AUDITIONS - MY CHILDREN, MY AFRICA!
Austin Shakespeare is holding auditions for experienced actors (that can "read/play" 18 yo*) for two roles for a staged reading of Athol Fugard’s powerful play, My Children, My Africa! Auditions will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at Tapestry Dance Studios at 2015 East Riverside Dr, Austin, TX. This staged reading will appear at the Long Center’s Rollins Theater on the evening of Saturday, November 15, 2025 and the afternoon matinee on Sunday, November 16, 2025. AEA actors are welcome. This engagement will be working under a Theatre Authority fundraising agreement. Non-union actors receive a stipend. Locals only. No housing or transportation is available.
Race is central to the characters:
Seeking one “Caucasian” female, age "read/play" 18*
Seeking one “African American” male, age "read/play" 18*
*Age is a matter of appearance
Prepare a two minute monologue or request a side from the play. Audition are by appointment only -- contact auditions@austinshakespeare.org to request an audition time. Video auditions are an option. Use the submission button below should a video submission be necessary.
South African dialect is necessary for performance but that can be learned. For an audition piece with some dialect would be helpful. We will have a dialect coach for rehearsals.
ABOUT THE PLAY
The story confronts the tragedy of apartheid in South Africa 1985. It is a celebrated script that tells the tale of the efforts of a spectacular Black teacher (to be played by Marc Pouhe’) in a segregated township trying to persuade a young man that education, not violence, is the answer to South Africa’s problems. The teenagers are being coached by the teacher to join together in a literary competition.
Austin Shakespeare holds auditions periodically throughout our season in addition to a general audition at the onset of each season. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, gender expression, age, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. We welcome you to submit links to your head shot, resume, and monologue/reels you would like to share with us. Submitting this form will place you on our auditions mailing list.