Current Auditions

SEEKING CHILD ACTORS

Seeking child actors to play “the Boy” in The Great Beyond and The Ghost of Splinter Cove 

• Walk on role with no lines.
• Actor will play their role in both productions.
• Actor will perform specific actions for each production.
• Character must present as an eight-year old male. 
• A legal guardian must accompany the actor at all times except on stage. 
• Actor is not required to stay for the entire performance once their onstage duties are complete.

“The Boy” can be played by multiple actors – meaning the actor does not have to be available for all performances. However priority consideration will be given to those able to perform a greater number of shows. All actors must attend tech and dress rehearsals. If there are conflicts with tech/dresses please contact Joshua Reaves, program director, to discuss further. 

To apply:

• Fill out Audition Application
  • Provide a full length photograph in a neutral pose
  • Provide guardian’s contact information 
  • Provide actor’s approximate height

Guardians must agree to remain with the child at all times when in attendance. For additional questions, please contact Mia Self, the productions’ director, and/or Joshua Reaves, UT Program Director. 

All actors and their respective legal guardians must attend:

• All required tech and dress rehearsals as noted on schedule. 
• One two-hour rehearsal opportunity for The Ghost of Splinter Cove
• A minimum of six performance opportunities
  • Priority Consideration will be given to those who can attend a greater number of performances. 
  • Great Beyond runs 5/30-6/16
  • Splinter Cove runs 6/14-6/23
  • When performances overlap, actor will move from one theatre to the other (same building).

About the Shows

The Ghost of Splinter Cove Audition Information

A fun, lively and moving play for the courageous young person inside all of us.

When siblings Nate and Cora are forced to use Sim Camp: Wilderness 4.9, the latest update in a spectacular camping app, after their camping trip with their father falls apart. Their new friend Sydney, daughter of the psychic upstairs, and they “pretend camp” while banished to the basement. Imaginary friends, deceased relatives, and untold stories envelope the three while the adults sort out some mysteries of their own above.

The Ghost of Splinter Cove is a companion piece to The Great Beyond.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
CORA – 10-year old girl, played by an adult
NATE – 8-year old boy, brother to Cora, played by an adult 
SYDNEY – 9-year old girl, a new friend, played by an adult
J – 40s, man, Cora and Nate’s imaginary friend
TOBIAS – 40s, man searching for his lost son
REX’S VOICE – prerecorded, actor from The Great Beyond
BOY – a non-speaking role 

Performance Dates: June 14-16 and 21-23, 2024

For more information contact the show director, Mia Self.

The Great Beyond Audition Information

A comic drama about loss, hope and finding the power to believe.The Great Beyond reunites estranged sisters who have lost their father, the Captain, and whose contentious relationship remains unresolved. While the house is being packed away, Monica, Emily, and their partners decide to conduct a seance to contact the Captain. The seance produces the results that they hoped for in familiar and completely unexpected ways.

The Great Beyond is a companion piece to The Ghost of Splinter Cove.

CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
MONICA – 40s, daughter of the Captain, sister to Emily, mother to Cora and Nate
REX – 40s, Monica’s ex-husband, father to Cora and Nate
EMILY – 4 years younger than Monica, her sister
RENE – 40s, Emily’s partner, mother to Sydney
COACH MAYES – 40s, soccer coach
KID’S VOICES – prerecorded, actors from The Ghost of Splinter Cove
BOY – a non-speaking role

Performance Dates: May 30–June 16, 2024

For more information contact the show director, Mia Self.