AUDITIONS – “Kid Frankenstein” and “Blithe Spirit”

The Company OnStage is excited to announce that we are hosting auditions for “Kid Frankenstein” and “Blithe Spirit”.

Auditions will take place on Sunday, July 20^th, and Monday, July 21^st, 2025, beginning at 7pm at 5720 Bellaire Blvd, Suite G, Houston, TX 77081. We ask that participants arrive 15 minutes early to fill out paperwork and introduce yourself to the stage managers. If you have a headshot and resume, please bring it (not required). There are no audition appointments, and actors are not required to prepare a monologue. The evening will cover the auditions for both shows, beginning with the Young Audiences Production. During each show’s audition, all actors will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills in a group setting with the director selecting sides and combinations of participants to read together or independently. Please be prepared to move and make bold choices!

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YOUNG AUDIENCES PRODUCTION – “Kid Frankenstein” – After Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” Adapted By Kathryn Schultz Miller.
Directed By Kathryn Noser
Produced by special arrangement with ArtReach Children’s Theatre Plays.
First Rehearsal: Sunday, August 10^th
Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday and Tuesday Evenings Beginning at 7pm.
(Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Saturdays October 4^th, 11^th, 18^th and 26^th, 2025 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 19^th at 2 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, October 26^th

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:
Total Number of Actors: 11
Age Range: 10 – 50+
This is a Flexible Cast (2-9 Women and 2-9 Men)
All ethnicities are welcome.
There are no roles for children under 10 in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS, AGE RANGES, AND GENDERS:
Frankie Stein: any gender, age 10-13
Irving: male, age 10-13
Helga: female, age 10-13
Kid 1: any gender, age 10-13
Kid 2: any gender, age 10-13
T-Bone: any gender, age 10-13
Barbie Q or Knucklehead: any gender, age 10-13
Mrs. Newton: female, age 20-60
Mr. Klondike: male, age 30-50
Mr. Spots or Mrs. Magillacutty: any gender, age 50+
Monster: any gender, age 10-50+

SYNOPSIS:
Finally!  Frankenstein is kid-friendly! Frankie and Irving are science nerds who have an unusual idea for the upcoming Science Fair.  When Doctor Frankenstein’s ancient secret book arrives from Transylvania, the friends are whisked into a sci-fi fantasy of time-warped, weirdly scary and lively adventure.

AUDITIONS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WILL CONSIST OF COLD READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT.

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EVENING THEATRE PRODUCTION – “Blithe Spirit” by Noël Coward
Directed by Mike Marlowe
“Blithe Spirit” is produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals
First Rehearsal: Monday, August 11^th
Rehearsal Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings Beginning at 7pm.
(Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Fridays and Saturdays, October 3^rd, 4^th, 10^th, 11^th, 17^th, 18^th, 24^th, and 25^th at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, October 12^th at 2:00 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, October 26^th

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:
Total Number of Actors: 7
Age range: mid 20s – 65
Number of Women: 5
Number of Men: 2
All ethnicities are welcome.
There are no roles for children in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Edith: female, age mid 20s, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)
Ruth: female, age 35-65, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)
Charles: male, age 35-65, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)
Dr. Bradman: male, age 35-65, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)
Mrs. Bradman: female, age 35-65, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)
Madame Arcati: female, age 35-65, has an Italian accent
Elvira: female, age mid 20s, has a posh English accent (BBC-style)

SYNOPSIS:
A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

AUDITIONS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WILL CONSIST OF COLD READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT. THE DIRECTOR IS REQUESTING POSH BRITISH ACCENTS (THINK BBC-STYLE) FOR ALL ROLES, AND THOSE INTERESTED IN MADAME ARCATI SHOULD ALSO PREPARE AN ITALIAN ACCENT OPTION. ALL AUDITIONING ACTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRESENT A ONE-MINUTE MONOLOGUE, DRAMATIC OR COMEDIC, TO SHOWCASE THEIR RANGE AND SKILL.

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The Company OnStage, Inc. (COS), is an all-volunteer Texas nonprofit corporation with tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and can be reached by visiting www.companyonstage.org or by calling 713-726-1219 and leaving a message.