PEPPERMINT CREEK 2019-20 SEASON AUDITIONS:
Peppermint Creek Theatre Company is holding auditions for their 2019-20 season. Find season production descriptions here. Full details on auditions and casting for each show below:
Download the PCTC 2019 - 20 Audition Form Here
Audition Dates/Times:
- Fun Home: Sunday, Feb. 2 & Monday, Feb. 3. Children's roles will be seen from 5 - 7pm; Adult roles will be seen from 7 - 9pm. Call backs on Tuesday, Feb. 4
Audition Location: Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capital Ave, Lansing MI.
Audition Requirements: Individuals wishing to be considered for the musical, "Fun Home" should prepare a song in the style of the show. Directors may not need to hear the entire song. An accompanist will be provided. For those auditioning for any of the three plays, excerpts from the play will be provided below, or at the audition. Auditionees can fill out an audition form (above), or fill one out when they attend the audition. Auditionees can bring a headshot/current photo of themselves, or a photo will be taken at auditions.
Please see specific show casting breakdowns below:
Cost of Living
2 men, 2 women
Eddie: Male, 40's-50's - Ani's ex-husband; an unemployed truck driver; a sad man who doesn't allow himself the luxury of self-pity; funny and engaging; kind; rough around the edges. Actively seeking actors of color for this role.
Ani: Female, 30's-40's - Eddie's ex-wife; from North Jersey; she has a spinal cord injury as a result of a recent car accident and now uses a wheelchair; quadriplegic, though has some function in one hand; intense and brusque; it's her way or the highway, and she won't hesitate to tell you so; strong sense of self; dry sense of humor. Actively seeking actors who are wheelchair users/actors with mobility disability for this role.
Jess: Female, 20's - John's new caregiver; down-to-earth; first-generation; doesn’t come from money; she has a lot of potential, but at this point, is working three jobs and still living paycheck-to-paycheck; a tough cookie, perhaps a bit too quick to defend herself. Actively seeking actors of color for this role.
John: Male, 20's - Good-looking and very intelligent doctoral student; has cerebral palsy; uses a wheelchair and requires the assistance of a part-time caregiver; has the confidence and polish of a guy who comes from money; quick-witted and a bit blunt; he has a speech impediment due to the tension of his disability. Seeking disabled actors for this role.
Fun Home
Casting: 2m, 4f, 2 boy(s), 1 girl
About the play:
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Fun Home traces the coming-of-age of lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel, from her youth, to her years at Oberlin College, and finally to the present, where Alison, now grown, is struggling to write her own graphic autobiography. As Alison reflects on her past, she struggles to make sense her relationship with her father, Bruce, a closeted gay man and the owner of the family business -- the Bechdel Funeral Home (“fun” home, as it’s known to young Alison and her brothers, John and Christian). As she watches her father’s self-loathing consume him, Alison recognizes her own challenges in discovering, and ultimately embracing, her identity. As she is drawn deeper and deeper into her memories, Alison finally enters them, desperate but unable to reverse her father’s self-destruction. An unforgettable and groundbreaking musical, Fun Home explores the haunting pull of memory and the power it has to alternately destroy or shape our identity.
AUDITION DETAILS
Auditions for adult cast members will be Sunday, Feb. 2 and Monday Feb. 3 from 7-9pm, with call-backs on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the Central United Methodist Church, 215 N. Capital Ave, Lansing MI.
Please prepare 32 bars of a song that showcases your vocal and storytelling skills, together with a copy of the music. It can be any song from your repertoire. Auditionees will also be asked to sing and read from the script. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditions for the childrens’ roles (Small Alison, Christian and John) will be held at Central United Methodist Church will be held on those same dates from 5-7pm.
All ethnicities are invited to attend.
Audition forms can be downloaded here: http://www.peppermintcreek.org/uploads/7/9/9/6/7996213/audition_form_2019-20_season.pdf
REHEARSAL & PRODUCTION DATES
Fun Home performances runs May 21-24 & 28-31, 2020. Rehearsals begin April 6.
AVAILABLE ROLES
ALISON BECHDEL – late 30’s/early 40’s (Alto or Mezzo-Soprano)
lesbian cartoonist; wry, pragmatic, super intelligent; Alison is stuck artistically, and goes in search of the pieces of the story of her father's demise in an effort to heal herself.
HELEN BECHDEL - late 30’s/early 40’s (Mezzo-Soprano)
Alison’s mother; intelligent, composed, with a quiet coiled intensity; formerly a promising actress, now an English teacher, she is frustrated and exhausted by her tumultuous, emotionally abusive marriage.
BRUCE BECHDEL: 40’s (Baritone)
Alison’s Father. Closeted gay man, high-school English teacher, funeral home director, charming, charismatic with flashes of rage, complex man whose passion is historic home restoration – creating a surface image of perfection
MEDIUM ALISON – late teens/ early 20’s (Mezzo-Soprano)
Alison Bechdel as a freshman at Oberlin College (must be able to play 19), discovering her sexuality; incredibly well-read, hyper-intelligent, socially awkward, and overjoyed by sex.
JOAN – early 20’s (Alto)
A student at Oberlin; she exudes a confident, sexual energy, with a dry sense of humor; Edgy; unlike Alison, Joan is very comfortable in her skin and openly identifies as a lesbian. Range: Alto – must handle harmonies very well but no solo singing.
SMALL ALISON: 8 – 12
Alison Bechdel as a child; a tomboy, smart, confident, precocious, opinionated, full of energy and has a special connection with her dad. Must be a strong singer who can move seamlessly in vocal quality from speech to song.
CHRISTIAN 10 - 13
Alison’s older brother, full of energy. Alison’s brother, he tries to be the leader but is overshadowed by Alison’s strong personality. Seeking a singer (pre-pubescent) with a natural sound, good sense of harmony and pitch and able to move well.
JOHN: 7-10
Alison’s younger brother; like most boys his age, he is full of energy with a quirky imagination. Seeking a singer (pre-pubescent) with a natural sound, good sense of harmony and pitch and able to move well.
ROY/ PETE/ MARK/ BOBBY JEREMY 18-30. (Tenor)
The actor plays multiple roles: Roy, a young man Bruce hires to do yard work; Pete, a mourner who visits the funeral home; Mark, a high school junior; Bobby Jeremy, the lead singer of a band in Alison’s imagination. Good-looking with a strong clean 70s pop sound. Looking for a versatile actor who can vocally and physically express a range of personalities.
For further information, contact Fun Home Director, Mary Job, at jobmaryh@gmail.com
