Theater Casting Call for "Back From the Dead" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. "Back From the Dead": An Apocalyptic Rock Musical s currently in need of performers. More details are below. About the project: In the desolate world of the Nowhere, a future North America ravaged by cosmic dust and plagued by mutated creatures, a bewildered group known as 'The No One' led by Vesper, scrambles to survive. Under the rule of self-appointed President Dr. Genius and a delusional cult called ‘The Immune’, war breaks out and alliances shift. The No One must navigate a treacherous journey, encountering Jay and her eccentric survivors, deceitful societies and power struggles in their quest for the elusive neverland of the Greenspace. Rate: Non-Union. Union rates CAEA - DOT. NO UNION, $300 honorarium. Additional information: Callbacks: April 16 April 10am-6pm. Audition Location: Vancouver. Shoot/Performance Date(s) June 13-28, 2025. Shoot/Performance Location(s) Vancouver. Submission Deadline March 6, 2025. Seeking actors/singers/dancers for all roles. Anyone outside of the age range that can appear the desired age may also apply. All ethnicities are encouraged to apply. You will be asked to sing one 2 minute section of a song from the show’s Spotify playlist (exact songs will be provided in advance). Please prepare a monologue of your choice. Max 2 minutes. Please bring appropriate clothes/shoes as there will be a dance call. When applying, please submit resume, head shots, and bring a physical head shot to the audition.
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Tough with a gooey centre. Scared of vulnerability, because she’s been burned (before the apocalypse literally burned her). Has never had a real family, and desperately wants one. Did some bad things and is trying to make up for them by saving her friends, the family she found and desperately wants to keep together. Keeps calm… on the outside.
Gooey all the way through. Wistfully remembers the world before the end, but has accepted their reality. A philosophical, poetic sort. Loves vulnerability.
Optimistic, loving, and soft. Only gives one chance before she’ll shoot you, though. Offer her a sensory experience, and she’s in. An apocalyptic fairy princess
Cynicist with unshakable morals. Five minutes away from snapping. Charismatic, political, without faith that things will turn out all right. Searching for a home that makes sense to him. Too sarcastic by half.
Tough as nails, but proud of his cooking skills. Total punk. Will try anything once. Practical. Good in a fight.
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Additional Character. She/her. A glamorous aviatrix with a collection of drugs, a zeppelin, and a desperation for companionship. Lives life to the fullest. Maybe too much to the fullest. Speaks in a transatlantic accent and charms the pants off everybody she meets; it only becomes a problem when they want their pants back. Her sidekick.
Additional Character. She/her. Wise, helpful, robotic, sexy.
Additional Character. (He/him or they/them) Hairdresser defector with a thirst for power and a thing for tough girls.
Additional Character. He/him. Strange, wise, crooked man. He always says the word ‘why’ with an aspirated H.
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