Auditions

Here is info on auditioning for one of the characters found in the 3 short plays that comprise ‘DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT‘ (Nov 2017 at The Cary Theater). Info on auditioning for the rest of the show’s characters will be rolled out later (check back).

Audition for the role of ELLIE in Story Road, the second play of Dawn’s Early Light.

Character of Ellie: 15 years old, smart, strong-willed; has recently lost both her mother and the family home; is having trouble adjusting to life on the road with her father.

Looking for female actors that can pass for ages 15 -20.

Story Road is written by Mark Cornell and will be directed by Nancy Lane.

The play is set in a truck stop in Wyoming. Struggling with a new life on the road with her singer-songwriter father, 15-year-old Ellie decides to run away in the wee hours of a summer morning. When her father finds her at the truck stop, the two must find a way to settle their differences amid the harsh realities of the road.

First read-thru in September.

REHEARSALS (all rehearsals in Chapel Hill/Carrboro area) will be two-to-three times a week the weeks of 8^th/15^th/22^nd/29^th of October; as well as the 5^th and 12^th of November.

IF INTERESTED, please email your headshot/resume to markcornell53@yahoo.com. We will be reading sections from Story Road (play will be emailed to you prior) in the audition. Please have a short prepared monologue to do before reading from Story Road. Additional auditions will be August 9th, 10th, and 11th, evening, in Chapel Hill.

========== OTHER AUDITIONS ============

Tentative, subject to change:

TBD 2017: for the other parts in ‘DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT‘ in November (part of CPF ‘Independent Producer’s Series’)
Sept 2017: for ‘Staged Readings’ in October of material developed in our Basic, Veterans, and Directing classes!
Oct 9-10 (dates may change) 2017: for ‘Bar Plays 3’, at Fortnight Brewery in Nov!
Mar 15 (date may change) 2018: for ‘Grandchild (nonbinary) of PlaySlam’ in Apr!
Apr 16-17 (dates may change) 2018: for ’10×10′ Fest in Jun!

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Ongoing: The CPF Radio Hour is seeking performers to help round out our in-house cast for shows. If interested please contact us with your resume and be sure to highlight any experience in radio or voice work. If you have special voice talents (particular accents/dialects, singing, etc) please be sure to point that out. Send over your resume and a brief bio to CPFRadioHour@gmail.com. If possible, please include an attachment or link to a sample of how your speaking voice sounds. A demo reel, previous works, a recording of a few lines of dialogue, etc.

See this link for more information.

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