"Birthday Candles" Play Looking for Actors
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Auditions for "Birthday Candles" play. All roles are available for consideration and all actors are strongly encouraged to apply for any role. See more details below. About the project: Description: This play follows the life of Ernestine Ashworth from age 17 to 107, always on her birthday, as she experiences life's joys and heartbreaks while baking a cake and exploring themes of time, mortality and finding significance in ordinary life. The play uses the ritual of cake baking to explore a century in one character's life. Rate: No Pay Additional info: Callbacks, if necessary, will be held on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7:30 p.m. Time Commitment - Production Dates January 23-Febuary 8, 2026 Evenings Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Matinees Sundays at 2pm If interested in auditioning, please fill out the audition sheet with your desired audition times and submit it. Sides will then be forwarded to you. Actors will be given a solo audition slot of at least 10 minutes, and will read with an "on their feet" reader for the initial audition.
6 roles
(female identifying) She ages from 17 to 107
(male identifying) He ages from 17 to 80s+ Ernestine's neighbor and eventual love interest
(female identifying). She plays: Alice, Ernestine's mother aged 40-50 Madeline, Ernestine's daughter, ages from teen -30's Ernie, Ernestine's grandaughter, teen-ager/young mom
(male identifying) He plays: Matt, Ernestine's boyfriend/husband ages from teen - 40s William, Ernestine's grandson, 13
(male identifying) He plays: Billy, Matt and Ernestine's son, ages from teen through 60s John, a man awakened in the middle of the night by Ernestin Aged 40
(female identifying) She plays: Joan, Billy's wife Ages 20s-40 Alex, Billy and Joan's daughter, teen-ager Beth, wife of John, awakened by Ernestine, aged 40
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