Backstage at SPTC (Santa Paula Theater Center), announces open auditions for Constance Congdon’s play Tales of the Lost Formicans. All roles are open.

Auditions: will be held Monday and Tuesday, November 1st and 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 S. 7th Street, with callbacks to be decided later. Interested actors will be met in the Craftsman Pub. Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Sides will be provided at auditions. No appointment necessary and no need to bring a photograph. If you have further questions, please call the director, Peter Krause, at (805) 525-2452.

Run Dates: three consecutive weekends beginning Friday, January 14, 2011, and closing Sunday, January 30, 2011, ten performances total with two special Thursday performances on January 20 and 27. Rehearsals will commence approximately November 7, 2010.

The Roles:
Cathy (female, 33): A recently-single mother, Cathy moves back in with her parents to help take care of her father. Passionate, sensitive, working hard to establish her identity.

Eric (male, 15): Cathy’s son. Angsty, sullen, but remarkably perceptive.

Jim (male, late 50s): Cathy’s father. A formerly brilliant man with a particular knack for the mechanical, Jim is becoming increasingly childlike as some form of dementia overtakes him.

Evelyn (female, early 50s): Cathy’s mother. As the love of her life slides inexorably into early senility, she takes her frustrations out on those around her.

Judy (female, early 30s): Cathy’s childhood friend, also a divorced single mother living back at home. Prone to poetic flights of fancy, and ill-advised bouts of promiscuity

Jerry (male, 30s): A dementia ward nurse and Cathy’s neighbor. He struggles to make sense of his own phobias and paranoia by obsessing over classic conspiracy theories. Strongly attracted to Cathy, though not always graceful in showing it.

Actor #7 (Male, 30s-50s): A mysterious (possibly alien) figure, who may or may not be influencing the play’s events. He frequently steps in to fill side roles as necessary. Charismatic, though slightly creepy.

Backstage at SPTC provides an exciting alternative performance space to present edgier, dramatic material that is not particularly suited for our SPTC Main Stage. It also fosters an atmosphere of freedom for new directors, actors and other theater folk to experiment with new, creative endeavors.