Arena Dinner Theatre presents CHICKEN & BISCUITS by DOUGLAS LYONS

 

Director PRENTIS MOORE is casting 8 roles (5 female, 3 male).  No roles are precast, and all roles are open. This is an ensemble cast of predominantly African American characters, including a juvenile female character (15), and one white Jewish young adult male.

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Cast of Characters: age refers to stage/character age. Actors in real life can be older or younger in reality, but need to pass for the age of the character believably. ​

 

• BANEATTA MABRY-An upstanding and stern Christian woman. Mother to Kenny and Simone, and wife to Reginald. She's overbearingly full of love, but quite uptight and stubborn in her religious ways. Late 40s-mid 50s, African American.

• REGINALD MABRY-Baneatta's faithful husband and the new pastor of their home church. He's the peacemaker of the family. Reginald is a ball of love with a side of corny dad jokes. 50s, African American.

• KENNY MABRY-Baneatta and Reginald's youngest child. He's proudly queer, but cowers in the presence of his mother. Kenny bites when he needs to, but at the end of the day, he just wants to be loved. Mid-late 20s, African American.

• LOGAN LEIBOWITZ-Kenny's neurotic and dramatic Jewish boyfriend of four years. He often spins himself into a tizzy, but always wants to be there for Kenny. Logan's weed pen is his crutch for tough times. Mid-late 20s, white.

• BEVERLY JENKINS-Baneatta's younger sister. The "fun aunt" who's always in a push-up bra. But don't mistake her vibrance for incompetence. She's a savage, "classy;' not so boujee, but definitely ratchet when necessary. Early 40s-50s, African American.

• LA'TRICE FRANKLIN-Beverly's daughter. She's nosy, loud, and in everyone's business but her own. When not on her phone, she shows love-but in her own Gen Z way. Sarcasm is her love language. 15, African American.

• SIMONE MABRY-Kenny's older sister and Baneatta's favorite. She followed the "right path:' Though pulled, she can be shady. While fierce on the exterior, Simone is internally wounded from a recent failed engagement. 30s, African American.

• BRIANNA JENKINS-Baneatta and Beverly's half-sister through an affair. She didn't know her father, but has come to his funeral to gather more details on him. She's sweet, vulnerable, and collected. Early 40s-50s, African American.

 

Auditions will be on Sunday, November 23, and Monday, November 24, at 7 pm at Arena Dinner Theatre. Please have a schedule of all rehearsal conflicts at auditions and be prepared to read scenes from the script.