s
ENSEMBLE #5
GENDER: ALL
RACE: WHITE
AGE: 20’s
