Audition for "Crackers & Debate Debacle" Plays
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for "Crackers" & "Debate Debacle" plays. Please, see the details below. About the shows: "CRACKERS" show. A comedy, with some dark moments. Eric, a fifty-year-old scarlet macaw is enjoying life, spending the days reading the paper that lines his cage and watching his favourite daytime soap opera. Then his owner Bill, brings home Salvadora, a young green amazon parrot. She is desperate to break out of her locked cage – something to do with Harriet ‘Hank’ Philly, a notorious gangster, and Stinky, her flunky, who are under the watchful eye of Detective Frances Watt. "DEBATE DEBACLE" show: A fast-paced comedy. The Prime Minister is getting ready for a televised election debate with Greta Wildback, the leader of the opposition. Unfortunately, he has taken too many pain killers for his bad back and is now uncharacteristically pleasant, and happy-go-lucky. He also believes that the Martians have invaded. Mackenzie, his Senior Advisor and Geneviève, his Chief of Staff, come up with a wild scheme to cancel the debate and get him out of the building. Additional information: Call Backs: Wednesday, December 10th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Please come with a short monologue prepared. The auditions will include cold reads from the scripts. REHEARSALS: Saturday afternoons, Tuesday evenings and Thursday evenings starting January. SHOW DATES: April 24th to May 2nd, 2026, with double show Saturdays, one Sunday Matinee. TECH WEEK: April 19th to 23rd, 2025. If you're interested, please apply.
10 roles
"Crackers" play. Widower and retired police officer. Owner of Eric and Salvadora. A pleasant, caring man.
"Crackers" play. Very set in his ways. He has been with Bill all his life.
"Crackers" play. Fisty, energetic and quite vocal about wanting to escape, much to Eric’s annoyance.
"Crackers" play. Tough, and brutal. She doesn’t suffer fools gladly.
"Crackers" play. Not the sharpest crayon in the box. Does anything Hank says. Has a distinct odor, due to a “gland problem.”
"Crackers" play. Streetwise, dedicated police officer. She and Hank grew up in the same neighborhood.
"Debate Debacle" show. Willing to go to extremes to support the Prime Minister.
"Debate Debacle" show. Hard working, able to think quickly on his feet.
"Debate Debacle" show. Normally demanding and unsensitive, he now praises his staff and refers to Greta as “his worthy opponent.”
"Debate Debacle" show. Tough and aggressive. No nonsense and direct.
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