audition notice - SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - BLK BOX PHX - August 18 & 19

Director: Elaine ”E.E.” Moe
Producer: BLK BOX PHX

Audition Dates: By appointment only
August 18: 9:30AM-5:30PM
August 19: 9:30AM-5:30PM

Callbacks:
August 20: 6:30PM-9:30PM                                                                                                       

Rehearsals: 
Weeknights & Weekends (Sat / Sun) Dark Monday

Performances: 
Oct. 31 - Nov 11. Weeknights (8pm) & Weekends (2pm & 8pm) - Dark Monday - Tuesday

Pay- Yes/Stipend

What To Prepare: Two contrasting monologues no more than 3mins or One monologue no more than
1 ½ min & 1min of a special skill. No costumes please.

Audition Location & Info:                                                                                                                        Davisson Entertainment                                                                                                                            2323 W. Mescal St-Suite 207, Phoenix-85029                                                                                          PH: 602-734-5734 EMAIL: info@blkboxphx.com

Casting Breakdown: Open casting youth & adult
All characters of all shapes, sizes, height and ethnicity play multiple roles and must be physically agile.

YOUTH Casting:                                                                                                                                   

Will Halloway - caring with an innate awareness of the world around him, curious but cautious of temptation, Blood brother of Jim born on light side of almost being 14.   5’2” – 5’7”*

Jim Nightshade – strikes out racing to adulthood, reckless longing search for adventure no matter the consequences, born on the dark side of almost being 14. 5’2’- 5’7”

Robert/Young Cooger – a changeling, smallish wicked smart child of 14. Dark, mischievous. 5’ -5”*

ADULT Casting:                                                                                                                                     
Lightning Rod Salesman-cunning self-prophet, of mythological proportions, forecasts the coming storms and lightning strikes of shadowy events. A drifter.

Mr. Halloway- town librarian trapped by time, holds the secret of a valiant warrior but lives through books & other men’s lives. An older father fearful of aging & lost time with his son. 50

Mr. Dark- unleashes our greatest fears and secret wishes. Cunning-seductive-irreverent. Halloway’s nemesis. Eloquent in language. Ringmaster of “The Pandemonium Theatre Company”.  Tall

Mrs. Halloway- attractive, gentle, sentimental, a sensitive easily unsettled by change.

Jim’s Mom- yearns for love, the warmth of romance/lonely single parent; although pretty can appear somewhat bitter.

Ice Woman: beautiful, graceful yet carries horrific reflections of broken dreams and promises

Dust Witch- a seductive, alluring, soul snatcher “…born in the dust, raised in the dust and comes back from the dust”. 

Mr. Tetley- Cigarman, Proprietor, wealth & self-aggrandizement have made him a deviant narcissist

Crosetti – Barbershop Proprietor/longs for a circus of sweet innocence, knows everyone’s story and illusions of a better life.

Miss Foley- spinster, lost beauty, secret past, her life beyond students is whimsical & playful, she’s a curious creature. 40-60

Cooger/Electrico- classic rigger, carney man-bodybuilder; mysterious, looming aggressive presence. Dark’s Faustian counterpart. 30-50

Policeman- handsome, strong, martial arts

Girl- young, pretty, strong, dancer

Voice of Ray Bradbury mature, rich and articulate

Callbacks: Please prepare a special skill for “The Pandemonium Theatre Company”- examples - stilt walk, juggling, unicycle, magic tricks, contortionist, martial arts, aerial, tightrope, laughing, scream, tumbling, rope climb, whips.   Please list special skills on resumes & audition form/thank you.

Members of Actors Equity: are invited to submit headshot and resumes for future casting opportunities and are invited to audition. We regret there are no AEA contracts available for our inaugural production.

Script is available through Dramatic Publishing Company.

Rehearsals Begin:   September 20, 2018                                                                                                 
Rehearsal Address: Phoenix Theatre rehearsal room A located on the East side of campus at 100 E. McDowell Road-Phoenix 85004

Guidelines for setting up an audition appointment: 
To setup an audition appointment, please email info@blkboxphx.com or call the Box Office at 602-734-5734.

Make sure to include the following in your email or voicemail:
-First & Last Name, Phone #, Email Address, Preferred Audition Date & Time, Alternate Audition Date & Time.

*Director note: Bradbury’s novel (1962) was produced as a movie by Disney (1983).  Caution- The young men in the film are much younger and smaller than teenagers today who average 5”2 to 5’7” and often 5”10” plus. More mature teens who can play younger are encouraged to audition.

One of my favorite quotes for Something Wicked This Way Comes: “Shades of Mark Twain, but also a touch of Stephen King. It is as if Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer had found themselves lost in a fairground full of sinister supernatural characters.” Daily Telegraph   Bradbury’s writing style and dialogue is brilliant, crisp and eloquent, always creating vivid worlds of action driven by the artful imagery of language that sparks the canvas of our imagination. Once every generation Halloween rolls into our idyllic town with the whisper of a calliope. The Call for a circus of spirits, storms coming, harvests done and the foreboding darkness of winter. It’s fall. Nature is as restless as the hearts of boys and the longings of another year passing. Lightening quickens the deepest of souls – enter “The Pandemonium Theatre Company” a circus of our unimaginable secrets, fears and terror.  EEM