CBTF AUDITION NOTICE
AUDITION DATE/TIME
Audition date is Saturday, April 5th, 2:00 - 4:00 PM for the 13th Columbus Black Theatre Festival. Prepare a 90 second contrasting monologue for the audition. Call backs will be the same day so plan to stay if asked to read sides of the plays for the directors. If you can’t make it to the in-person audition you can send in a 90 second video audition tape before Thursday, April 6th for directors to consider you for a video call back via Zoom. Non-Union. Paid and Comp Tickets.
WHAT WE NEED
Actors Needed: Youth/ teens/adults/seniors, all races, genders, sexuality, disabilities, and ethnicities welcomed.
REHEARSAL INFORMATION
Rehearsals: Directors will determine schedule depending on their/cast needs, based on the following days/times starting May 2025: Sundays: between hours of 1:00 – 5:00 PM, Mon-Thurs: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Saturdays: Between hours of 2:00 – 6:00 PM.
Rehearsal Place(s): MLK Branch: 1467 E. Long St., Columbus, OH 43203. Shepard Branch: 850 N. Nelson Rd. Columbus, OH 43219. Whitehall Branch: 4445 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43213.
TECH AND PERFORMANCE DATES AND VENUE
Tech: June 30th to July 3rd. (Off July 4th) Performance: July 5th (2 shows) & 6th, 2025.
Tech/Performance Place: Columbus Performing Arts Center Van Fleet Theatre 549 Franklin Ave. Columbus, OH 43215.
FIRST READING DATES
ALL CAST 1st & 2nd Readings of all plays is Thursday, May 1st, 6:00 – 8:00 PM and Saturday May 3rd 2:00 - 4:30 pm.
THE THEME FOR OUR ONE-ACT PLAYS
The theme for 2025 is Still Standing Strong. Our Founder/Artistic Director, Julie Whitney Scott, was given this theme, as usual, through prayer. It’s a theme that inspires hope, resilience, and love for each another. It’s about standing strong as an individual, couple or group of people before, during, through and after adversity comes into their lives. The characters have diversity, inclusion, and equity for our 13th Annual Columbus Black Theatre Festival.
This is a five (5) weekend theatre workshop taught by local award winning playwright/actor and director, Julie Whitney Scott. The young artists will learn acting skills while rehearsing for "Blue Skies, Green Grass" by Ms. Julie and then perform the play at the 13th Columbus Black Theatre Festival this year.
There are only seven (7) characters needed so selection of artists will be made by their ability to attend all workshops/rehearsals, and how well they read the sides at the audition on March 24th from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at the MLK Library Branch 1467 E. Long St. Columbus, OH 43203