Auditions – “The True Stories of the So-Called Big Bad Wolves” and “N”

The Company OnStage is excited to announce that we are hosting auditions for “The True Stories of the So-Called Big Bad Wolves” by Richard Gremel and “N” by Adrienne Pender.

 Auditions will take place on Sunday, January 12th, and Monday, January 13th, 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 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 – “The True Story of the So Called Big Bad Wolves” by Richard Gremel

Directed By: Jennifer Brown

Produced by special arrangement with Heuer Publishing LLC of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

First Rehearsal: Sunday, February 2^nd, 2025

Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday and Tuesday Evenings Beginning at 7pm.

(Additional Dates may be added, if needed)

Performance Dates: Saturdays April 5^th, 12^th, 19^th, and 26^th, 2025 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13^th, 2025, at 2 p.m.

Strike Date: Sunday, April 27^th, 2025, at 12 pm

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:

Total Number of Actors: 6

Age Range: 16+

3 Women and 3 Men

All ethnicities are welcome.

There are no roles for anyone under 16 in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS, AGE RANGES, AND GENDERS:

Jack Wolfe, P.I. (male, 16+): The Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood

Harriet Howls (female, 16+): The Wolf from The Boy Who Cried Wolf

B.B. Wolfington (male, 16+): The Wolf from The Three Little Pigs

Actor 4 (female, 16+): Red Riding Hood – Wears a red cape; Mother – Timmy’s mother; Penelope Pig – Built their house of straw

Actor 5 (female or male, 25 – 50s): Granny – Red’s Grandmother; Father – Timmy’s father; Pinky Pig – Built their house of bricks

Actor 6 (male, 16 – 30): The Woodsman – Red and Granny’s rescuer; Timmy – The boy who cried wolf; Hammy Pig – Built their house of sticks

SYNOPSIS:

Little Red Riding Hood, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs had it wrong when they accused the wolves of being bad. And now the wolves have gone on strike until they can tell their side of the story. See these classic tales retold in a new and comical way.

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

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EVENING THEATRE PRODUCTION – “N” by Adrienne Pender

Directed By: Cardero Berryman

Produced by special arrangement with Havescripts Play Scripts Publishers

First Rehearsal: Monday, February 3^rd, 2025

Rehearsal Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Evenings Beginning at 7pm.

(Additional Dates may be added, if needed)

Performance Dates: Fridays and Saturdays, April 4th, 5^th, 11^th, 12^th, 18^th, 19, 25th, and 26th, 2025 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 6^th, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.

Strike Date: Sunday, April 27th, 2025, at 12 pm

CASTING REQUIREMENTS:

Total Number of Actors: 3

Age range: 25 – 40

Number of Women: 1

Number of Men: 2

This play is based on real people and centers around discussion of race and racial identity. We would like to inform all actors auditioning for this production that the play contains racially charged language, specifically the use of the N-word, within its context. This language is an integral part of the script and is used to reflect the themes and historical context of the story.

We acknowledge the potentially harmful impact of such language and understand that it may be distressing for some. As such, we encourage all actors to fully assess their comfort levels with this content before auditioning. The use of this language is not intended to harm or offend, but to serve the narrative and provide insight into the characters’ experiences.

If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the production team (info@companyonstage.org) prior to auditions or during the rehearsal process. Your well-being and comfort are important to us, and we are committed to providing a respectful and supportive environment for all involved.

Please look at the character list below, which clarifies the casting requirements regarding the ethnicity of all roles.

There are no roles for anyone under 20 years of age in this production.

LIST OF CHARACTERS:

Charles S. Gilpin: African American male, 25 – 40. Charles is of average size and build, but he has confidence, and a presence. He’s intelligent, somewhat sophisticated, and always looks sharp. Charles lives and dies by his emotions but also knows how to live in his very segregated times.

Eugene O’Neill: Caucasian male, 30 – 40. Eugene, the brooding master playwright, early in his career. He is brilliant, cynical, and dryly sarcastic. He doesn’t smile or laugh easily, so when he does it is noticeable. He is also a sharp dresser, as was typical for men in that time.

Florence Gilpin: African American female, 25 – 40. Florence is Charles’s wife. She is the woman behind the man who is proud of the man she loves while trying to keep him grounded.

SYNOPSIS:

O’Neill and Gilpin fight from rehearsal to Broadway run and, eventually, to the London tour. At stake for O’Neill? His artistic vision. For Gilpin? His entire career and family. To Eugene O’Neill, a word is just a word. For Charles Gilpin, those six letters have the power to unravel everything that he has ever worked for.

Adrienne Earle Pender gives us the influential and momentous “N” play that dramatizes the struggle between playwright Eugene O’Neill and actor Charles Sidney Gilpin over the inclusion of the “N” word in the script for O’Neill’s first box office hit, The Emperor Jones. in 1920.

AUDITIONS FOR THIS PRODUCTION WILL CONSIST OF COLD READINGS FROM THE SCRIPT AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENTATION OF A PREPARED MONOLOGUE UNDER 1 MINUTE.

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