Imagination Stage 2023-24 Season - Bethesda, MD EPA
Imagination Stage | Bethesda, MD
Monday, February 13, 2023
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM (E)
No break.
To set up a time slot for our Imagination Stage auditions, please contact audition@imaginationstage.org.
TYA
$574 weekly minimum
Equity actors for roles in Imagination Stage's 2023-24 Season (see breakdown). Imagination Stage operates under a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to build a representative theatrical community, culture, and industry that exemplifies diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging. We commit to policies promoting the elimination of discrimination in theatre. Unless otherwise textually or contextually indicated, all parts/roles/positions shall be open to all Actors without bias based on race or ethnicity, hair texture, sex, gender/gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or political persuasion or beliefs. Our audition process is open to all Actors.
Please prepare a 90 second monologue and a brief cut of an up-tempo song. If you plan on singing, please bring sheet music in the appropriate key as an accompanist will be provided. Please note that although we are a Theater for Young Audiences, your material does NOT need to be from a children's show.
Imagination Stage
4908 Auburn Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814-2629
Auditioners should sign in at a table in the
Main Gallery
Expected to attend:
Janet Stanford, Founding Artistic Director of Imagination Stage
Kathryn Chase Bryer, Associate Artistic
Director of Imagination Stage
Randy Snight, Assistant Producer of Imagination Stage
Additional guest directors will be chosen for the season, but will not be present at EPAs
See production dates in breakdown.
OTHER
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An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Equity encourages everyone participating in the auditions to wear a two-ply cloth face mask, surgical
mask, singer’s mask or respirator (N95, KN95 or KF94). Single-ply face masks, gaiters and bandanas
are not recommended. Singer’s masks can be found at www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask.
Equity encourages members to prepare for their audition prior to arriving at the audition venue, to the
extent that they can (e.g., get dressed, hair/make-up, etc.) to avoid crowding in bathrooms and
dressing rooms
The audition room can accommodate no more than 100 individuals at a time.
The holding room can accommodate no more than 60 individuals at a time.
Four of Eric Carle's beloved stories are told with three actors and 77 puppets.
First Rehearsal: Sep. 5, 2023
Tech Begins: Sep. 20, 2023
First Preview: Sep. 27, 2023
Opening: Sep. 30, 2023
Closing: Oct. 22, 2023
Run Length: 3 Weeks
Seeking:
Puppeteer 1 (any age/gender)
Puppeteer 2 (any age/gender)
Puppeteer 3 (any age/gender)
Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding
and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that
make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe... all charm, A Year with Frog and
Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
First Rehearsal: Oct. 23, 2023
Tech Begins: Nov. 8, 2023
First Preview: Nov. 15, 2023
Opening: Nov. 18, 2023
Closing: Jan. 7, 2024
Run Length: 7 Weeks
Seeking:
Frog (m) Caring and loyal. Always looking out for his friends. The calmer, more zen of the two title
characters. Simultaneously adventurous and self-assured. Vocal range top: A6 Vocal range bottom: A3
Toad (m) A hard worker, but impatient for results. Self-conscious. Stubborn. A good friend to Frog.
Timid. Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Performer 3 (m) Must possess the blind determination of a nerdy snail and the cool kid attitude of a
slick lizard. Appears as MAN BIRD, SNAIL, LIZARD, FATHER FROG, and MOLE. Vocal range top: B5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Performer 4 (f) Must possess the playful and quirky personality of a lady bird and strong frenetic
energy of a squirrel. Appears as LADY BIRD 1, MOUSE, SQUIRREL, YOUNG FROG, and MOLE.
Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Performer 5 (f) Must possess the playful and quirky personality of a lady bird and strong frenetic
energy of a squirrel. Appears as LADY BIRD 2, TURTLE, SQUIRREL, MOTHER FROG, and MOLE.
Vocal range top: A5 Vocal range bottom: A3
What will happen to Cinderella at the ball ... game? That's the surprising climactic question in this
contemporary Latin-American Cinderella musical, which delightfully turns the classic fairy tale on its
head, telling the story from both Cinderella and the stepsister's perspectives. Cinderella, a newcomer
from Puerto Rico, comes to visit her stepsister, Rosa, in the United States. The catch ... Cinderella
only speaks Spanish and Rosa only speaks English. Will these two girls be able to reach an
understanding at the (basket) ball game? Commissioned by Imagination Stage.
First Rehearsal: Jan. 29, 2024
Tech Begins: Feb. 7, 2024
First Preview: Feb. 14, 2024
Opening: Feb. 17, 2024
Closing: Apr. 7, 2024
Run Length: 7 Weeks
Seeking:
Cinderella (f) Also known as Cenicienta. A mild mannered, kind-hearted sixth grader from Puerto Rico
visiting the United States to learn English.
Rosa (f) The wicked-cool “step” sister. Loves pop music, basketball, and being popular.
Joey (m) Rosa’s best friend and head of the pep squad.
Padrino (m) The Almost Fairy Godfather. Also plays Teacher and Coach Prince. A wise, if
disorganized, guide and mentor.
Miss Nelson’s class is the worst behaved in the whole school. Spitballs flying across the room, paper
airplanes sailing every which way and uncontrollable children send gentle, long-suffering Miss Nelson
over the edge. But the students of Room 207 are in for a surprise when Miss Nelson goes missing and
is replaced by Viola Swamp, a no-nonsense substitute who assigns piles of homework! Commissioned by Imagination Stage
First Rehearsal: May 28, 2024
Tech Begins: Jun. 12. 2024
First Preview: Jun. 19, 2024
Opening: Jun. 22, 2024
Closing: Aug. 11, 2024
Run Length: 7 Weeks
Seeking:
MISS NELSON (Mezzo/Soprano); sweet, wears pastels. Also plays MISS VIOLA SWAMP (Alto);
mean, scary, a witch.
POP HANSON (speaking part only) the Janitor/Narrator. Also plays MR. BLANDSFORD (Tenor) the
boring Principal. Also plays DETECTIVE McSMOGG (Baritone) the inept detective.
ADAM (BOY #1) (Tenor) has a wild imagination and dark thoughts, clever, creative, smart, a leader, a
mischief-maker, brave on the outside, a cream puff on the inside.
ALLISON (GIRL #1) (Soprano) bossy, a leader, take-charge type, especially in times of crisis, smart,
quick, no-nonsense, usually knows the answer, thinks for herself, presents a perfect image when the
teacher is looking, a goody two shoes.
GREGORY (BOY #2) (Baritone) distracted, finds it hard to sit still and pay attention, lives in his own
world, lacking in self-control, silly, artistic, draws (especially unflattering pictures of Miss Nelson).
CHERYL (GIRL #2) (Alto) a follower, silly, a girly girl, but wicked, sneaky, can hold her own, a tattletale,
a worrier, scares easily.
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