Back Alley Productions is holding auditions for Home On The Mornin' Train at the Mars Theater, 117 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga.
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Auditions are July 25 and 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Performances are weekends Sept. 16 through Oct. 2.
It will be directed by GinnyBeth Gadd.
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Show summary:
Jewish children Rifka and Aaron are sent by their parents into hiding with the Westemeier family in rural Germany. Soon they are joined by other Jewish children, Baruch, David and Ledah. The plan is to take them by boat to safety in Denmark. While in hiding, the Jewish children read from a first-person account of a runaway teenage slave named Brave Mary. They learn of the history of slavery in the United States and Brave Mary's story of escaping an Alabama plantation in the 1830s. Brave Mary is joined in her escape by Katie-Mae and a young boy named Kindred. The means of survival for both groups of children is the Underground Railroad. The Westemeier's son, Karl, helps his father smuggle the Jewish children out of Germany. In America, Adelaide, the daughter of an abolitionist banker, gives asylum to runaway slaves on their flight to freedom. Olivia, a slave, puts herself in jeopardy as she uses her owner's boat to ferry blacks across the Ohio River. Trials and tribulations beset both groups of children. However, the Jewish children are inspired by the strength and courage of the black children trying to find their way to Canada, as they make their own way to Denmark. The Underground Railroad is not just a bit of dusty American history: it is still running - worldwide.
Characters:
Jewish children escaping Germany:
Rifka (F. 16-17 yrs old)
Aaron (M. 7-8 yrs old)
Baruch (M. 14-15 yrs old)
Ledah (F. 7-8 yrs old)
David (M. 10-12 yrs old)
Runaway Slave Children: Runaway Jessie (F. 19-20 yrs old)
Brave Mary (F. 17-18 yrs old) Katie-Mae (F. 15-16 yrs old) Kindrid (M. 14-15 yrs old)
Olivia (F. 17 yrs old)
Germans:
Karl (18-19 yrs old)
Young Man (16-20 yrs old)
Adelaide - Southern White Woman, (19-20 yrs old)