'Love I Awethu Further'

Casting Equity actors for "Love I Awethu Further." Note: All roles will be understudied.
Setting: Antebellum, something like Virginia. Also: “time is made by he who hold the power so take the era with a grain of salt; in our time; this is perhaps tomorrow too.” Three cabins (Callie’s, Portia’s, and Awethu’s) which hold space for the fields; the church house; and the Mistress’ House, behind which is a great oak tree.

Casting Parameters from the Playwright: The playwright invites a wide range of Black women, non-binary, and genderqueer people. The word “woman” is always trans-inclusive.

“Wide range” as defined by the playwright includes: queer Black women & non-binary people; dark-skinned Black women & non-binary people; disabled Black women & non-binary people; global south Black women & non-binary people; fat and thick Black women & non-binary people; poor Black women & non-binary people; and Black women & non-binary people who were not formally trained in acting and who can embody and/or spit a poem vital to this revolution.

The playwright notes that gendered pronouns and language describing all characters besides Antoinette and Mistress may be adjusted to hold the people in the room.