Auditions for Peter and the Starcatcher - Night 2

Schedule

Sun Jan 14 2024 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

Location

Portland Players Theater | South Portland, ME

We are thrilled to announce auditions for PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Based on the novel Peter And The Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Adapted for the stage by Rick Elice.
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan becomes Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. It is wildly theatrical in its staging and storytelling.
A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.
Featuring a dozen actors portraying dozens of unforgettable characters, Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and imagination to bring the story to life.
AUDITION TEAM:
Director: Whitney Brown
Music Director: Evan Cuddy
Stage Manager: Alex Garbeck
Choreographer: Tess McLaughlin
Producer: Gigi Paquette
LOCATION: Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland
AUDITION DATES:
January 11– 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
January 14– 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(You only need to attend one session of auditions.)
PERFORMANCE DATES:
March 29 - April 14, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 2:30 PM
REHEARSALS:
Rehearsals start January 28th and are Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30PM - 9:30PM.
You must be available for all tech week rehearsals and performances to be cast.
Please note that the entire cast is onstage for the majority of the show, therefore, conflicts may factor into casting decisions.

What You Need for the Audition:
● Please prepare one of the following short monologues from the show (below). It is your choice whether to memorize or not. We are looking for your ability to tell a story, and create a character through voice and physicality.
Monologues: Peter Audition Monologues
LARGE PRINT: Peter Audition Monologues LARGE PRINT
● Please prepare the following vocal excerpts from the show:
Sailors and Seamen: Vocal Audition Cut #1, Youtube Vocal Part, Accompaniment
Swim On: Vocal Audition Cut #2, Youtube Vocal Part, Accompaniment
● Be prepared to list all conflicts between January 28, 2024 and April 14, 2024
● Please arrive on time. We will not see anybody after 8:30pm on the 11th and 5pm on the 14th.
CASTING:
A dozen (or so) actors will play everyone and everything – sailors, pirates, orphans, islanders, fish, mermaids, birds … even doors, passageways, masts, storms, jungles. This production will be very much an invention of the cast, working closely with the director and the production team, to develop whatever we discover together in rehearsal. We are looking for collaborative, risk-taking, physical storytellers. We will be building an ensemble of creative actors who can tell any theatrical story with physical expression, language, a few props and a ton of imagination. The characters’ gender and age ranges will not dictate the casting. We’ll be looking for the performer who best embodies the spirit of each character – so adults may play children, women may play men… and everyone will play a mermaid. Casting will be based on talent, preparedness for the audition and willingness to work as a collaborative community. All roles are open to non-traditional casting and we strongly encourage performers of all identities, races, genders, physical abilities, ethnicities, and countries of origin to audition.
** There is singing in the show, although mostly ensemble-based.
** The imaginative theme of the play allows for wide age ranges for actors, however, please note that you must be at least 13 to audition. Boy/Molly/Prentiss/Ted may be cast with teens or adults.
** Please note the actors playing Boy and Molly will kiss. This will be discussed and choreographed during the rehearsal process with actor collaboration.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
BOY/PETER: A Boy who doesn't miss much. Nameless, homeless, and friendless at the beginning of the play, and a hero by the end. Feral, brave, competitive, the boy the others will come to look up to. A survivor. More than anything in the world, he wants a home and a family. He will stare at adult life from a distance, but will never understand it, or enjoy it, because he will be forever held back in childhood. If he could grow up, he'd fall for Molly in a big way, but it'll never happen.
PRENTISS: A bit older than Peter. Ambitious, hyper-articulate, logical, yearns to be a leader even as he knows in his heart it'll never happen, on account of the fact that the boys wouldn't follow him no matter what. Just the teeny-tiniest touch of cowardice.
TED: An orphan. Obsessed with food: the finding of, the eating of, the pining over, the dreaming about. The most talented of the boys, a natural actor, and easy wit, maybe even a poet. Called "Tubby" by Prentiss, though not due to girth, of which orphans, given their meager diets, have very little indeed. Fed up with Prentiss, but hungry for companionship. Must be funny and real: the comic responsibility is vital.
LORD LEONARD ASTER: The very model of a Victorian English gentleman, loyal subject to the Queen, devoted father, faithful friend. Also, and not irrelevant to the story, Lord Aster is a Starcatcher - dedicated to protecting the Earth and all who dwell there from the awesome power of Starstuff. Must have a British accent.
MOLLY ASTER: Raised to believe females can do anything males can. A natural leader at a time when girls are mostly followers. Fearless, passionate, devoted to her father, and her Queen. Willing to risk everything for the sake of doing right. Curious, intelligent, beginning to feel things she doesn't yet understand - romantic longings that revert to childish tantrums under pressure - because, for the moment, she's still a kid. She'll be one hell of a woman one day. Must have a British accent and be a strong singer.
MRS. BUMBRAKE: Molly's Nanny. A brave British widow with a big heart and a love of alliteration. A no-nonsense, good-time gal, who still has enough of her girlish charm intact to turn a sailor's head and leaven his dreams. Stiff in the lip, loose in the hip, fun on a ship. Must have a British accent and be a strong singer.
CAPTAIN ROBERT FALCON SCOTT: Captain of the sports teams at Trinity School, now commander of the fastest ship in Victoria's fleet, the Wasp. If you don't ask, he won't tell you about his school boy crush on Leonard Aster, also a student at Trinity. Years later, he would lead an expeditionary team to the South Pole, freeze to death, and become an iconic British hero, Scott of the Antarctic. Must have a British accent.
GREMPKIN: The mean and malodorous schoolmaster of St. Norbert’s Orphanage for Lost Boys. Known as the Angel of Anguish, he keeps his boys in the dark, as sunlight is known to feed rebellious notions. Must have a British accent.
BILL SLANK: A vicious Captain without the skill or quality to lead anyone but himself, and always into disaster. Would sell his own mother for a ship to command, would K*ll his best friend for a leg-up from the stinking hole he calls home. Cheerfully aids the awful machinations of those who would use Starstuff for personal gain, global domination, or worse. An orphan, too. Blue-collar English accent.
ALF : An "old" seadog who's prouder of achieving the rank of "Mister" than he should be, given the state of the competition. A white knight in search of a damsel, any damsel. A romantic at heart, without ever having read a poem. Something about him appeals to the feminine sensibility; might be his bow legs, his saucy gait, or his kind heart. Blue-collar English accent.
MACK: A very bad sailor who wants to be anywhere but under the thumb of Bill Slank. Blue-collar English accent.
SANCHEZ: A hardworking Spanish pirate with an identity crisis. Must have a Spanish accent
BLACK STACHE: Famous for his face foliage, he started shaving at age ten, had a bushy handlebar by eleven, and the blood of twenty crews on his hands by twelve. Heartless, suspiciously well-read, and partial to the poetical and theatrical. Long after most everyone else had gotten out of the Pirate business, Stache stuck it out. He searches the seven seas for a hero worthy of his hatred, an opponent worthy of his villainy. Stache is ruthless, heartless, and just a little bit stupid. Blames everyone else for his failures - and with a ferocity from which no good shall ever spring. Must be an excellent comedic actor who is comfortable with featured singing. Strong British accent.
SMEE: First mate to The Black Stache. Simple-minded but single-mindedly dedicated to his Captain's every whim. No first name, and, from the day he was out of diapers, packed off somewhere to be subservient to somebody. His motto: "Tis good to be busy." Must have a British accent. Featured singer. Plays ukelele (not mandatory, but a plus)
FIGHTING PRAWN: King of the Mollusks, son of Jumbo Prawn and Littleneck Clam. Kidnapped by British sailors and brought in chains to England, he served as sous-chef in a country estate, where, for no good reason, he learned Italian wines and mastered Italian cuisine. Since returning to his island kingdom, he vengefully murders any English with the temerity to land on his Mollusk Isle domain. Must have an Italian accent.
HAWKING CLAM: Son of Fighting Prawn and Princess Sweet ‘N Sour Prawn. Conceived the night his father was captured and whisked off to a British kitchen half a world away. Hawking shares his father's hatred for the British. One day, he will ascend the Clam throne as head of the Royal Clam Clan. Must have an Italian accent.
TEACHER: Formerly a salmon, now an ancient, knowledgeable mermaid. Must have Scottish accent.
**If you have questions, have trouble accessing audition materials, need any accommodations, or have access needs don’t hesitate to contact director Whitney Brown at [email protected].

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