AUDITIONS – “Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder” and “Silent Sky”

The Company OnStage is excited to announce that we are hosting auditions for “Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder” by Allison Gregory and “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson.

 Auditions will take place on Sunday, January 11^th and Monday, January 12^th, 2026, 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 present prepared monologues. 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 – “Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder” by Allison Gregory

Directed By: Allison Rozell
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com)

First Rehearsal: Sunday, February 1^st, 2026
Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday and Tuesday Evenings Beginning at 7pm. (Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Saturdays April 4^th, 11^th, 18^th, and 25^th, 2025 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19^th, 2026, at 2 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, April 26^th, 2026, at 12 pm

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:
Total Number of Actors:
Age Range: TBD
Number of Women: 3
Number of Men: 4
All ethnicities are welcome.

LIST OF CHARACTERS:
JUNIE B. JONES
MAY / MOM
GRACE / MISS CHRIS / GRANDMA MILLER
MR. SCARY / GRAMPA MILLER / TOOTH WITCH #3
WILLIAM / PRINCIPAL / TOOTH WITCH #2
JIM / DAD
PAULIE ALLEN PUFFER / TOOTH WITCH #1 / OFFICE LADY

SYNOPSIS:
Junie B. Jones is having a rough day – no, scratch that, a rough week! First off, she is about to lose her first tooth. What will she even look like once it comes out? And what does the Tooth Fairy want all those teeth for anyway? Even worse, everyone in her class except for her has been invited to her classmate Jim’s birthday party. Will Junie B. land that surprisingly elusive invitation? Return to Junie B.’s charming and witty world in JUNIE B. JONES: TOOTHLESS WONDER.

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

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EVENING THEATRE PRODUCTION – “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson

Directed By: Charlotte YerpeStock
Produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

First Rehearsal: Monday, February 2^nd, 2026
Rehearsal Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings Beginning at 7pm. (Additional Dates may be added, if needed)
Performance Dates: Fridays and Saturdays, April 3^rd, 4^th, 10^th, 11^th, 17^th, 18^th, 24^th, and 25th 2026 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 12^th, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.
Strike Date: Sunday, April 26^th, 2025, at 12 pm

CASTING REQUIREMENTS
Total Number of Actors: 5
Age range: 30s – 40s
Number of Women: 4
Number of Men: 1
All ethnicities are welcome.
There are no roles for anyone under 18 years of age in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS:
HENRIETTA LEAVITT: 30s, brilliant, meticulous, excited-almost always wearing a period hearing-aid.
MARGARET LEAVITT: 30s, homebody, creative, sweet, sister.
PETER SHAW: 30s, the head astronomer’s apprentice…and the man.
ANNIE CANNON: 40s, the leader, terse and sure, grows into a firebrand.
WILLIAMINA FLEMING: 50s, smart as a whip and fun, Scottish.

SYNOPSIS:
When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. The true story of 19^th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.

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

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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.