Auditions for SMUDGE by Rachel Axler (day 2)

Schedule

Tue Jun 04 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Location

22 N Sierra Madre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3311, United States | Colorado Springs, CO

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Announcing Springs Ensemble Theatre’s first show of Season 15!
Performance Dates: Aug 1-18 - PLEASE NOTE: Auditions will be held at Studio West on the PIkes Peak State College Downtown Campus (22 North Sierra Madre), but performances will take place at SET inside the Fifty Niner Speakeasy in Old Colorado City.
Reserve your slot at the SignUpGenius link. Walk-ins welcome! We will work you in around the people who have slots. Can’t make it that day? Reach out and we can make arrangements for an alternate time or a video audition: [email protected]
The auditions will be cold read monologue and short scene auditions read with Kate Hertz, who will be playing Colby. Please note which character(s) you are interested in reading for. Memorization is not necessary but please get familiar with the text. Script selections will be provided for perusal electronically and also printed at the door. To view sides, follow this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gvPxbqj3hfUEol09miJcfFYjzxCyBsxP?usp=drive_link
Springs Ensemble Theatre is an all-volunteer company. All roles are unpaid -- we are not able to do Equity contracts at this time.
Audition Location:
Studio West at PPSC Downtown Campus
Mulliken Black Box
22 North Sierra Madre
Show up 10 min before to look over your sides and fill out an audition form.
Free and metered street parking available out front.
The Story: A hopeful young couple, Nicholas and Colby, give birth to a baby unlike anything they expected. She looks… more like a “smudge”: no limbs, a tail, and one beautiful sea-green eye. Nick’s older brother Pete tries to get to the bottom of why Nicholas and Colby aren’t answering the phone or sending out pictures of the new bundle of joy. Nick and Colby each bond with their Smudge in their own ways, working through the bewilderment and despair that comes when the family you have doesn’t match the one you expected. SMUDGE is a dark, absurdist comedy written by two-time Emmy Award winner Rachel Axler, writer on Parks and Recreation and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The Characters:
Colby: 20s to mid 30s, female presenting. First-time parent. Very resistant to bonding with her baby. Grieving, post-partum. Sarcastic and wounded. Food cravings, especially cheesecake. The role of Colby is being played by Kate Hertz.
Nicholas: 20s-30s, male presenting. Married to Colby and father of Cassandra/Smudge. Earnest. Tries to do the right thing. At home, has more patience with attempting to connect with his baby than Colby, which drives a wedge between them. Starts cracking under the pressure from home and his work on the US Census.
Pete: Male presenting. The script says 36, but the important part is that he is a grown frat boy man-child. Nicholas’s obnoxious, likable brother. Motor mouthed. Sort of a bro, but strangely delightful despite that. Is married and has 3 sons. Works in the same office as Nicholas. Acts as an intermediary between Nicholas and their mother who has been calling and calling.
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22 N Sierra Madre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3311, United States

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