audition notice - GENERAL SEASON AUDITIONS - Childsplay - May 8 & 9

Childsplay will be holding general season auditions for the 2017/2018 season on Monday, May 8^th and Tuesday, May 9^th from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Campus For Imagination and Wonder, 900 S. Mitchell Drive in Tempe. Callbacks will be held late afternoon on Thursday May 11^th and Friday May 12^th.

Auditions are for ADULT non-Equity actors only.

Actors should prepare two contrasting 1-minute monologues OR one monologue and 16 bars of an up-tempo song. A CD player and iPod connection will be available for accompaniment.

PLEASE NOTE: Childsplay is a professional adult theatre company that serves families and schools. All positions are paid and all actors are considered full time employees.  Rehearsals and performances are held during daytime hours. School tours will include overnight trips outside of the metro Phoenix area. 

Appointments are required for an audition. To schedule an appointment, please e-mail your headshot, resume, and preferred audition time to Anthony Runfola at arunfola@childsplayaz.org. No phone calls, please.

·         GO, DOG. GO! NATIONAL TOUR: August 28^th, 2017 – April 25^th, 2018

·         THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH: August 21^st  – October 15^th, 2017

·         TOMAS AND THE LIBRARY LADY: August 28^th – December 26^th, 2017

·         THE SNOWY DAY AND OTHER STORIES BY EZRA JACK KEATS: December 26^th, 2017 – March 11^th, 2018

·         MADDI’S FRIDGE: January 15^th, 2018 – May 20^th, 2018

·         FLORA AND ULYSSES: March 26^th, 2018 – May 20^th, 2018

Childsplay values equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout our organization, programs, and audiences. We are committed to giving underrepresented artists a safe space to create art and community.

By welcoming people with differences in religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, gender, ability, and age we are better able to celebrate that which brings humankind together: imagination and wonder.