Theater Casting Call for "Silent Sky" Play
ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for production of "Silent Sky". Please, see the details below. About the play: It is 1903, and mathematician Henrietta Leavitt has one grand obsession: determining the size of our galaxy. There is only one problem: her dream may just be too big for her! Leaving her family behind to work at her dream job at the Harvard Observatory, Henrietta discovers instead she is to join a group of women called “computers” and confined to data entry behind closed doors. Not to be deterred, Henrietta pursues her big ideas in secret, but things do not always go as planned! With such an irresistible calling, will Henrietta find her place on Earth and in this vast universe? Based on a true story, and bursting with music and mathematics, Henrietta and her female peers will change the way we understand both the heavens and Earth. This will be a production brimming with the wonder and beauty of the universe, with love, interesting and nuanced characters, and pushing against expectations of society to expand worlds. Rate: Non union. $300. Additional information: Shoot/Performance Date(s) May 28-30, June 3-6, 10-13. Shoot/Performance Location(s) Langley, BC. Submission Deadline November 3, 2026. When applying, please submit your head shot and resume. Please note the play you are auditioning for in your email subject.
5 roles
Brilliant astronomer, meticulous, introspective, excited – almost always wearing a period hearing-aid. Has intense ambition to go where no (wo)man has gone before. General American dialect.
Henrietta’s sister. Homebody, creative, wise, fierce, warm. Musical genius who chooses rural traditional family life. Sings and plays a hymn on the piano: intermediate piano playing skills required. General American dialect.
The head astronomer’s apprentice and “supervisor” of Henrietta, Annie, and Williamina. Conventional early-20th century man. Condescending, cold, and anti-feminist at times, but also has bursts of passion and warmth. May have a northeastern or Atlantic US dialect, or General American.
Leader of the “computers,” a group of women hired by the Harvard Observatory to map and define the stars. A brilliant astronomer in her own right, she is terse, confident, and no nonsense. Grows into a firebrand for the suffragist movement. General American dialect.
Used to be a housekeeper, now maps the stars with the smartest women in the world. Smart as a whip. Fun. Sassy. Protective. Fiery. Scottish.
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