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Casting Performers for "Spirals and Dirt" Musical Show

San Francisco, CA, United States
ID: 298051Exp: 11/28/2025
$350/project
Description:

The company is holding auditions for "Spirals and Dirt" an original musical, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Four 20-something friends leaf through a scrapbook and reflect on childhood experiences. The path is seldom straight--it may be obscure, dirty, curving/swerving. Life gives us moments where we become orchids or dahlias or...? In the end, the four friends recognize that you must be true to yourself. We all need time, and dirt, (and perhaps a tango!) to bloom. Rate: $350 stipend at completion of nine rehearsals and two performances Additional info: Two Staged Readings scheduled for Monday, February 16, 2026 in San Francisco. Rehearsal: Start Date: 1/12/2026 Performance: Start Date: 2/16/2026 Audition materials to prepare Audition material to include: 16-32 bars of a musical ballad of your choice (bring a piano chord score with you to audition), in addition to the material directors will email you based on the chosen role Please apply if interested

8 roles

PeterMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A male in kindergarten, middle school, and early adulthood, he writes in spirals, sings 2 songs (1 solo, 1quartet);

LinaFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A female in kindergarten, middle school, and early adulthood, she has vision impairment/wears thick glasses, sings 3 songs (1 solo, 1 quartet); she also plays the role of Jimsy, one of the custodians, who is very proud of their work, sings 1 song twice (1 solo, 1 co-lead).

BurtieBoth genders18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

Any identity, in kindergarten, middle school, and early adulthood, lives a grungy lifestyle, sings 3 songs (1 co-lead, 1 quartet, 1 solo in Irish accent)

LouisBoth genders18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

In kindergarten, middle school, and early adulthood, lives a clean lifestyle, sings 3 songs (1 co-lead, 1 quartet, 1 solo in Scottish accent)

Ms. RettaFemale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A female kindergarten teacher and a learning specialist who loves linguistics and is not so sure about teaching, sings 1 song (1 solo), will also play the following roles: Ms. Wright, a science teacher who loves spirals; Georgina, a middle school student, sings 1 song (1 co-lead), and Tobi, a middle school student sings 1 song (1 solo in a British accent).

Mr. MajickMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

An educational-support product salesperson, who aims to sell Peter and his parent a solution to spiral writing, sings 1 song (1 solo); will play Jamesy, one of the custodians, with 1 spoken solo, and 1 song (1 co-lead)

Mr. TodaraMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

An older male who uses a cane, is a reluctant school administrator who used to dance tango (1 spoken solo); will also play the narrator, and may dance!

GerhardMale18-96 y.o.All ethnicities

A parent of Peter, sings 1 song (1 solo); will also play Gregory, a middle school student, sings 1 song (1 solo), and Johanson, a middle school teacher