BMP Festival Casting Call

Blackboard Plays is partnering with Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) to promote a platform for Black Playwrights who tell stories about Black Families. Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival is in the process of finalizing our playwright submissions. Play finalists will be selected and will have a week long development workshop during Fall 2023. Additionally each show will rehearse, be virtually captured and be streamed in 2024. 

We are seeking performers for both the development workshop and production for this upcoming BMPFest season. Please note, these will be separate contracts. Actors cast in the workshops might not be cast for the 2024 productions. 


***We will also include you in the Blackboard Casting Database for additional opportunities.


Since 2008, Blackboard has been devoted to Black Playwrights and has created a platform for Black Playwrights to have their plays heard and receive feedback.


Submission Instructions/Deadline:

Please submit two contrasting contemporary monologues (one-minute max each) that best shows your acting range. Please also submit your headshot and resume. The Dropbox Link to upload these items are below. Please use the label examples below for your submissions. We will also need this Google form filled out to completion.


Submission Items Dropbox Link: https://bit.ly/bmpcast-2324-db


Please label your submissions accordingly:

LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Video Submission

LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Headshot

LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Resume


Location: The Development Workshop, 2024 Rehearsals and 2024 capture will all be virtual.


23/24 BMPFest Production Schedule: 

DECEMBER 2023

4-8: Development Workshop Show #1 (off on 5th & 7th)

11-15: Development Workshop Show #2 (off on 12th & 14th)


JANUARY 2024

22-26: Development Workshop Show #3 (off on 23rd & 25th)

29-31: Development Workshop Show #4 (off on 30th)


FEBRUARY 2024

1-2: Development Workshop Show #4 (off on 1st)

12-18: Show #1 Rehearsal/Capture


MARCH 2024

4-10: Show #2 Rehearsal/Capture

18-24: Show #3 Rehearsal/Capture


APRIL 2024

22-28: Show #4 Rehearsal/Capture


OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2024

TBD: Stream BMPFEST 23/24 Plays


Compensation: 

Development Workshop: Actors will receive a $150 stipend 

Virtual Play Productions (2024 Rehearsal/Captures): Actors will receive a $300 stipend 

BMPFest supports the full spectrum of identities for performing artists. Actors of all ethnicities, physical abilities, sizes, ages and gender identities, as well as performers with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE NOTE: 
We will need this Google Form filled out to completion in addition to the uploaded submissions.

If you have any questions, please email us at  agray@blackboardplays.com.

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SUBMISSION

Please upload your Headshot, Resume and two monologues (one comedic and one dramatic) to the below Dropbox Link. Please label based off of the example below.              

LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Video Submission - list comedic or dramatic (you can put both in one video)          
LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Headshot
LAST NAME - FIRST NAME – Resume

Submission Items Dropbox Link:  https://bit.ly/bmpcast-2324-db

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