cullud wattah auditions
AUDITION DATE:
Monday, July 7, 2025
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Rehearsals Begin on or around: August 11th, 2025
Performances: september 12-27, 2025
Directed by Alicia Haymer
ABOUT
cullud wattah
a play by Erika Dickerson-Despenza
It’s been 936 days since Flint has had clean water. Marion, a third-generation General Motors employee, is consumed by layoffs at the engine plant. When her sister, Ainee, seeks justice and restitution for lead poisoning, her plan reveals the toxic entanglements between the city and its most powerful industry, forcing their family to confront the past-present-future cost of survival. As lead seeps into their homes and bodies, corrosive memories and secrets rise among them. Will this family ever be able to filter out the truth? cullud wattah blends form and bends time, diving deep into the poisonous choices of the outside world, the contamination within, and how we make the best choices for our families’ future when there are no real, present options.
AUDITION INFORMATION
Street Theatre Company will hold non-equity open call auditions at The Barbershop Theater, 4003 Indiana Ave.
Please prepare a monologue and arrive prepared to do a short acting exercise. Each audition slot is 5 minutes long.
Auditions are by appointment only. The audition request form is below. After the form is submitted, you will receive an email confirming your audition time. If you have any questions or have not received an audition time within 72 hours of submitting your audition form, please email auditions@streettheatrecompany.org.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
We are seeking a cast of five black women, girls, female-identifying, and femme performers.
Listed in order of appearance. Character descriptions provided by the author.
Plum - 9. Physically frail, arithmetically sharp African American girl. Curious, intuitive and wise. She is blue-black like a plum.
Marion - Early-mid 30s. A robust African American woman worn from caretaking. She is responsible, pragmatic and status quo. A third-generation engine assembly line worker at General Motors. A widow. Plum and Reesee’s mama.
Reesee - Late teens. A queer African American young woman infatuated with yemoja and the spiritual nature of healing. A dancer and aspiring doula.
Big Ma - 60s. Slight build with an elegant presence. A stern but deeply loving African American woman. The widowed matriarch of the Cooper family – but only in title. A Mississippi migrant with the south in her mouth; she often talks in pictures.
Ainee - Mid-late 30s. A 34 weeks pregnant African American woman. Addiction survivor. Frank, humorous. and slick-mouthed; a straight shooter. Fiercely maternal. The family historian and rebel interested in building political power. Marion’s older sister.
CASTING INFORMATION
STC firmly believes in diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity. We are committed to principles of ethical and diverse representation in our casting. We stand firmly by philosophies of anti-racism and anti-oppression.
STC is unable to provide housing; all actors must have housing in the Greater Nashville area.
VIDEO AUDITIONS
Video submissions will be accepted. The deadline to submit your video audition is Monday, July 7th by 8:00 pm. Videos must be submitted using the form below. A headshot and resume must be included with your submission.
COMPENSATION
All roles will receive a small stipend.
REHEARSAL AND PRODUCTION DATES
Rehearsals will begin on or around August 11th.
The show runs for 11 performances, with potential holdover performances noted with an asterisk (*).
Performance Schedule:
7:30 pm: September 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27
2:00 pm: September 14, 21, 13*, 20*, 27*
LOCATION
Rehearsals and performances will take place at The Barbershop Theater, 4003 Indiana Avenue.