"Miss Evers' Boys" by David Feldshuh auditions at The Grand Theatre (SLC: Nov 5)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 17, 2011

Contact:
Richard Scott
The Grand Theatre
Phone: 801-957-3263
Fax: 801-957-3113
richard.scott@slcc.edu
www.the-grand.org

"Miss Evers' Boys" by David Feldshuh auditions at The Grand Theatre

Salt Lake City, UT - The Grand Theatre will hold auditions for "Miss Evers’ Boys" on Saturday, Nov. 5th from 10: 00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. at the South City Campus (Room W181) on the 1^st floor located at 1575 South State Street in Salt Lake City.  All roles are open.

Those auditioning should come prepared having read the script with resumes and headshots. Scripts are available for check-out from the Box Office for a 2 hour period. Auditioners should also be prepared to read from the show.  All conflicts need to be made known at time of audition. Rehearsals begin in December.  Toni Byrd is directing.

To reserve an audition time, please call the box office at 801-957-3322.

About the Show
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1992

In an effort to get medical help for the sharecroppers in rural Alabama, Nurse Evers convinces the local men to join a government study to treat venereal disease. Four of the men, who have formed an amateur song-and-dance group, compete in "gillie" competitions. They are the focus of Nurse Evers care. When money for treatment runs out, Nurse Evers is faced with a difficult decision: to tell the men they are no longer being treated and are now part of a research study, or follow the lead of the doctors she respects and the tenets of the nursing profession. 

Characters

All the characters except for Dr. Douglas are African American.

·      Eunice Evers, age 28, a public-health nurse

·      Dr. Eugene Brodus, age 40, Administrative Head, Memorial Hospital, Tuskegee, Alabama

·      Dr. John Douglas, age 34, field physician, United States Public Health Service

·      Willie Johnson, age 19, a tenant farmer and a dancer

·      Caleb Humphries, age 25, a tenant farmer

·       Hodman Bryan, age 37, a tenant farmer

·       Ben Washington, age 57, a tenant farmer

Performance dates: Feb. 2 - 18, 2011

Times: Evening performances 7:30pm (no Monday, Tuesday or Sundays), Saturday matinees 2:00pm on Feb. 4 and 11, 2011.

Location: The Grand Theatre, 1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

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