"Fission: the Death of Doctor Louis Slotin" Play Needs Talent
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for "FISSION: the Death of Doctor Louis Slotin" play. Please, see the details below. About the play: May 1946. Winnipeg-born physicist Louis Slotin, who helped arm the first atomic bomb, suffers a horrific radiation accident while performing a top-secret experiment. As he lays dying in agony, his family and colleagues struggle to make sense of his legacy. Was Slotin an unfortunate victim of the Atomic Age? A hero who selflessly saved his colleagues from certain death? Or was the truth far more unsettling? A haunting historical drama from the creator of the Fringe 2025 smash hit If Day. Rate: Equal shares of ticket sales after expenses. Additional information: Project Length: ~1 hour. REHEARSALS BEGIN: February 2026. PERFORMANCES: July 15 - 26, 2026. If you're interested, please apply.
8 roles
Canadian physicist who helps assemble the first atomic bomb and is killed while conducting a criticality experiment in May 1946.
American physicist, present at the accident which kills Louis Slotin. The story is told from his perspective as he recovers in hospital.
Portrays Dr. Alvin Graves in flashbacks. (Note: familiarity with the cello highly desired for this role).
American physicist who is killed by the same plutonium core as Louis Slotin in a separate incident in August 1945.
Louis Slotin’s Mother, a first-generation Jewish immigrant from Russia.
Louis Slotin’s Father, a first-generation Jewish immigrant from Russia and Winnipeg-based businessman. Role also doubles for: ENRICO FERMI - Italian physicist who builds the first nuclear reactor in 1942. OTTO FRISCH - Austrian physicist who heads the Criticality Group at Los Alamos. LEO SZILARD - Hungarian physicist who convinces President Franklin D. Roosevelt to launch the Manhattan Project.
Louis Slotin and Alvin Graves’s caregiver at the Los Alamos Hospital. Also doubles for SCIENTIST #2.
Doubles for: SCIENTIST #1 CORONER TECHNICIAN SECURITY GUARD
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