PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Please note that online audition is for the role of "QUEEN IDIA only" and for those not able to be physically present at the Audition in Benin City.
Before applying make sure you have the following ready:
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Resume
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Headshot (with no filter)
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Self Tape (Use the Sides below)
* Ability to speak the Edo Language is a plus.
SIDE #1
IDIA:
I am but a woman - not a god. When
the morning sun rises, it only
shines on those whose bodies are
presented before it. I told you
that one needs to be ready when
destiny calls. That’s all I have
been to my husband, our husband.
And my son - getting them focused.
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OHONMI:
I can see how your “morning sun”
has smitten you with the news from
Benin. Your pregnant goat has had a
still birth. Ha! There is no
kingdom for the king anymore.
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(Ohonmi laughs and walks off).
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IDIA:
(addressing the
departing Ohonmi)
If I were you, I will not mock
the gods. My own
destiny...lurks!
SIDE #2
IDIA:
Weep not for me yet for I have many
lives. Mourn not, for in the womb
of time is the cord that‘ll bind
our union... the many joys that’s
to come. The many sorrows we have
had to stomach... I have it
planted... my son is king! I can
now live with death. And in death,
I leave me behind, in Osawe ne
rri’Esigie , one of my many lives.
Let the living not be counted
lucky... for in death, there’s
truly peace.
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