AUDITIONS
WITCH
by Jen Silverman
All graduating 8th - 12th grade students are invited
to participate in Acme’s winter main stage production.
WHERE?
The Davis Community Church
412 C Street, Davis, CA
WHEN?
2pm - 4pm, Saturday, Oct 4 - Witch Play Reading
3:30pm - 5pm, Wed, October 22nd - Open House! Come learn about the show!
4pm - 6pm, Wednesday, October 29th - 10-minute individual audition slots
4pm - 6pm, Thursday, October 30th - 10-minute individual audition slots
1pm - 4pm, Sat, November 1st - Group call-back session
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Feeling hopeless? What if you could enact any change in exchange for your soul?
Mischief is afoot in the sleepy village of Edmonton, and the fate of the world is at stake in this smart modern fable. When the dancing son of the local lord and an ambitious village upstart come into conflict, help presents itself to both of them in the same guise—as the Devil himself. But while these two young men take advantage of the Devil’s bargain to accomplish their own questionable ends, someone else in town stands her ground—Elizabeth, an outcast whom everyone believes to be a witch.
This is a queer and feminist retelling of the classic Jacobean drama, “The Witch of Edmonton,” written by William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford in 1621 and based on a real-life witchcraft trial that took place at the time.
Join us for this sharp, subversive, quick-witted fable that debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
Theatre takes a lot of time. Here is our rehearsal schedule:
REHEARSALS:
November 3rd - December 9th,
M-F, 4pm - 6pm
BREAK
December 10th - 28th
December 29th - January 3rd
Every day 10am - 4pm
TECH WEEK (NO ACCEPTED CONFLICTS):
10am - 4pm, Sunday, January 4th (Q2Q)
4pm - 9pm, Mon - Thursday, January 5th - 8th (Dress Rehearsals)
4pm - 6pm - Thursday, January 15th (Pickup Rehearsal)
SHOWS
7pm, Fri, January 9th
7pm, Sat, January 10th
2pm, Sun, January 11th - Masks Required
7pm, Fri, January 16th
7pm, Sat, January 17th
2pm, Sun January 18th - Masks Required
STRIKE
4pm - 9pm, Sun, January 18th
1pm - 5pm, Mon, January 19th
Be prepared to list all of your possible conflicts on the conflict form you will be given.
We will do our best to build the rehearsal schedule to be respectful of your time and conflicts. We ask that once you are cast and the schedule is distributed, you do your utmost to avoid additional conflicts.
Actor Invitation:
Come be a part of this evocative, thoughtful, and challenging production! This project is an opportunity for actors of all experience levels to grow their acting skills in a fun and intense rehearsal process. This process will focus heavily on building a strong ensemble, projection and physical storytelling.
Technician Invitation:
Come help us build a play! We are looking for folks to be on the technical teams below. Each team is led by one of our student designers!
Stage Management - Work with Coral Wittenburg to help lead rehearsals, read for missing actors, run lines, take blocking and line notes throughout November, December, and January.
Dramaturgy - Work with our directors throughout November, December, and January to research and educate our company and audience about the issues explored in this play.
Run Crew - Work backstage during dress rehearsals and shows to move the set, help actors get into mics, and complete fast costume changes.
Lighting - Work with Sage McCarthy to hang, focus, and program lighting equipment in January.
Light Op - Operate the light board for technical rehearsals!
Sound - Work with Mads Waggoner & Steven Haffley to find, create, record sounds throughout December & January (exact times TBD) and help set up sound equipment in January.
Sound Op - Operate the sound board for technical rehearsals!
Set - Work with Mads Waggoner & Steven Haffley to build the set on Saturdays from 12pm - 3pm in November, December, and January!
Costumes - Work with Darla Tayson to borrow, buy or build costumes in November, December, and January.
Ushers - Work with Gigi Oestreicher to greet our audience, sell tickets & merch, and see the show for free!
About Acme's Audition Process
Acme Theatre Company invites all 9th-12th grade students to audition to act or sign up to work as technicians for our three main stage shows this season. There is no cost to participate in Acme Theatre Company. No theatre experience is required!
We invite and welcome company members of all ethnicities, races, gender identities, ages, and body types, as well as performers with disabilities, to join us.
We hold open auditions before each production.
Audition sign-up info will be posted on this page as it becomes available.
Actors are asked to complete a Google form, sign up for a 10-minute slot, prepare a monologue, attend the 10-minute individual slot, and then attend a group session. Technicians are asked to sign up on the Google form, and then we will contact you regarding technical work as the process unfolds!