Silver Spring Stage is holding auditions for BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY by Pearl Cleage. The production will be directed by Kevin Sockwell and produced by Seth Ghitleman and Sonia Bronder.

Performances will be May 2-19, 2025. (See details below.)

Auditions will be held at Silver Spring Stage (10145 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD) on:

● Sunday, February 16, 2025 1pm-4pm

● Monday, February 17, 2025 7pm-10pm

Callbacks by invitation will be on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 7pm-10pm

If you are unable to attend auditions in person, please email us at alabamasky@ssstage.org to arrange a video submission.

***Silver Spring Stage is an all-volunteer theater. All roles are open and unpaid.***

To audition, sign up here for a 1-hour slot. The auditions will consist of cold readings from the scripts. You will receive a copy of the scenes to be read before the auditions.

Some Notes About Auditions & Schedules:

  • Actors will need to fill out an audition form and submit a resume and headshot if available. Access the form here to print it out and complete it prior to your audition.
  • Actors must note their conflicts throughout the rehearsal process and run of the show, May 2-18, 2025.
  • Rehearsals will typically be held four times a week, on both weeknights and weekends, depending on cast availability.
  • Tech and dress rehearsals begin Saturday, April 26, 2025.
  • Performances will run three weekends, May 2-18, 2025. Performances will be Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 PM, with Sunday matinees every weekend at 2:00 PM.
  • Brush-up rehearsals may be held Thursday evenings before Friday performances.
  • Cast attendance is required at all rehearsals as called by the director and stage manager, unless a conflict has been previously indicated. Cast must be available for all tech and dress rehearsals, performances, and brush ups. 

** If you have any questions, please email us at alabamasky@ssstage.org ** 

SHOW SYNOPSIS

Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage is a play about five characters in Harlem during the Great Depression: The play takes place in 1930, during the Harlem Renaissance, when the creative euphoria of the era was giving way to the harsh realities of the Great Depression. The characters face economic hardship, racism, sexism, and homophobia while trying to pursue their artistic dreams.

The play was first performed in Atlanta in 1995 and was revived in London in 2022. Cleage is an American playwright, novelist, poet, and political activist who was one of the first Black women in the United States to gain national recognition as a dramatist.

CONTENT ADVISORY

Discussion of Violence and Sex, Moderate Coarse Language, Depictions of Slurs and Shaming,

SETTING

Harlem, New York City, 1930s

CHARACTERS

All roles are African-American

Angel: 34 years old, but looks five years younger

Guy: In his 30s and gay, and works as a costume designer at The Cotton Club

Delia: 25 years old, and works as a social worker at a family planning clinic

Sam: 40 years old, and works as a doctor at Harlem Hospital

Leland: 28 years old, and from Alabama

** Again, if you have any questions, please email us at alabamasky@ssstage.org **