Casting Performers for "The Thanksgiving Play"
Seeking performers for "The Thanksgiving Play". See the breakdown below. About the project: Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions as two terminally woke teaching artists, one fact-obsessed wannabe playwright, and a Hollywood actress with no agenda whatsoever, scramble to create a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving pageant for elementary school children — with no Native Americans involved. Set in a high school drama classroom anywhere but Los Angeles, The Thanksgiving Play is a sharp and hilariously uncomfortable look at the spectacular gap between good intentions and good sense, people who mean well and fumble everything, and the absurdity of trying to do the right thing in all the wrong ways. Additional info: Callback by invitation: July 27 Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Copies provided upon request. Walk-ins welcome; all will be accommodated. Due to the author's requirement and the pointed satire of the script, everyone cast should pass as Caucasian. Please come prepared to provide all conflict dates from July 27 – October 18, 2026. Performances: Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM, October 2–18 If interested, please schedule an audition time.
4 roles
The high school drama teacher who is always pushing the envelope in potentially inappropriate ways. Tightly wound, earnest, and desperate to prove herself, Logan is the moral center of the piece — and the most anxious about getting everything "right." Which is precisely what makes her so funny. In a complicated relationship with Jaxton
Yoga practitioner and semi-professional actor. Politically correct to a fault — a big one. A hippie who lives for his street acting. He has good intentions but is so deep inside his own head that he can't actually see or listen to anyone around him. In a complicated relationship with Logan.
An awkward elementary school history teacher with dramatic aspirations and no experience. Determined to have historical accuracy above all else, he arrives with a briefcase full of script. He is played as a nerd, with a lot of head knowledge but little emotional intelligence.
Brunette, Caucasian looking but with looks that would have been cast as ethnic in 1950s movies. A professional Hollywood actress hired with grant money meant for a Native American performer. She just wants to act and get paid — and unlike everyone else in the room, she has absolutely no inner conflict about any of it.
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