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The Story of "Maya Angelou"

Kansas City, MO, United States
ID: 604049Exp: 4/30/2026
online audition
Description:

The Story of Maya start when Maya and her brother Bailey Jr left to go live with their grandmother Annie Henderson. As time went on in Stamp, Arkansas, their father came and got them to live with him yet he took them to their mother home to live. Maya had gotten raped by her mother's boyfriend, Mr. Freeman. Maya would not talk for years. Her mother Vivian, sent her back to live with Ms. Annie Henderson in Arkansas. It then took Ms. Bertha Flowers who introduces her to literature, poetry, and the healing power of words. Through this rediscover of her voice, first in whispers, then in boldness of expressions.

2 roles

LouiseFemale10-16 y.o.African-American

Louise was the childhood Friend of Maya Angelou

Tosh AngeloMale16-17 y.o.White / Caucasian

Tosh was the husband of Maya Angelou at a young age and they had a baby together