Theatre Casting Call for Poduction of "Picnic"
The company is holding auditions for production of "Picnic"!, and looking for performers, please see the details below, ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: On a sweltering Labor Day morning, the women of a small town in Kansas are preparing for the annual picnic. This seemingly placid environment is disrupted when Hal Carter, a muscular and charming young drifter, hops off the freight train. Hearts are broken and lives are changed in the following twenty-four hours, as Hal's lively, dangerous energy wakes up the sleepy community. Additional info: PERFORMANCE DATES: May 2-4, 9-11, & 16-18, 2025 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 3 pm Those auditioning will need to complete an audition form, including a list of any conflicts from February 19 through May 18, 2025. Auditioners can either: Download and fill out the audition form in advance - please print TWO copies and bring them with you to the auditions Please apply if interested.
11 roles
The most beautiful girl in town, but feels that is all people see in her. Not book-smart, but warm and charming. She yearns for and is searching for an escape from small time life.
A good looking, masculine, well-built vagabond. Can be a braggart, but is lonely and wants desperately to fit in somewhere, with someone.
Madge's younger sister. Very intelligent, an assertive and smart-mouthed tomboy, but also likeable and shy. Developing into a young woman with conflicting feelings.
Fiercely protective mother with faded beauty and a hard exterior. Loves her daughters very much and wants better lives for them than she has had.
A schoolteacher. Bawdy, outrageous, boastful, and self-righteous on the outside, but desperate, lonely, and fragile on the inside. She feels she must change her circumstances and will do anything to get married.
Rosemary's longtime boyfriend, a local business owner. Meek, mild-mannered, a good friend and neighbor. Enjoys a drink and a pretty girl. He is satisfied with not being married, but genuinely cares about Rosemary.
An older widow whose past is filled with heartache from long-lost love. Pleasant, warm, friendly, kind and a true romantic.
Madge's home-town boyfriend who wants to marry her. Nice looking, smart, wealthy and polished. Awestruck by Madge, but can't get past her beauty to see any deeper.
Also a schoolteacher. A loud, funny jokester who enjoys her single life.
Also a schoolteacher. Quiet and shy; a follower.
A newsboy and smart-mouthed bully who picks on Millie, but worships Madge.
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