Website The Impostors Theatre Co.
Let's Embrace The Art of Pretend
Written by Ryan Stevens & Directed by Stefan Roseen
Sensor-E is the hit new social media app, able to simulate real-life sensations so you can touch, taste, and smell everything you see on your screen. At the prestigious Osman-Haskill University of Technology, where the app was first created, strange things are happening on Sensor-E: Aimee, mourning the loss of her twin sister, uncovers a string of disappearances targeting her classmates. Blair, a fame-hungry would-be influencer, is enlisted into a vast conspiracy concerning school leadership. Paige, relegated to her dorm room due to a health issue that keeps her isolated, is haunted by a strange digital ghost that might hold the key to understanding her condition.
As they struggle to navigate these mysteries, the three students’ paths cross. Soon enough, their use of Sensor-E threatens to permanently blur the line between reality and simulation. The school they attend is not what it once seemed, and the world they know becomes weirder and more dangerous than they could ever imagine. When we can approximate reality, how do we distinguish the real thing?
A sci-fi thriller about the internet and the people it uses, Static-Head renders a cautionary tale against the existent rise of AI and virtual realities.
Callbacks will be held on Monday, November 17 (Details are provided on the attached audition form found HERE. Actor must be available for part of one of the callback time slots. Time slots are 5PM-6:30PM; 6:45PM-8:15PM; 8:30PM-10:00PM)
Callbacks will be held at: The Edge Theater, 5451 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640
Material to Prepare:
Auditions will be done by video submission. Please record a 1.5 minute contemporary monologue. If you have a movement or voice acting reel, please send that with your submission! Pleasde iclude the completed audition form.
All submissions are due by 11:59 pm (CST) on Thursday, November 13. All tapes submitted before November 13 will be accepted. Please submit your headshot, resume, and video submission to impostorstheatre@gmail.com with the subject “STATIC-HEAD (YOUR NAME)." Additionally, please fill out the attached audition form found above and send along as a PDF with your required material.
Callback: Monday, November 17, 5PM - 10:00PM (Callbacks will be split into groups. There will be a game/movement portion of the callback, so please wear comfortable clothing. Details are provided on the attached audition form. Actor must be available for part of one of the callback time slots. Time slots will be 5PM-6:30PM; 6:45PM-8:15PM; 8:30PM-10:00PM)
*We will try our utmost to fit you in closest to the time slot you request. However, there is no guarantee.
Callbacks will be held at:
The Edge Theater, 5451 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640 (Confirmation to follow)
Time Commitment:
Rehearsals: February 12th-April 2, Monday-Friday (evenings).
Tech: Monday, April 6-Thursday, April 16 (Details provided on audition form. Must be available.)
Performances: April 17-May 2 (Pick-up on Wed, Performance Thurs-Sun)
Possible Extension: May 3-May 9
Rehearsals will be held at:
The Edge Theater, 5451 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640.
Tech & Performances will be held at:
The Den Theatre, 1331 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Character Type/Restrictions:
The Impostors Theatre Company desires to work with all kinds of artists. We encourage people of all backgrounds, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ethnicities, disabilities, and religions to submit for consideration.
- AIMEE (25-35, femme, race non-specific) Largely uninterested in online, but social and sociable. Righteously angry most of the time, lately. ALSO PLAYS: Wendy—Aimee’s twin sister, Chef Toad, Lasagna Jesse, and Sasha.
- PAIGE (25-35, femme, race non-specific) Serial lurker online, borderline-hermit offline. ALSO PLAYS: Kayla Bear, Blind Bag Collector, and Rooster Mask.
- BLAIR (25-35, masc, race non-specific) Type A. Affable online presence, but pitiful follower count. Self-described born leader. ALSO PLAYS: Nat, Dustin, Dog Mask, and Corey.
- BEN (25-35, masc, race non-specific) Student. Presents as laid-back, but always listening. ALSO PLAYS: Bobby Tha Pathogen, Voice 3, Tom Gill, Raiden, Jonah Block, and Jeremy
- DOROTHY (25-35, femme, race non-specific) Paige’s roommate. Thought she was an overachiever, now just a workaholic. ALSO PLAYS: Cole, Bayley, Jack Ruby, and Rabbit Mask.
- DR. PRISCILLA OSMAN (30-50, femme, race non-specific) Dean of Osman-Haskill University of Technology. Warm, and obfuscating. ALSO PLAYS: Voice 2, Claudia, Carroll, Colonel, Truetor Spokesperson, and Miss Rememory.
- DR. ELIZA BABBAGE (25-40, femme, race non-specific) Dr. Osman’s assistant. Brilliant, but simmering ALSO PLAYS: Voice 1, Angie Sauce, Oswald, Rose, Film Faith, and Hunter.
- .EXE (25-35, femme, race non-specific) A digital something that has a teenage girl’s face. ALSO PLAYS: Vapor Wave ’68, and Alison.
- //BAD-GATEWAY// (age non-specific, gender non-specific, race non-specific) Babbling, frustrated, in constant pain, demanding to be understood. Performer with a strong movement/dance and voice background strongly encouraged to submit.
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