Current Auditions List
Auditions List
Updated July 29th
DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE
Playwright: Sarah Ruhl
Company: White Rock Players' Club
Director: Dave Carroll.
Production Dates: October 6th to 23rd, 13 performances including 1 Sunday matinee on October 17th
Audition Date: Sunday August 1st at Semiahmoo House 15306 24th Ave. South Surrey 7pm to10pm, Monday at Coast Capital Playhouse 1532 Johnston rd, White Rock, 7pm to10pm.
Callbacks: Thursday August 5th, at Coast Capital Playhouse.
Require: Three females 30 to 45, one female 50 to 70, two males 30 to 45.
Info contact: Dave Carroll at 604-318-8428 or 604-531-7739.
"13" – THE MUSICAL
Playwright: Jason Robert Brown (music & lyrics), Dan Elish & Robert Horn (book)
Company: Awkward Stage Productions
Director: Corwin Ferguson, Cara Tench & Andy Toth
Production Dates: September 9-19, 2010
Audition Date: By appointment only – August 3-8, 2010. Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for a scheduled time and information.
Audition Address: TBA
Require: Awkward Stage Productions is currently seeking musicians for their upcoming Vancouver Fringe show “13” by Jason Robert Brown.
Looking for drums, bass, 2 guitars, and keys – ALL MUST read music and have been playing their instrument min 3 years.
Awkward Stage is a theatre production company run for and by teens and young adults with the help of professional theatre mentors. This production is non-union/no pay.
For more information contact Andy at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
UPSIDE DOWN HALOS
Company: Characters Comedy Troupe
Audition Date: Monday, August 9 at 1 pm
Audition Address: Kerrisdale Community Centre, 42 Ave. & West Blvd.
Writer/Director: Angel Drummond
Production Dates: Dec.3, 9 & 11 (aft. & early eves)
Requires: male, any age to play a Prince, women any age to play various characters on a cruise ship. Cold reading. Actors play more than one part. Rehearsals Tues. & Thurs. 3:30 pm
Contact: Kerrisdale Senior's Centre, 604-257-8109
JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN
Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Company: Glass City Theatre http://www.glasscitytheatre.com
Director: Angela Konrad
Production Dates: March 11 - April 2, 2011 at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver
Audition Date: Monday, August 16, 2010
Audition Address: Pacific CTheatre: 1440 West 12th Avenue
Require: Mary Jane Hanrahan (Female, 25 – 45, any ethnicity) – Feisty, burned-out Irish Catholic attorney
Valdez (Male, 25 – 45) – Viciously authoritarian corrections officer D'Amico (Male, 25 – 35) – Prison guard
Please submit cover letter, headshot, & resume to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Those who are invited to audition will be contacted with an audition time. Please prepare a monologue (under 2 minutes) and be prepared to do a cold read from the script.
This is a Non-Equity, paid show.
Callbacks will be by invitation on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
CACTUS FLOWER
Playwright: Abe Burrows
Company: Surrey Little Theatre
Director: Brigitte Seib
Production Dates: October 14 – November 6, 2010
Audition Dates: Monday August 16th and Tuesday August 17th at 7:00pm
Audition Address: 7027 184th St. Surrey
Requires: 4 male roles and 4 female roles with ages ranging from the 20s to 50s.
Dr. Julian Winston – male, age 35-55
Toni Simmons - female, age 20’s, attractive and quirky, Dr. Winston’s girlfriend
Igor Sullivan - male, age 20’s, Toni’s neighbor, a writer
Stephanie Dickinson - female, age 35 -50’s, Dr. Winston’s Nurse/assistant
Mrs. Dixon Durant - female, age 50 or older, patient of Dr. Winston
Harvey Greenfield - male, age 40-50’s, a friend and patient of Dr. Winston
Senor Arturo Sanchez - male, age 40-50’s, diplomat and patient of Dr. Winston
Boticelli Springtime – female, 20’s to 40, girlfriend of Harvey Greenfield
Other roles include waiter, music lover, customer.
For more information visit: http://www.surreylittletheatre.com, or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
FIGHTING CHANCE PRODUCTIONS - GENERAL AUDITIONS, 2010/11 Season
Company: Fighting Chance Productions
Audition Dates: Mid-August
Production Dates: Sweeney Todd (October, 2010 at Jericho Arts Centre), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (February, 2011 at VECC Culture Lab), The Wiz (April, 2011 at Performance Works), Bare (August, 2011 at Waterfront Theatre)
Notes: Please e-mail headshot and resume to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please make sure you let us know which shows you are interested in auditioning for. Due to the large number of applications, please note not everyone will be considered for an audition. We are hoping to cast both Sweeney Todd, Lieutenant of Inishmore and Uncommon Women (and Others) during these auditions and hope to cast a majority of the leads for The Wiz and Bare as well. If you are unable to make the auditions or are not in town, please let us know and we will try to accommodate you. For more info, please check out our website: http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca
Required: For musical auditions: 1 Sondheim song and 1 contemporary musical theatre song. For play auditions: 1 monologue and cold-read from the play.
Contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more information
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
Playwright: Craig Sodaro
Company: North Vancouver Community Players
Director: Clive Sanders (604-988-6767 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) )
Producers: Sandy Branning (604-983-3764 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Liz Massil (604-980-2702 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) )
Production Dates: October 22-24, 27-30 and November 3-6, 2010 (preview October 21, 2010)
In the Theatre at Hendry Hall 815 East 11th Street, North Vancouver
Audition Dates: Saturday, August 21 @ 2:00 pm Monday, August 23 @ 7:00 pm
Audition Address: The Theatre at Hendry Hall 815 East 11th Street, North Vancouver
Callbacks: (if necessary) Wednesday, August 25 @ 7:00 pm
Requires:
The Coffee Shoppe Investigators
Nick Noir.............. 30s or 40s, a Humphrey Bogart wannabe private eye. He wears the classic trench coat and fedora, talks out the side of his mouth, and addresses the audience regularly. (358 lines)
Selma.................... 20s or 30s, Nick’s devoted secretary. She’s behind the time fashion-wise, looks like a Kewpie doll, but she’s got her Blackberry and a brain as back-up. (174 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Owners
Coco Purvis.......... 30s or 40s – twin sister to BonBon, a prematurely white-haired, bubbly, home-spun sweetie-pie who really brings the home into home cooking. (108 lines)
Bonbon Purvis...... 30s or 40s – twin sister to CoCo, a classic, sour, straight-back, straight-laced no-nonsense business owner who is suspicious of everyone and everything - - and is thus suspicious herself. (87 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Waitress
Bobbie Sue........... 30s or 40s, a brassy waitress who wants to be a country singer - - and everybody knows it, because she likes to sing. The trouble is, she can’t. And, boy, has she got a secret! (89 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Customers
Henry Higgins...... 23, a typical young guy just beginning to make his way in the world. So why’s he dressed up and acting
Hickenbottom like grandpa? (60 lines)
Francois Lepew.... 30s, 40s or 50s, more French than a bottle of Bordeaux. So what’s he doing sitting in the coffee shop hiding behind his newspaper? (59 lines)
Georgia Gore....... 30s, 40s or 50s, a dowdy, bag-lady type, restaurant critic who tries to blend in so nobody knows what she’s really up to. (30 lines).
Yolanda Lamb...... 30s or 40s, a mysterious woman dressed all in black, complete with a black hat and veil. So what’s she hiding? (53 lines)
Juniper Berry....... 20s, a perky breath of fresh air. So whose side is she on? (46 lines)
Notes: Auditions will be a cold read from the script. Please come with resume and headshot if available. These are open auditions, but preference will be given to existing members of NVCP. Successful candidates must all be members of NVCP ($20 fee) prior to the first rehearsal.
THE LIBRARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES IN PLAYS AND/OR PRODUCTION DATES
Updated July 29th
DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE
Playwright: Sarah Ruhl
Company: White Rock Players' Club
Director: Dave Carroll.
Production Dates: October 6th to 23rd, 13 performances including 1 Sunday matinee on October 17th
Audition Date: Sunday August 1st at Semiahmoo House 15306 24th Ave. South Surrey 7pm to10pm, Monday at Coast Capital Playhouse 1532 Johnston rd, White Rock, 7pm to10pm.
Callbacks: Thursday August 5th, at Coast Capital Playhouse.
Require: Three females 30 to 45, one female 50 to 70, two males 30 to 45.
Info contact: Dave Carroll at 604-318-8428 or 604-531-7739.
"13" – THE MUSICAL
Playwright: Jason Robert Brown (music & lyrics), Dan Elish & Robert Horn (book)
Company: Awkward Stage Productions
Director: Corwin Ferguson, Cara Tench & Andy Toth
Production Dates: September 9-19, 2010
Audition Date: By appointment only – August 3-8, 2010. Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for a scheduled time and information.
Audition Address: TBA
Require: Awkward Stage Productions is currently seeking musicians for their upcoming Vancouver Fringe show “13” by Jason Robert Brown.
Looking for drums, bass, 2 guitars, and keys – ALL MUST read music and have been playing their instrument min 3 years.
Awkward Stage is a theatre production company run for and by teens and young adults with the help of professional theatre mentors. This production is non-union/no pay.
For more information contact Andy at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
UPSIDE DOWN HALOS
Company: Characters Comedy Troupe
Audition Date: Monday, August 9 at 1 pm
Audition Address: Kerrisdale Community Centre, 42 Ave. & West Blvd.
Writer/Director: Angel Drummond
Production Dates: Dec.3, 9 & 11 (aft. & early eves)
Requires: male, any age to play a Prince, women any age to play various characters on a cruise ship. Cold reading. Actors play more than one part. Rehearsals Tues. & Thurs. 3:30 pm
Contact: Kerrisdale Senior's Centre, 604-257-8109
JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN
Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Company: Glass City Theatre http://www.glasscitytheatre.com
Director: Angela Konrad
Production Dates: March 11 - April 2, 2011 at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver
Audition Date: Monday, August 16, 2010
Audition Address: Pacific CTheatre: 1440 West 12th Avenue
Require: Mary Jane Hanrahan (Female, 25 – 45, any ethnicity) – Feisty, burned-out Irish Catholic attorney
Valdez (Male, 25 – 45) – Viciously authoritarian corrections officer D'Amico (Male, 25 – 35) – Prison guard
Please submit cover letter, headshot, & resume to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Those who are invited to audition will be contacted with an audition time. Please prepare a monologue (under 2 minutes) and be prepared to do a cold read from the script.
This is a Non-Equity, paid show.
Callbacks will be by invitation on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
CACTUS FLOWER
Playwright: Abe Burrows
Company: Surrey Little Theatre
Director: Brigitte Seib
Production Dates: October 14 – November 6, 2010
Audition Dates: Monday August 16th and Tuesday August 17th at 7:00pm
Audition Address: 7027 184th St. Surrey
Requires: 4 male roles and 4 female roles with ages ranging from the 20s to 50s.
Dr. Julian Winston – male, age 35-55
Toni Simmons - female, age 20’s, attractive and quirky, Dr. Winston’s girlfriend
Igor Sullivan - male, age 20’s, Toni’s neighbor, a writer
Stephanie Dickinson - female, age 35 -50’s, Dr. Winston’s Nurse/assistant
Mrs. Dixon Durant - female, age 50 or older, patient of Dr. Winston
Harvey Greenfield - male, age 40-50’s, a friend and patient of Dr. Winston
Senor Arturo Sanchez - male, age 40-50’s, diplomat and patient of Dr. Winston
Boticelli Springtime – female, 20’s to 40, girlfriend of Harvey Greenfield
Other roles include waiter, music lover, customer.
For more information visit: http://www.surreylittletheatre.com, or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
FIGHTING CHANCE PRODUCTIONS - GENERAL AUDITIONS, 2010/11 Season
Company: Fighting Chance Productions
Audition Dates: Mid-August
Production Dates: Sweeney Todd (October, 2010 at Jericho Arts Centre), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (February, 2011 at VECC Culture Lab), The Wiz (April, 2011 at Performance Works), Bare (August, 2011 at Waterfront Theatre)
Notes: Please e-mail headshot and resume to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Please make sure you let us know which shows you are interested in auditioning for. Due to the large number of applications, please note not everyone will be considered for an audition. We are hoping to cast both Sweeney Todd, Lieutenant of Inishmore and Uncommon Women (and Others) during these auditions and hope to cast a majority of the leads for The Wiz and Bare as well. If you are unable to make the auditions or are not in town, please let us know and we will try to accommodate you. For more info, please check out our website: http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca
Required: For musical auditions: 1 Sondheim song and 1 contemporary musical theatre song. For play auditions: 1 monologue and cold-read from the play.
Contact: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more information
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
Playwright: Craig Sodaro
Company: North Vancouver Community Players
Director: Clive Sanders (604-988-6767 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) )
Producers: Sandy Branning (604-983-3764 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) and Liz Massil (604-980-2702 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) )
Production Dates: October 22-24, 27-30 and November 3-6, 2010 (preview October 21, 2010)
In the Theatre at Hendry Hall 815 East 11th Street, North Vancouver
Audition Dates: Saturday, August 21 @ 2:00 pm Monday, August 23 @ 7:00 pm
Audition Address: The Theatre at Hendry Hall 815 East 11th Street, North Vancouver
Callbacks: (if necessary) Wednesday, August 25 @ 7:00 pm
Requires:
The Coffee Shoppe Investigators
Nick Noir.............. 30s or 40s, a Humphrey Bogart wannabe private eye. He wears the classic trench coat and fedora, talks out the side of his mouth, and addresses the audience regularly. (358 lines)
Selma.................... 20s or 30s, Nick’s devoted secretary. She’s behind the time fashion-wise, looks like a Kewpie doll, but she’s got her Blackberry and a brain as back-up. (174 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Owners
Coco Purvis.......... 30s or 40s – twin sister to BonBon, a prematurely white-haired, bubbly, home-spun sweetie-pie who really brings the home into home cooking. (108 lines)
Bonbon Purvis...... 30s or 40s – twin sister to CoCo, a classic, sour, straight-back, straight-laced no-nonsense business owner who is suspicious of everyone and everything - - and is thus suspicious herself. (87 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Waitress
Bobbie Sue........... 30s or 40s, a brassy waitress who wants to be a country singer - - and everybody knows it, because she likes to sing. The trouble is, she can’t. And, boy, has she got a secret! (89 lines)
The Coffee Shoppe Customers
Henry Higgins...... 23, a typical young guy just beginning to make his way in the world. So why’s he dressed up and acting
Hickenbottom like grandpa? (60 lines)
Francois Lepew.... 30s, 40s or 50s, more French than a bottle of Bordeaux. So what’s he doing sitting in the coffee shop hiding behind his newspaper? (59 lines)
Georgia Gore....... 30s, 40s or 50s, a dowdy, bag-lady type, restaurant critic who tries to blend in so nobody knows what she’s really up to. (30 lines).
Yolanda Lamb...... 30s or 40s, a mysterious woman dressed all in black, complete with a black hat and veil. So what’s she hiding? (53 lines)
Juniper Berry....... 20s, a perky breath of fresh air. So whose side is she on? (46 lines)
Notes: Auditions will be a cold read from the script. Please come with resume and headshot if available. These are open auditions, but preference will be given to existing members of NVCP. Successful candidates must all be members of NVCP ($20 fee) prior to the first rehearsal.
THE LIBRARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES IN PLAYS AND/OR PRODUCTION DATES
