St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley will hold auditions for “Master Harold ... and the Boys” by Athol Fugard at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, and Thursday, Aug. 15, in the Terry M. Fischer Theatre on campus, 3400 Pershall Road.
Roles are available for three male actors, ranging from 15 to 60 years of age. Please prepare a contemporary, one minute monologue (requested, not required). Monologues will be heard first.
Performance dates are Oct. 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. The Oct. 11 performance is sign interpreted.
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"Master Harold...and the Boys" is set in Port Elizabeth in 1950. "Master Harold" is what the black employees are ordered to call young Hally, the son of a well-to-do white couple who own a fashionable tea room. Hally wanders into the establishment one day and sees two black male workers practicing for an upcoming ballroom competition by dancing together. The two employees and Hally exchange kidding rebukes, not meant to offend anyone. But after Hally receives some bad news about his father, he takes out his anger upon the workers. Efforts to smooth out the situation erupt into an all-out racial conflict.
“Master Harold ... and the Boys” is directed by Daniel J. Betzler. Contact Betzler at dbetzler@stlcc.edu if you are unable to audition on these dates.
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For more information, call the Theatre box office at 314-513-4477.
Established in 1962, St. Louis Community College is the largest community college district in Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. STLCC has four campuses – Florissant Valley, Forest Park, Meramec and Wildwood – that annually serve more than 81,000 students through credit courses, continuing education and workforce development programs. For more information about STLCC, visit www.stlcc.edu.