Cast For "Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully" Play
Audition for "Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully" show. Actors needed. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See the breakdown below. About the project: The production takes place in the (fictional) Village of Cresdon Green, located in southeast England's (real) Buckinghamshire county. The village has been invaded by the (fictional) Geonin alien menace, which turn out to be rather English in their ways. All participants are expected to audition, rehearse, and perform with suitable dialect. Additional info: Candidates must be at least 18 years old as of March 27, 2024. Four 30-minute episodes of Welcome to Our Village will be cast and performed. Rehearsals begin March 27, 2024. The rehearsal process will have weekly off-book dates as each episode is blocked. Shows: May 10-25 2024. If you are interested, please apply.
12 roles
Grew up in Cresdon Green but has since moved to London to work for an educational charity helping disadvantaged children. Loves being seen doing the right thing, including organizing a Resistance against alien invasions. Hates not being taken seriously.
Alien ruler of the village of Cresdon Green. A Geonin warlord in impeccable human disguise as "Lord Ullswater." Secretly a low acheiver of poor standing in the Geonin military, but projects an air of aristocratic charm, thinly veiling his smug complacency. Pronounced roughly "OOHL-yuh-bahn."
Katrina's mother, lifelong resident of Cresdon Green and effectively runs the place. Flattered that Cresdon Green is the centre of such momentous events (alien invasion).
Katrina's father and Margaret's husband. Professional accountant nearing retirement. Aspiring novelist. Loves cricket. Hates conflict, but usually not enough to make a fuss about it.
(To portray late teens): Stoner and layabout who joins Katrina's resistance movement for lack of anything else to do.
A Geonin artificial intelligence responsible for most of the Actual Work associated with keeping the cloaking force field around Cresdon Green operational, and also for providing Uljabaan with information about human behaviour and customs. Is occasionally correct.
Uljabaan's Geonin underlings who scuttle about in their natural alien form and speak the peculiar language of the Geonin. Do work. Occasionally do it well.
The pub landlord with questionable opinions, a printer of strange and unpredictable intelligence. Ensemble characters who appear in one or more episodes. Ensemble members may be cast in more than one such role.
The shopkeeper. Ensemble characters who appear in one or more episodes. Ensemble members may be cast in more than one such role.
The Geonin overlord. Ensemble characters who appear in one or more episodes. Ensemble members may be cast in more than one such role.
The charity shop volunteer. Ensemble characters who appear in one or more episodes. Ensemble members may be cast in more than one such role.
Ensemble characters who appear in one or more episodes. Ensemble members may be cast in more than one such role.
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