ACTORS NEEDED FOR JUNE 25TH & 26TH. Return to Salt of the Earth Theater Productions is performing a play ”HALF OUR STORY HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD, THE AWAKENING” on June 25th and June 26th at the Anacostia Playhouse (https://www.anacostiaplayhouse.com/about/). The playhouse is located behind the big chair. We're meeting this Thursday evening at the Woodbridge Library, located at 1801 Hamlin Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20018 (https://www.dclibrary.org/woodridge). Gato Martinez-Bentley is the writer and producer of the play -- he needs 4 male actors (ages 17 - 25) to play roles of teenagers at Ballou High School (1970's era) IMMEDIATELY! This gig will pay upon receipt of ticket sales after June 26, 2019. If interested please contact Mr. Martinez-Bentley at (202) 702-0000. STORY LINE.... “The Awakening” is a story that celebrates and explores the wonderful talents and abilities of our story’s protagonist, Sylvester Linwood, as he tries to cope with life’s trials and tribulations. The story’s main character experiences the challenges and difficulties that young adult Black males faced during the height of the United States involvement in Vietnam. Sylvester Linwood addressed many of those issues that defined his life for many years to come. In this coming of age tale, Sylvester Linwood is a complex, multifaceted, Black man-child character who provides the audience with an alluring and provocative tale. Young Linwood began a startling metamorphism. Theoretically thinking he may go from being a cap gun kid, to a real M-16 machine gun carrying scenario in Vietnam. Could we be watching him transition from pro-war to anti-war? Has he awakened in our “Nation’s Capital, during troubling and turbulent times for young black men?” Our author’s visions at these times in DC are an “All the Way Live” epic tale from a first person, past tense narration. The series, “Half Our Story Has Never Been Told, The Awakening”, is the first installment of three (3) plays. Giving the audience a first-hand account of Sylvester Linwood’s life as an outspoken student, who dreams of leaving the hood. He focuses on his love of music, the performing arts, and his growing anti-war sentiment. To boot, his sentiment could pose a dilemma that would pit father against son, considering his father was a US patriot at heart, who would serve in another war to bring democracy to Southeast Asia.