Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Wet Brain"
Seeking performers for "Wet Brain" theatrical production. Details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Inspired by true events and hopeless imaginings, "Wet Brain" is a play about three distant siblings and their father's possible repeat abductions by extraterrestrials during the height of his end-stage alcoholism. With recovery unlikely, organs failing, and Dad's death all but imminent, Ricky, Ron and Angelina look for a final closure many, many light years away. Rate: All positions paid. Additional info: Non-union. Rehearsal dates: September 14–October 14, 2026. Performance dates: October 16–November 8, 2026. Location: 5th Wall Theatre, 300 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA. "Wet Brain" centers on a Mexican American family in Scottsdale, Arizona. Latino/a/e performers sought for the family roles. All Latino/a/e backgrounds welcome. Callback: Sunday, September 6, 2026, 12pm–4pm. Self-tape submissions accepted. Sides provided with audition confirmation. When applying, please send your preferred time slot, role, headshot, and resume.
5 roles
A father, widower, and lifelong mechanic. End-stage alcoholic whose physical and mental health are rapidly deteriorating. Funny, difficult, vulnerable, and deeply complicated. Seeking an actor with strong comedic instincts, emotional depth, and ability to move between grounded realism and heightened, surreal theatricality. Physical storytelling important.
Joe's son who has returned home from New York City. Intelligent, successful, sarcastic, and deeply wounded. Has spent years building a life away from his family while struggling with his own addiction.
Joe's son who lives locally and works with his father. Crude, funny, physical, impulsive, and deeply connected to the family home. Beneath his humor and aggression is a man carrying years of grief, addiction, and unresolved trauma.
Joe's daughter and the sibling who has never left home. A nursing school student who has spent years caring for her father while trying to create a life of her own. Sharp, anxious, funny, intelligent, and exhausted. Often the family's reluctant caretaker and voice of practicality.
Joe's deceased wife and mother of Ricky, Ron, and Angelina. Although Mona is dead before the play begins, she remains a powerful presence throughout the story. Exists at the intersection of memory, grief, trauma, and something beyond the physical world. The actor playing Mona will also play Crystal, a home-health aide, as well as various recorded voices. These characters should be approached as part of Mona's cross-dimensional presence. This actor should be credited publicly only as Mona.
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