AUDITIONS - DAIRY QUEEN & BURSTWe're casting for our first two Fresh Produce Concert Readings!
DATE: Monday, September 20, 2021 TIME: 6:30-9:30 pm CDT PLACE: ONLINE by appointment or submission FIRST STEP: Click the link at bottom of this page to select an AUDITION TIME - (you will be taken to a new site, SignUpGenius). Please read everything on your way down! |
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What is a Fresh Produce Concert Reading?
TheatreMidwest is committed to making theatre more accessible to more people and one way we do this is through this free series. These concert readings are just as professional and compelling, but slightly more economical than our major productions. Using lecterns, a stage-directions narrator, and no technical elements, these readings focus entirely on the story and the actors--literally, the play's voices. |
What about the pandemic?
We have successfully mounted online as well as in-person projects in 2021. We are prepared to rehearse and present these FRESH PRODUCE readings in either format or both. If/when it is clear and safe to work in-person, everyone on the team will be required to have completed a CV-19 vaccination protocol prior to participation. Because the situation will likely remain fluid, unvaccinated people are expected to get vaxed at the earliest possible time. Vertical Divider
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A Fresh Produce Concert Reading
PERFORMANCES: December 4, 5 PERFORMANCE LOCATION/S: Online, In-person TBA REHEARSALS: begin approximately 11/1/21 - 8-12 sessions REHEARSAL LOCATION/S: Online, In-person TBA |
Dairy Queen by Sarah LoucksDirector: Deidra Mohr
CHARACTERS LEE: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Male identifying. Race/heritage open. KAREN: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Female identifying. Race/heritage open. SHEILA: Manager of the DQ. Late 20s/early 30s. Female identifying. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. SETTING: The evening of the 4th of July.
Karen and Lee have nothing in common except for one thing: they’re both employees at the local Dairy Queen, where they’re stuck working the 4th of July. Karen wants to run away from their small town while Lee is focused on climbing the ranks of Dairy Queen to the top. Things take a turn when they discover their manager has abandoned them and they begin plotting a future neither of them imagined. Reigning over a large quantity of ice cream and some hidden vodka, two teenagers imagine adventure, salvation, and America beneath the fluorescent lights of a Midwest Dairy Queen. |
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A Fresh Produce Concert Reading
PERFORMANCES: February 12, 13 PERFORMANCE LOCATION/S: Online, In-person TBA REHEARSALS: begin appox 1/1/22, 8-12 sessions REHEARSAL LOCATION/S: Online, In-person TBA |
Burst by Rachel BublitzDirector: Jennifer Allton
CHARACTERS SARAH BOYD: CEO and founder of Tactix. Charismatic. Her clothes could have come out of an LL Bean catalogue. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. JENNIFER WEAVER: Chief of Technology for Tactix. Brilliant. Does not put a considerable amount of time into her clothing choices. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. ALEXIS LYONS: Journalist. Charming, able to make most people she comes in contact with trust her right away. Outfit is polished. Late 20s to 30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. SETTING: Sarah Boyd’s office on the Tactix campus located in Mountain View, CA. The thermostat for the entire complex is set to a brisk 60 degrees.
Not only did Sarah Boyd build her company, Tactix, from scratch using nothing but willpower and fortitude, she also sits on the precipice of truly saving this planet by ushering it into the post-plastic era. With her eyes steady on her next round of funding, Sarah must persevere through a late night interview with a particularly tough reporter, a lawsuit aimed at a person from her past, and the waffling of her CTO. It's a heavy load, and Sarah knows that she is the only one great enough to bear it. |
CHARACTERS
LEE: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Male identifying. Race/heritage open. KAREN: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Female identifying. Race/heritage open. SHEILA: Manager of the DQ. Late 20s/early 30s. Female identifying. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. SETTING: The evening of the 4th of July.
Karen and Lee have nothing in common except for one thing: they’re both employees at the local Dairy Queen, where they’re stuck working the 4th of July. Karen wants to run away from their small town while Lee is focused on climbing the ranks of Dairy Queen to the top. Things take a turn when they discover their manager has abandoned them and they begin plotting a future neither of them imagined. Reigning over a large quantity of ice cream and some hidden vodka, two teenagers imagine adventure, salvation, and America beneath the fluorescent lights of a Midwest Dairy Queen. |
CHARACTERS
SARAH BOYD: CEO and founder of Tactix. Charismatic. Her clothes could have come out of an LL Bean catalogue. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. JENNIFER WEAVER: Chief of Technology for Tactix. Brilliant. Does not put a considerable amount of time into her clothing choices. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. ALEXIS LYONS: Journalist. Charming, able to make most people she comes in contact with trust her right away. Outfit is polished. Late 20s to 30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. SETTING: Sarah Boyd’s office on the Tactix campus located in Mountain View, CA. The thermostat for the entire complex is set to a brisk 60 degrees.
Not only did Sarah Boyd build her company, Tactix, from scratch using nothing but willpower and fortitude, she also sits on the precipice of truly saving this planet by ushering it into the post-plastic era. With her eyes steady on her next round of funding, Sarah must persevere through a late night interview with a particularly tough reporter, a lawsuit aimed at a person from her past, and the waffling of her CTO. It's a heavy load, and Sarah knows that she is the only one great enough to bear it. |
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CHARACTERS
LEE: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Male identifying. Race/heritage open. KAREN: An employee at the DQ. Late teens/young adult. Female identifying. Race/heritage open. SHEILA: Manager of the DQ. Late 20s/early 30s. Female identifying. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. SETTING: The evening of the 4th of July.
Karen and Lee have nothing in common except for one thing: they’re both employees at the local Dairy Queen, where they’re stuck working the 4th of July. Karen wants to run away from their small town while Lee is focused on climbing the ranks of Dairy Queen to the top. Things take a turn when they discover their manager has abandoned them and they begin plotting a future neither of them imagined. Reigning over a large quantity of ice cream and some hidden vodka, two teenagers imagine adventure, salvation, and America beneath the fluorescent lights of a Midwest Dairy Queen.
CHARACTERS
SARAH BOYD: CEO and founder of Tactix. Charismatic. Her clothes could have come out of an LL Bean catalogue. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. JENNIFER WEAVER: Chief of Technology for Tactix. Brilliant. Does not put a considerable amount of time into her clothing choices. Early to mid-30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. ALEXIS LYONS: Journalist. Charming, able to make most people she comes in contact with trust her right away. Outfit is polished. Late 20s to 30s, female identifying. Race/heritage open. NARRATOR: Host, stage-directions, story-teller. Age, gender, and race/heritage open. |
GENERAL AUDITION INFORMATION
TheatreMidwest generally holds Open Auditions for roles in fully-staged productions and Fresh Produce concert readings. Auditions usually follow the format below, though are subject to change.
- AUDITIONING: 60 second monologue of your own choosing is preferred but not required. Cold readings available onsite (maybe from these plays, maybe not.) In any case, you might be asked to read from the script/s of these plays.
- PREPARING:
- Read the posted information on the linked page about the plays carefully.
- Sign up for an audition time at the link provided.
- After you have booked a time, you will get a separate email inviting you to the Audition Form page. Please fill it out as completely as possible.
- Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your time-slot for in-person auditions; 5 to 10 minutes prior for online auditions.
- AFTER:
- Callbacks may or may not be needed.
- Casting offers will be made ASAP by email or by phone-call.
- Cast lists will be posted publicly ASAP on website and Facebook page.
- Although some individual contacts may be made, public postings will serve as notification to those who are not cast.
- FINANCIALS: We are a "sharing" company in that the creative artists and the company receive a share of finances remaining after fixed costs (royalties, design/technical elements, rent, etc.) Income will derive from crowd-sourcing campaign/s, donations, gifts, and ticket sales--the larger those proceeds, the greater the value of a 'share.' This includes FRESH PRODUCE concert readings.
- POLICIES:
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RADICAL HO$PITALITY!
TheatreMidwest is committed to this strategy that reduces cost barriers that keep the public from seeing live theatre. FRESH PRODUCE concert readings are always free admission. FULL PRODUCTIONS - up to 1/3 of all tickets available for FREE, escalating pricing for pre-reserving seats, community encouragement to aid this mission. Donations always kindly accepted. |
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