Black History Month Showcase
Lights...Camera...ACTION!!!
Its almost time for the BHM Showcase to take place 2/20/16 at Valley Harvest Church in Rogers.
AUDITIONS:
Sunday December 6, at 2-4pm at St. James Baptist Church 763 W. North St, Fayetteville, AR 72701Saturday, December 19 at 1-3pm at OMNI, 3274 N. Lee Ave Fayetteville, AR 72703
ACTORS, SINGERS, DANCERS, STAGE HELP IS NEEDED.
SKIT 1: Women of Wisdom
21 African American Females are needed for the roles of historical Black Women. Each female will recite a quote, monologue or act out the role of the Historical Black Woman (10 females ages 10-25), (6 females ages 26-40), (4 females ages 41-70), (1 girl age 4-7)
1. Sojourner Truth
2. Harriet Tubman
3. Ida B. Wells
4. Mary McLeod Bethune
5. Maya Angelou
6. Fannie Lou Hamer
7. Shirley Chisholm
8. Oprah Winfrey
9. Nina Simone
10. Angela Davis
11. Assata Shakur
12. Marian Anderson
13. Madame C.J. Walker
14. Rosa Parks
15. Zora Neale Hurston
16. Toni Morrison
17. Daisy Bates
18. Alice Walker
19. Josephine Baker
20. Mae Jemison
21: Little Girl (Recital of Hey Black Child)
SKIT 2: Joints of Knowledge
Two
friends are chatting and one is smoking a joint and tries to influence the other. The other friend, however, has a different joint called the Joint of Knowledge,
Wisdom & Understanding.
2 African American Male Rappers: ages 18-30
2 African American Male Rappers: ages 18-30
SKIT 3: Vivian's Freedom Song
A slave master’s son is known to be vicious, and brutal to slave women until he meets Vivian who sings a way into his heart! He is forever changed and starts a mission to free slaves up North!
6 African American Women; (2 women ages 16-25), (2 women ages 26-50), (2 women ages 51 and up)
6 African American Women; (2 women ages 16-25), (2 women ages 26-50), (2 women ages 51 and up)
4 African American Men: (2 men ages 16-25), (2 men ages 26-50)
2 Caucasian Men: (1 age 18-25, (1 age 40-60)
Because of Them, WE Can Fashion Show
Children of all races and ages (4 and up) will dress up as diverse characters such as George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, President Barack Obama, President Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jackson, Selma Marchers, Freedom Riders and more.
Participants will walk to the mic and say a quote and then end with, Because of ______, I Can!
Ages: 4 and up
Children of all races and ages will dress up as diverse characters such as George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, President Barack Obama, President Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jackson, Selma Marchers, Freedom Riders and more.
Participants will walk to the mic and say a quote and then end with, Because of ______, I Can!
1. Barack Obama
2. Maya Angelou
3. Rosa Parks
4. Martin Luther King
5. Freedom Riders (6)
6. George Washington Carver
7. Langston Hughes
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Frederick Douglass
10. Harriet Tubman
11. Thurgood Marshall
12. Angela Davis
13. Stuart Scott
14. Doug Williams
15. Oprah Winfrey
16. Michael Jordan
17. Whoopi Goldberg
18. Shirley Chisolm
19. Muhammad Ali
20. Michelle Obama
21. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (5)
22. Sigma Gamma Rho(5)
23. Alpha Kappa Alpha(5)
24. Delta Sigma Theta(5)
25. Alpha Phi Alpha(5)
26. Phi Beta Sigma(5)
27. Omega Psi Phi(5)
28. Kappa Alpha Psi(5)
29. Tuskegee Airman (4)
30. Phyliss Wheatley
31. Trayvon Martin
32. Peter Norman
33. Carter G. Woodson
34. Sojourner Truth
35. William Lloyd Garrison
36. Abraham Lincoln
37. Assata Shakur
38. Malcolm X
39. Stevie Wonder
40. Madam C. J. Walker
41. Michael Jackson
42. Whitney Houston
43. Desmond Tutu
44. Spike Lee
45. Little Rock 9
46. Wilt Chamberlain
47. Daisey Bates
48. Emmitt Till
49. Memphis Sanitation Workers(4)
50. 4 Little Girls (4)
51. Black Panther Party(4)
52. Althea Gibson
53. Serena and Venus Williams (2)
54. Bob Marley
55. MC Hammer
56. Jackson 5 (5)
57. TLC (3)
58. Jackie Robinson
59. Selma Marchers(10)
60. Dizzy Gillespie
61. Other
Individuals for Fashion Show do not have to come to the auditions. They can email the person they select to the email below with a picture to match the outfit they plan to model. Fashion Models will come to rehearsals in January and February. For more information, please email: umojasoulnwa@yahoo.com
Participants will walk to the mic and say a quote and then end with, Because of ______, I Can!
Ages: 4 and up
Children of all races and ages will dress up as diverse characters such as George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, President Barack Obama, President Abraham Lincoln, Michael Jackson, Selma Marchers, Freedom Riders and more.
Participants will walk to the mic and say a quote and then end with, Because of ______, I Can!
1. Barack Obama
2. Maya Angelou
3. Rosa Parks
4. Martin Luther King
5. Freedom Riders (6)
6. George Washington Carver
7. Langston Hughes
8. Nelson Mandela
9. Frederick Douglass
10. Harriet Tubman
11. Thurgood Marshall
12. Angela Davis
13. Stuart Scott
14. Doug Williams
15. Oprah Winfrey
16. Michael Jordan
17. Whoopi Goldberg
18. Shirley Chisolm
19. Muhammad Ali
20. Michelle Obama
21. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (5)
22. Sigma Gamma Rho(5)
23. Alpha Kappa Alpha(5)
24. Delta Sigma Theta(5)
25. Alpha Phi Alpha(5)
26. Phi Beta Sigma(5)
27. Omega Psi Phi(5)
28. Kappa Alpha Psi(5)
29. Tuskegee Airman (4)
30. Phyliss Wheatley
31. Trayvon Martin
32. Peter Norman
33. Carter G. Woodson
34. Sojourner Truth
35. William Lloyd Garrison
36. Abraham Lincoln
37. Assata Shakur
38. Malcolm X
39. Stevie Wonder
40. Madam C. J. Walker
41. Michael Jackson
42. Whitney Houston
43. Desmond Tutu
44. Spike Lee
45. Little Rock 9
46. Wilt Chamberlain
47. Daisey Bates
48. Emmitt Till
49. Memphis Sanitation Workers(4)
50. 4 Little Girls (4)
51. Black Panther Party(4)
52. Althea Gibson
53. Serena and Venus Williams (2)
54. Bob Marley
55. MC Hammer
56. Jackson 5 (5)
57. TLC (3)
58. Jackie Robinson
59. Selma Marchers(10)
60. Dizzy Gillespie
61. Other
Individuals for Fashion Show do not have to come to the auditions. They can email the person they select to the email below with a picture to match the outfit they plan to model. Fashion Models will come to rehearsals in January and February. For more information, please email: umojasoulnwa@yahoo.com
