Casting for our local touring production of Maddi’s Fridge
From the book by
Adapted by Anne Negri
Directed by Jenny Millinger
This play will tour schools and libraries throughout metro-Phoenix and across Arizona during the 2024-25 school year. Because we perform primarily for schools, performances and rehearsals generally happen during daytime hours.
Production Dates
Rehearsal dates: November 12 to December 1, 2024
The tour is broken up into three segments:
December 2 through December 19, 2024
January 21 through March 7, 2025
April 21 through May 16, 2025
Pay: $600 per week (including rehearsals)
Show/Character Breakdown
The play is the story of Sofia and Maddi, two best friends who spend their free time at the rock-climbing wall in the park. When Maddi confesses that sometimes there isn’t enough food in her house, Sofia wants to help her friend. But Maddi makes Sofia promise not to tell anyone, including Sofia’s brother, Luis.
Roles: (ALL ROLES ARE PLAYED BY ADULT ACTORS)
Maddi, a 12-year-old girl
Sofia, a 12-year-old girl, Latina
Luis, an 8-year-old boy, Latino. Luis also manipulates a dog puppet.
If interested, please submit headshots and resumes
Accepting submissions now until show is cast
More Information
Founded in 1977, Childsplay is a nationally and internationally respected professional theatre company whose chosen audience is children.
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 identity, ability, and age, we are better able to celebrate that which brings humankind together: Imagination and Wonder.
We acknowledge that many roles fall on the gender binary. However limiting the descriptions are, we invite transgender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, non-binary performers to read for the roles, cisgender or otherwise, they most identify with. We encourage actors of all body types, gender, physical abilities to audition. Unless a role is specified in the script, we will keep characters open to all backgrounds. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, or if there is any accommodation we can provide.
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