"Diary of Annie Mae Franklin" Play Reading Competition AUDITIONS by Director Phillip E. Walker-MFA

LOS ANGELES - June 4, 2025 - PRLog -- Being Founding Artistic Director of the 48-year-old African American Drama Company, Phillip Eugene Walker-MFA has been tasked by Downtown Los Angeles' Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (BFA) to direct Indiana playwright Cystal V. Rhode's "The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin" Staged Reading for public presentation during the Lincoln Park Theatre Festival 2025. This competition's winning script will be considered for a full play production.

From 2:00pm thru 4:00pm PST this coming Saturday, June 7th, AUDITIONS for a role in this Reading are being held by Walker at BFA 3540 N. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, California 90031 USA. Submissions to receive an AUDITION invitation are available via CastingNetworks.com or Contact us to request an AUDITION slot.

In addition to needing any age/ethnicity performer to read Stage Directions, principal roles being casted are:
Otis Franklin ~ 35-year-old who looks older is a proud, stern religious man, not educated, but he does read and write.
Edna Franklin ~ 32-year-old who looks older is an illiterate, quiet, religious woman.
Maggie Franklin ~ 15-year-old is academically gifted, feisty and defiant.
Annie Mae Franklin ~ 12-year-old, quiet and studious, she doesn't have the boldness of her older sister.
Miss Connie Noble ~ 25-year-old is a well spoken, highly educated schoolteacher from the North who is outspoken.
Adam Sato ~ 14-year-old Japanese American is bright and articulate, but confused and frightened.

This Staged Reading performance is scheduled as part of the USA and Los Angeles City Juneteenth Official Holiday weekend celebrations 1:00pm PST Saturday, June 21, 2025. https://www.bfatheatre.org

The Script's synopsis supplied by author Rhodes states: "When an African American family harbors a Japanese American boy who escapes from a World War II detention camp in a small southern town, the family is faced with a dilemma. Should they face the possibility of treason charges or become complicit with the boy's immoral imprisonment? While the debate rages, an unexpected act of violence sets the scene for impending disaster. With their backs against the wall, and no justice in sight for their family or for the boy, they all become forced migrants, as they escape the south and head north."

"The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin" Stage Reading presentation curtain warmer will be the 121+ International Awards winning micro-short docudrama instructional video "Hapless Revenge - an original Juneteenth tale".

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