Current Auditions List
Auditions List - Updated May17th
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Company: The Beach House Theatre Society
Playwright:William Shakespeare
Directors:Candace Radcliffe & Rick Harmon
Production Dates: August 15th-19th
Audition Dates: May 22nd or May 24th 7-10pm
Audition Address: Semiahmoo Arts Mel Edwards Centre /Centennial Park 14600-1 North Bluff Road
Callbacks: May 29th 7-10pm
Requires: 8 non-equity males between the ages of 19-50
2 non-equity males between the ages of 50-60
2 non-equity males between the ages of 19-25
7 non-equity females between the ages of 19-25
2 non-equity females between the ages of 35-45
Notes: Please prepare a one to two minute comic Shakespearean monologue
Contact: To setup an audition email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Leave the date- Tuesday, May 22 or Thursday, May 24 and hour (19:00,20:00, 21:00) you would like to audition. A confirmation email will be sent to you. For more information call Rick at (604) 574-3044 or Candace at (604) 710-4929
FRONTIER TALE BLAZERS
Company: City of Surrey, Surrey Archives – Historical Re-enactment
Director: Yvette Dudley-Newman
Production Dates: July 1 through August 25 (13 dates)
Audition Dates: May 26 and 28 Deadline to submit May 20th
Audition Address: Heritage Re-Enactment, Heritage Services, Surrey Archives
17671 - 56 Avenue, Surrey
Requires: All submissions please list any musical instruments you play and voice range.
REEVE TOM (T.J.) SULLIVAN: AGE RANGE 37 to 63
DR FREDRICK SINCLAIR: AGE RANGE 37 to 65
MARY JANE SHANNON: AGE RANGE 28 to 43
STAN MCKINNON: AGE RANGE 22 to 27
ERIC ANDERSON: AGE RANGE 23 to 50
Notes: Please apply by HARD COPY SUBMISSION only. The email system has a lot of spam filters and your email will not get to me.
Mail or Drop off resume, headshot and cover letter to:
Attention: Heritage Re-Enactment
Heritage Services, Surrey Archives
17671 - 56 Avenue, Surrey, BC, Canada V3S 1C9
Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the audition.
Contact: Email applications to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Phone: 604-502-6462 Engager Website: http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2394.aspx
BLUFF
Company: North Vancouver Community Players
Playwright: Jeffery Sweet
Director: Stephen Torrence
Production Dates: September 6th – 21st
Audition Dates: May 27th & 28th 7pm
Audition Address: Theatre in Hendry Hall 815 East 11th Street, North Vancouver
Callbacks: May 30th 6pm Park Royal Community Room, Park Royal South, West Vancouver
Requires:
2 males: 25-35 to play the lead and doubling actor on alternating nights
2 females: 25-35 to play the lead and doubling actor on alternating nights
1 actor: 50-60 to play Gene (Emily’s step-father)
1 female: 50-60 to play Georgia (Emily’s mother)
Notes: No appointments; actors will be seen on a first-come first served basis. Please bring a résumé and headshot to the audition, if possible. Cold read from the script. This is a non-Equity production. Actors cast will have to become members of NVCP at the first rehearsal ($20 fee). Rehearsal schedule: two read throughs June; concentrated rehearsals from July 29 to preview night. These are open auditions, but preference will be given to existing members of NVCP.
Description of Play: Emily and Neal are doing fine as a new couple in New York until her brash and vulgar stepfather comes to town for a convention. Gene brings with him all of the contradictions Emily has been trying to bury. Bluff alternates between farce and drama to build a quirky comedy about love and family on a collision course. This hilarious play was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work.
Contact: For further information please contact Director Stephen Torrence at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604-992-2594, or Producer Rosemary Hundal at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 604-984-7677.
ROBINSON CRUSOE AND THE PIRATES
Company: Royal Canadian Theatre Company
Playwright: Ellie King
Director: Ellie King
Production Dates: December 17 – January 6
Audition Dates: June 2, between 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Audition Address: Newton Cultural Centre, 13530 – 72nd Avenue, Surrey
Callbacks: June 3, between 6 – 8 p.m.
Requires: Breakdowns are posted on our website http://www.rctheatreco.com
Notes: Strictly by appointment only. Cold read – sides provided on site from 10.00 am on day of auditions.
Contact: Please write to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with ‘Robinson’ in the subject line, sending headshot/resume if available.
RELATIVELY SPEAKING
Company: Metro Theatre
Playwright: Alan Ayckbourn
Director:John Crittenden
Production Dates: August 25th- September 22nd
Audition Dates: June 4 & June 12 7:30 p.m.
Audition Address: Metro theatre, 1370 South West Marine Drive, Vancouver
Call-backs ( by invitation ) June 19th at 7.30pm at the Metro scene shop
Requires:
Male: 55- 65
Male: 25- 35
Female: 25- 35
English accents required.
Notes: No monologue required. Cold read of scenes from the play. Non-equity actors only. Rehearsals will be scheduled for July and August and some accommodation can be made for pre-arranged vacation plans.
Contact: the Director, John Crittenden .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
GENERAL AUDITIONS FOR 2012-2013 SEASON
Company: Green Thumb Theatre & Axis Theatre Company
Audition Dates: June 20th & 21st
Notes: For the audition please prepare one contemporary monologue no more than two (2) minutes in length. Please forward 2 COPIES of your headshot and resume no later than Wednesday June 6th 4pm to:
Green Thumb Theatre
210-49 Dunlevy Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6A 3A3
Only those selected to audition will be contacted. No phone calls or email submissions please. To see more about each company: http://www.greenthumb.bc.ca http://www.axistheatre.com
Equity members will be seen first at all open audition calls. Equity members cast in this production will be engaged under an Equity form of contract. CAEA members: please bring your membership card to the audition.
GENERAL AUDITIONS
Company – Carousel Theatre for Young People
Audition Dates: June 28 & 29
Artistic Director or casting person in attendance: Carole Higgins
Deadline to submit: June 1
Notes: Ethno-cultural mandate or ethno-cultural casting statement: Carousel Theatre for Young People encourages submissions from all members of the diverse community in which we live.
The 2012-2013 season will be:
The Wizard of Oz
November/December 2012
@ The Waterfront Theatre
* this is a Revival and no roles are available at this time
The Cat in the Hat (adapted by Katie Mitchell) February/March 2013 @ The Waterfront Theatre Cast of 6. We are casting for the roles of The Boy (Male Actor) and Thing 1 and Thing 2 (Petite Female Actors with strong gymnastic skills required). The other roles (The Cat in the Hat, Sally and the Fish) have been cast.
Arthur: Boy King (World Premiere by Jeff Pitcher) March/April 2013 Cast of 8 @ The Waterfront Theatre The role of Arthur has been cast.
As our General Auditions are meant to be introductory in nature, actors who have auditioned for Carousel Theatre in the past two seasons, as well as actors who have worked for Carousel Theatre before are invited to submit for specific productions. We do not accept agent packages. http://www.carouseltheatre.ca
Contact: Submissions for General Auditions must include a headshot, resume and cover letter. Please note that we do not accept submissions by e-mail.
All submissions should be clearly marked as Equity or Non-Equity and sent to:
General Auditions
Carousel Theatre
1411 Cartwright Street
Vancouver BC
V6H 3R7
Please no phone calls or emails.
The Vancouver Public Library produces this Auditions List to promote our drama collection. We endeavour to have a copy of each play in our Auditions Reference Box on Level 3 of the Central Library for the duration of the auditions for actors to consult. However, we do not list every audition in Metro Vancouver.
THE LIBRARY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES IN PLAYS AND/OR PRODUCTION DATES
