Book an Audition
We have an open audition policy so that actors at any stage in their career can audition. For all auditions, we ask that you prepare one of the sides provided below and be prepared to read from a script provided:
Prepared Side
AND
Cold Read
IMPORTANT
All auditions will take place at Westminster University in the Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, the auditions will be in the basement in room 116. You can park in the parking structure just West of the building on 1700 South.
Please read the script before auditions, there are mature themes, mature language, and mature situations.
Auditions Open Now for Dance Nation
Directed by Ali Lente
Assistant Directed by Jack Cobabe
The show will be performed July 5,6,7 and 12,13, 14
The Play
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plot to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all. Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity is a refreshingly unorthodox play that conveys the joy and abandon of dancing, while addressing the changes to body and mind of its preteen characters as they peer over the precipice toward adulthood.
Casting Notes:
-The same actor will play VANESSA and THE MOMS
-All characters except DANCE TEACHER PAT and THE MOMS are between the ages of 11 and 14 years old. However, they should be played by adult actors and should range in age from 18 to 75+. There is no need for any of the actors to resemble teenagers.
-Although this play centers around a group of competitive dancers and does contain several dance numbers, technical (or not that technical) dance training is NOT required to play these roles. The dances will take up time and space and be fully embodied performative events, even if the actors possess no real dance talent. Choreography for this production will be built around the cast members’ personal abilities and skills, rather than cast members needing to fit into pre-determined choreography. Actors should be prepared for movement and choreography rehearsals in addition to scene-work, but there will be no dance component of the audition.
Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals will be held Monday-Friday in the evenings, and Saturday mornings as needed. Rehearsals will begin in mid-May depending on Actor’s schedules.
Character Descriptions
DANCE TEACHER PAT: The head of the dance studio
→ Dance Teacher Pat
THE MOMS: Means well. Grown up Wendy
→ The MOMS
AMINA: The star dancer
→ AMINA
ZUZU: Always second best
→ ZUZU
CONNIE: A talented dancer who thinks she should play the role of Gandhi (Listed in the script as Indian American)
→ CONNIE
LUKE: The only male dancer on the team
→ LUKE
MAEVE: The oldest and least talented dancer on the team
→ MAEVE
SOFIA: Knows what’s up
→ SOFIA
ASHLEE: Future president of a post-apocalyptic USA
→ ASHLEE
VANESSA (also known as THE CRUMPLED SAILOR): Could’ve been a phenomenon.
Audition Process
Video submissions are allowed, and must be emailed to patrick@voodootheatrecompany.com by April 25, 2024, if needed, you must be able to attend callbacks on April 29, 2024.
If you’re interested in a specific show, please specify that in your audition details. If you’d simply like to audition to be vetted for Our Actors list, please specify.
We are grateful you would consider placing your time and talents with Voodoo Theatre Company!
Questions?
Email patrick@voodootheatrecompany.com.