Permanent Collection Auditions

Monday & Tuesday, December 5th & 6th, 6:30pm-9:30pm

Honey McGee Playhouse - 313 Mulberry Street, Sherman 75090

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Attributes regarding gender and ethnicity are specific to the plot of PERMANENT COLLECTION. Suggested ages refer to the character and not necessarily to the actor chosen for the role. The characters of PERMANENT COLLECTION are all educated, professional people.

STERLING NORTH -- African- American man, 40s, the new museum administrator

ELLA FRANKLIN—African-American woman, 60s, the longtime museum assistant

PAUL BARROW—White man, 40s, the museum’s Director of Education

KANIKA WEAVER--- African-American, 20s, Sterling’s assistant

GILLIAN CRANE---White woman, 40s, a zealous local journalist

ALFRED MORRIS---White man, 50s, the idiosyncratic creator of the museum

AUDITION NOTES

Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Performers are welcome and encouraged to attend both nights of auditions, as there will be no callbacks. Rehearsals will begin with an initial read-through on Monday, January 2, 2023. Rehearsal schedule will be Sun-Thurs evenings through the month of January.

PERMANENT COLLECTION will open on Friday, February 3rd, with additional performances on February 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, and 19.

PERMANENT COLLECTION, by Thomas Gibbons, is a contemporary drama set in a public art gallery. Soon after African-American businessman Sterling North becomes the new director of the Morris Foundation, he discovers that this world-famous art collection includes several significant African sculptures tucked away in storage. His proposal to add them to the public galleries is opposed by the foundation’s long-time education director, who is loyal to the idiosyncratic wishes of the late Dr. Morris. Spurred on by a zealous local journalist, this clash quickly escalates to public accusations of racism and a bitter struggle for control of the collection. PERMANENT COLLECTION is a searing examination of racial politics that ultimately asks how much space—literally and figuratively—the white world gives to African-Americans. What is the cost of failing to view the world through another’s eyes?