Hello! My name is Ebony Hicks and I will be making my playwright/artistic debut at Richmond Fringe Festival this year (yay!) and I am in need of 8-11 actors of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, experience levels, ages 18+ for a reading of my play “That Funny Feeling”. The play follows a young person named Joy who has a multitude of adult problems that just don’t seem to solve themselves and go away (I’m sure we can all relate) and when they’ve manifested themselves into actual people that only Joy can see and hear, Joy must make the active decision whether or not to face their problems head on. This play discusses about topics such as community, food insecurity, and grief (TW). Again, this is just a play reading so I am not looking for Tony award-winning experience levels (but you will not be turned away if you do have a Tony) but a willingness to explore the text and have fun trying different things. No memorization of the play is required, however, putting in an effort to act is. Please see a list of important details below and feel free to reach out with any questions! hicksebony01@gmail.com
Important Details:
!! This is (unfortunately) not a paid opportunity !! But I hope you’ll still want to be a part of what I am building 🙂 *fingers crossed*
You will be a part of the theater company I am building called Yours Truly Theater Company
Fringe Festival- April 11th-13th, our performance day Monday April 13th, tech time will be at 3-4:30pm est, our performance time will be 7:30-8:15pm (right before Fringe Funeral) performances will be at Firehouse Theater
Rehearsals- March 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th from 1-3pm, location TBD (possible added date of April 5th, this date will be reserved as a rain date or safety date but will be the absolute last rehearsal)
Scripts will be provided, you will need to bring your own binder
Shirts will be provided for the performance
There will be a group chat for communication purposes
!! At the end of the performance there will be a talk back hopefully with the audience but if they aren’t feeling chatty, I have a list of questions that I will be asking you as actors so that you are able to share a bit about yourselves as artists and the experience you had putting this reading together !!
Available roles-
Dr Tims- Joy’s therapist
Selena- Joy’s roommate
Howdy, Ginger, and Smith- Selena’s friends from improv, can be double casted as one of The Problems
– The Problems (in no particular order):
Community- literally in love with their own reflection
Grief- always feeling the opposite of whatever else everyone else is feeling
Finances- the cry baby of the group
Job Security- very stoic, keeps to themselves
Food Insecurity- every “bro” you can think of. Gym “bro”, surfer “brah”, hippie “dude”
(The role of Joy has already been cast)
Please take a moment to fill out the following google form so that I can learn more about you and what you are interested in and if you’d like, please feel free to visit my website to take a peek at some of my experience (on-stage, off-stage, and educational) to learn a little more about me!
Google form- https://forms.gle/PrZymL8QWr2dU86b9
Personal website- https://hicksebony01.wixsite.com/theater
Richmond Fringe- https://www.richmondfringe.com