THE TRUTH ....PLAY AUDITIONS

If you can sing, act or dance.....Whitley Porter is looking for you. The black community of UCR is going to bringing its first play into production titled appropriately "The Truth". The play will be carried out in the beginning of February for Black History Month

There are so many of you talented dancers who do hip hop, Afro centric, ballet, jazz,lyrical, booty bouncin and other surplus types of dances that should come out and audition. Whitley the director is also looking for singers. Singing in the shower is a plus....Also those of you looking for an acting gig or a place to shine.....

Come and audition....Info below.....

Go back in time with the slaves that created our empire, to the juke joint blacks that got you swingin in the cotton clubs. Oh and lets not forget about the KING that had a dream, or the Hip Hop music that gave us UNITY. All the way to our 1st Black Presidential candidate whose making hisory in America as we speak. If Obama can do it so can you. Come join us and audition for UCR's 1st Annual Black History Play!

Cast List: Characters that I need!
Narrator 1 and 2
National Anthem Singer
Black National Anthem Singer
King Oduduwa-Sef's Father
Sef-Main Character
Sariyah-Sef's Wife
White Auctioneer
White Bidder
Black Husband
Black Wife
Black Daughter
Harriet Tubman
Slave that talks to Harriet
2 slaves to sing-"We cant give up now" by Mary Mary

Intermission Singers/instrumentalists:
I am looking for a Live Band!(drums, guitar, etc.)
Gospel choir-"Joyful Joyful"
Jazz piano/saxaphone player- Ray Charles "I got a Woman"
Temptations-"Since I lost My Baby"
Gladys Knight-"Midnight Train to Georgia"
Diana Ross- "Aint No Mountain High Enough"
Stevie Wonder-"If you Really Love Me"
Luther Vandross-"Never Too Much"
Whitney Houston-"I Wana Dance w/ Somebody"
Mary J Blige-"Sweet Thing"
MUSIQ-"Buddy"
Jasmine Sullivan-"Need you Bad"


Black Soldier
Abraham Lincoln
Newsboy
Langston Hughes
Cotton Club Announcer
Billie Holiday-"sing strange fruit"
Black Panther
White Bus Driver
Rosa Parks
2 White Kids
white Policeman
Martin Luther King Jr.
LL COOl J
Queen Latifah
Barack Obama

*If you cant act or sing TRUST ME I still need your help. I will need extras to be slaves, praise dancers, soldiers in the Civil War, dancers in the cotton club, or protestors during the Civil Rights riot.
Also, I need ushers for the show, backstage hands, a makeup artist, someone who can make props and anyone else who would like to volunteer. Just email Whitley Porter @ wport001@ucr.edu.*