Pipeline
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed By X. Alexander Durden
Rated for Mature Audiences
Auditions Monday January 5th and Tuesday January 6th, 6:30pm
2462 S Ballenger Hwy, Flint, MI 48507
What to prepare/expect:
Auditions will consist of duet cold readings from the script.
You may prepare one of the scenes ahead of auditions with a specific scene partner if you would like. Individuals without a scene partner will be paired off at the start of auditions.
OPTIONAL MONOLOGUE: After cold readings, we may ask individuals to stay behind to do additional readings, at which point you can perform an optional monologue of your choice (monologue does not need to be from Pipeline).
You can send in a virtual audition to our producer at zach@flintcommunityplayers.com if you are unable to attend auditions. You can also email to request the audition form and/or audition sides.
Performance Dates
Friday, February 27, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday March 1, 2026 @ 2:30 PM
Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 8, 2026 @ 2:30 PM
Rehearsal Schedule:
First-Read Through: Monday January 12, 2026
Rehearsals will be Monday – Thursday from 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM/9:30 PM
Plot:
Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away?
With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore. Morisseau pens a deeply moving story of a mother’s fight to give her son a future — without turning her back on the community that made him who he is.
Characters:
Nya:
Black woman in her mid-late 30's. Single mother. Public H.S. Teacher. Trying to raise her teenage son on her own with much difficulty. A good teacher inspiring her students in a stressed environment. A struggling parent doing her damndest. Strong but burning out. Smoker. Sometimes drinker. Holding together by a thread.
Omari:
Black man in his late teens. Smart and astute. Rage without release. Tender and honest at his core. Something profoundly sensitive amidst the anger. Wrestling with his identity between private school education and being from a so-called urban community. Nya's son.
Jasmine:
Black or Latina woman in her late teens. Sensitive and tough. A sharp bite, a soft smile. Profoundly aware of herself and her environment. Attends upstate private school but from a so-called urban environment. In touch with the poetry of her own language.
Xavier:
Black man in his mid-late 30's. Single father - struggling to connect to his own son. Marketing exec. Wounded relationship with his ex-wife. Financially stable. Emotionally impoverished. Nya's ex-husband. Omari's father.
Laurie:
White woman in her 50's. Pistol of a woman. Teaches in Public High School and can hold her own against the tough students and the stressed environment. Doesn't bite her tongue. A don't-fuck-with-me chick.
Dun:
Black man in his early-mid 30's. Public High School security guard. Fit and optimistic. Charismatic with women. Genuine and thoughtful and trying to be a gentleman in a stressed environment. It's not easy.
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