Audition Information: Burbage's Production of "BLKS" by Aziza Barnes

Catia, director and resident artist at Burbage Theatre, has asked that we share information about casting their production of BLKS by Aziza Barnes.

Here is the information she sent:

Burbage Theatre is producing BLKS by Aziza Barnes this Fall!

And would love for all the people who identify with this casting breakdown to audition! Looking to showcase BIPOC talent! You can also send in for any of our other shows this season. You can send in their self tapes at burbagetheatre.org/auditions , we hope to see you there!

Directed by Catia

Rehearsals start October 16

Show runs November 16 - Dec. 3

The casting breakdown is:

Octavia: Deeply awkward, weird, introvert, super dork blk girl. Blk. Mixed blk. 1/2 blk. Whatever. 22. Aspiring writer of movies. Drinks too much and can't hold it as well as Imani.

Imani: Haitian. Very Haitian. Matter fact, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more Haitian. No accent, but can turn it on when she wants for emphasis. 23. A budding alcoholic by American Standards. Does a first-rate impersonation of Eddie Murphy from his RAW stand-up/movie and is always striving to perfect it.

June: Dates a dude named Jamal, has dated a dude named Jamal for five years, since she and Octavia were in high school together in Los Angeles, their city of birth. Octavia is June's ace boon and roll dogg. 22. June is the only responsible drinker among the three roommates. She plays Call of Duty, knows how to hack and sells weed and is very professional about it. She comes from boujie black folks who have had money in their family for two generations. Lightskin blk girl. Hair always straight and long without weave. She is very proud of this. A prude.

Ry: An employee at Blink Fitness. Errs on the side of butch femme, landing in  a mostly androgynous aesthetic. Loves to laugh and tells a good joke. Occasionally insensitive, but this a product of her strict boundaries and clear communication. Wildly mature for her age, for all ages. From the Bronx. Says "breh" at the end of most thoughts and/or sentences. 25. Dominican. 

Justin: A lovesick, Watched Shakespeare in Love too often as a child through his parents divorce. Says things like "I want to make love to you." nd "I want to rub your feet" and means them. You'd think he'd get all the ladies. He doesn't and hasn't for quite some time. 23. From Trinidad and Tobago.

That Bitch on the Couch: The only white person in this play. She's from Westchester, New York. Incredibly wealthy, like old money white folk WASP and all that. 23. Incredibly white. Went to Exeter Academy for high school type shit. Did cotillion and founded her boarding school's Blk student union. It was confusing.