Casting Performers for New Works Play Festival

"Thank You for Playing" The newest entry-level employee. Ambitious and overqualified. Realizing that playing nice and following the rules might not work in this museum.

"Thank You for Playing" Entry-level employee. Doesn’t care much about the job. Needs the money. Thinks he’s making work fun. Beginning to wonder what it would be like to be taken seriously.

"Thank You for Playing" Employee that has worked in an entry-level position the longest. Cynical and bitter about it - or are they?

"Thank You for Playing" Employee manager. In it for the salary and benefits. Firm in her decisions. Considers herself realistic.

"Pillar of Flame" Classic all-American father. Acts out of true love for his family, but often misguided by his religious upbringing. Likes to take charge of the situation, even when he very clearly does not know what’s going on or what to actually do.

"Pillar of Flame" Classic all-American mother. Acts out of true love for her family, but often misguided by her religious upbringing. Outwardly, wants to be the perfect wife and mother, but inwardly, secretly frustrated for not giving herself more room to explore her own identity.

"Pillar of Flame" Classic all-American teen/young adult. Tries very hard to be a dutiful son, but finds himself frequently failing to meet expectations despite his best efforts. It doesn’t help that he carries around a major secret that burdens him with shame. (yeah he’s gay)

"Single" Her emotions run the gamut from flirty and silly, to annoyed and impatient, to horrified and regretful. Actor must be comfortable with adult language, with intimacy, and fight choreography.

"Single" Nice, normal guy, but shows shock and anger.

"Single" Athletic and in shape. Friendly and charming, almost annoyingly so, but also shows a mischievous and sinister side. Actor must be comfortable being shirtless and/or in underwear, with adult language, with intimacy, and fight choreography

"Single" (And can play younger for the trick-or-treater), ability to change voice and mannerisms for different characters a plus.

"Single" Must be comfortable with adult language, ability to change voice and mannerisms for different characters a plus.

"NBD" Lead. American accent with regional dialect. Introverted but self assured. Flying to visit their family after extended absence.

"NBD" Lead. Laid back and confident. Flying to visit their brother in rehab.

"Ice and Snow" A poor peasant girl venturing out into the winter woods in search of something to help her family. High teens to early twenties. Although aware of the suffering of the world around her, Katya struggles to remain hopeful and optimistic. Not necessarily naive, but certainly sees the good in people. She genuinely believes in the fairy tales she grew up with and accepts she lives in a magical world.

"Ice and Snow" The powerful, capricious, sometimes helpful, witch in Russian fairytales who lives in the woods. Trapped between the dichotomy of who she is as a person and the legends told of her, she flips back and forth between being a helpful antagonist and unwilling ally–though she always pursues her own ends.

"Ice and Snow" The Lord of Winter who tests anyone he catches out in the cold. While previously a dedicated deity, he has grown more defensive of his season and, as a result, more bitter about those who dismiss winter’s importance and charm (to the detriment of the other seasons). He also believes the seasonal cycle is responsible for the annual death of his wife, the goddess Morana.

"Ice and Snow" The immortal witch of chaos whose primary motivation is simply to entertain himself. While not necessarily more powerful than Baba Yaga, Koschei has lived longer and grown more cynical about the nature of the world. His immortality has made him bored, and he cares little for who actually wins or loses as long as he gets to watch the show and have a good time.

"Of Forests Lost and Stories Told" A long-worn, ancient immortal abandoned in an enchanted forest and condemned to live there forever. Non-Binary. (Actor also plays YOUNG GUIDE).

"Of Forests Lost and Stories Told" A young boy, struggling with his parents, trying to find purpose and understanding, (Actor also plays BOY 1, a young boy traveling with his family in an attempt to return home, and BROTHER, the young brother of GUIDE)

"Of Forests Lost and Stories Told" An overworked, overtired guardian of the forest who has been trying to escape whilst reluctantly guiding people through, (Actor also plays DAUGHTER, a young girl traveling with her family in an attempt to return home).

"Of Forests Lost and Stories Told" Women of various degrees of skepticism and kindness, all working to get their families home.

"Of Forests Lost and Stories Told" Men of various degrees of skepticism and kindness, all working to get their families home.

"In Shining Armor" Everywhere in between. A deeply anxious pragmatist.

"In Shining Armor" Diana's husband, a romantic. A bold and impulsive man mellowed by time.

"In Shining Armor" A noble knight, set out on a quest to restore his honor. Fiery and poetic, beautiful like a sunset.

"In Shining Armor" Diana's closest friend from the moment they laid eyes on each other about a decade ago.

"In Shining Armor" A selkie, wandering the land seeking her skin so she can return to the sea. Her eyes are like the moon reflecting on the ocean.

"The Reading" An honest-to-goodness psychic who is over being the mouthpiece for the spirit guides she’s connected to. She inherited the ability from her grandmother, who Cassandra believes was duped into creating this connection. The spirit guides she interacts with are accurate, but definitely not Good, and it pains Cassandra when the information she shares is not positive.

"The Reading" Down on her luck student - desperately trying to afford med school or a pre-med degree, working as an EMT with terrible hours and pay, and dealing with a bad housing situation. She’s desperate, and it shows - she has run out of ideas and is turning to the occult for answers, and she is embarrassed about that. She decided to go into medicine after her mother died.

"The Reading" Ellie’s friend, currently letting her crash on his couch. Genuinely friendly and supportive, even if he doesn’t completely understand what Ellie is going through. He’s a little enamored with Cassandra.