NORTH RALEIGH ARTS & CREATIVE THEATRE'S

NON DISCRIMinATION AUDITION POLICY

NRACT is committed to an artistic environment that is welcoming to all people, regardless of ethnicity, gender, gender identification, cultural affiliation, sexual orientation, body type, Age, economic class, disability, or religious affiliation. NRACT is committed to having representation from a diverse group that express our core values of inclusion, equity, and diversity.

CAST CAMP 2024: BIG FISH

AUDITIONS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, MAY 8 & 9, 2024 @ 6:30PM

DURING CAST CAMP, TEENS HAVE TWO WEEKS TO REHEARSE AND PERFORM A FULL-LENGTH MUSICAL! THIS IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE ALLOWS TEENS TO WORK TOGETHER AND SHINE ONSTAGE.

CASTING IS BY AUDITION ONLY - PLEASE CALL (919) 866-0228 FOR INFORMATION.


ABOUT BIG FISH THE MUSICAL

BASED ON THE CELEBRATED NOVEL BY DANIEL WALLACE AND THE ACCLAIMED FILM DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON, BIG FISH TELLS THE STORY OF EDWARD BLOOM, A TRAVELING SALESMAN WHO LIVES LIFE TO ITS FULLEST…AND THEN SOME! EDWARD’S INCREDIBLE, LARGER-THAN-LIFE STORIES THRILL EVERYONE AROUND HIM—MOST OF ALL, HIS DEVOTED WIFE SANDRA. BUT THEIR SON WILL, ABOUT TO HAVE A CHILD OF HIS OWN, IS DETERMINED TO FIND THE TRUTH BEHIND HIS FATHER’S EPIC TALES. OVERFLOWING WITH HEART AND HUMOR, BIG FISH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL THAT REMINDS US WHY WE LOVE GOING TO THE THEATRE—FOR AN EXPERIENCE THAT’S RICHER, FUNNIER AND BIGGER THAN LIFE ITSELF.

PLEASE FILL OUT THE AUDITION FORM HERE:

HTTPS://FORMS.GLE/I2SHTNA5WBU5M8CAA

AUDITION DATES:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024 AT 6:30PM

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2024 AT 6:30PM

CALLBACKS ARE SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 AT 11:00 AM

AGES: 12 - 19


CAMP RUNS JULY 8- JULY 19, 2024 9:00 - 5:00 PM
PERFORMANCES ARE: JULY 19, 20, & 21, 2024 @ 7:30PM


DIRECTOR: PETE COMPERATORe
MUSIC DIRECTOR: CRAIG JOHNSON
CHOREOGRAPHER: JESS BARBOUR

AGES 12 – 19

JULY 8 – 21, 2024

PERFORMANCES: JULY 19, 20, 21

NRACT ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR SOUTHERN BAPTIST SISSIES

NRACT is excited to announce auditions for Southern Baptist Sissies by Del Shores.

Auditions are at North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre on Sunday and Monday, March 31 & April 1, 2024, at 7:00PM.

Callbacks are Thursday, April 4, 2024 AT 7:00PM.

Rehearsals will begin the week of April 15, 2024

Production show dates are June 7-23, 2024. Fridays, Saturday, and Sundays.

About the Show:

Southern Baptist Sissies follows the journey of four gay boys in the Baptist Church. Storyteller Mark Lee Fuller tries to create a world of love and acceptance in the church and clubs of Dallas, Texas, while desperately trying to find a place to put his own pain and rage. The world Mark creates also includes two older barflies, Peanut and Odette, whose banter takes the audience from hysterical laughter to tragedy and tears.

Director: Landon Henry

Assistant Director: Sean Malone

Stage Manager: Victoria Barnes

About Auditions:

Please come prepared with a monologue provided or a monologue of your choice in the style of the show. (memorization optional). 

Also, come prepared to audition with cold readings from the script.

Please fill out your audition form here:

https://forms.gle/BmDAunCbWtjbx2WUA

Please print and bring your conflict calendar to auditions!  DO NOT FILL OUT ELECTRONICALLY!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcqoXWyIC_XmZ8S_mkPL5K1vIdFzyF91/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113636235001042347415&rtpof=true&sd=true

You may view monologues here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fcVsnmSCf01sbFizrquHpF2yGXfPQC27?usp=drive_link

Characters:

All gender identities are always considered.

 

  • Mark Lee Fuller:  20's (Male Presenting) the sissy who thinks too much and dreams of a perfect world.

  • T.J. Brooks: 20's (Male Presenting) the masculine sissy who believes and clings tightly to God's Holy Word.

  • Andrew Thomas Ford: 20's (Male Presenting) the conflicted sissy who can't pray away the feelings.

  • Benny/Iona Traylor: 20's (Male Presenting/Drag Queen) The effeminate sissy who has escaped in a world of drag. 

  •  Odette Annette Barnett: 40's-50's (Female Presenting) a loudmouth bar fly with a sad secret.

  • Preacher: 40's-60's (Male Presenting) He preaches what he believes... hell, fire, and brimstone. 

  • Benny's Grandmother: (Female Presenting) 40's-60's Beyond Trailer Trash

  • Mark's Mother: (Female Presenting) 40's-60's Sweet and saccharine.

  • Andrew's Mother: (Female Presenting) 40's-60's Older, Worried, and Kind

  • Stripper: (Male Presenting) The club go-go boy who has a ripped, beautiful body. 

  • *** The role of Preston "Peanut" Leroy has been cast for this show***