
Website Tin Drum Theatre Company
- You will be given an audition time slot and an Actor Audition Information Sheet. Please return the Actor Audition Information Sheet via email to confirm your audition time. You will be sent sides to prepare for the generals. Although you will not be expected to be off-book for auditions or callbacks, we do ask that you please arrive prepared.
- Dialects will not be required for general auditions. However, this is a dialect-heavy show and we will consider an Actor’s experience with dialects in casting. As such, we encourage you to approach the general audition using an appropriate dialect for the character.
- Dialects will be required at callbacks.
- A Dialect Coach has been retained for this production.
Time Commitment:
Tentative Rehearsal Schedule:
June 8 - July 10: Mondays - Thursdays: 6-10 PM; Sundays 2-6 PM.
Rehearsals will be held at:
The Edge Theatre (week 1) and the remainder at Shattered Globe's rehearsal space (4222 N. Ravenswood).
Tech Week:
Saturday, July 12 (10-6 PM); Sunday, July 13 (12-8 PM); Monday - Wednesday, July 14-16 (6-10 PM)
Performances will be at the Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N Clark.
Thursday, July 17 (PREVIEW); Friday, July 18 (OPEN); Saturday, July 19 - Sunday, August 3 (RUN)
Performance Times:
Thurs- Sat @ 7:30 PM, Sun @ 5 PM
Character Type/Restrictions:
Track 1 (This role has been cast.)
Male; age range: 35-60
Character track: Thomas Harvey (plays 40s - 60s; the American pathologist who absconded with Einstein’s brain), Victor Milner (plays 40s - 50s; UK; clinical psychologist to Henry Maison), ‘Anthony’ (~45; UK; an amnesiac and patient of Martha Murphy), Richard Walsh (~55; UK; husband to Brenda Walsh), Jon Williams (40s; Welsh, clinical psychologist to Henry Maison after Victor Milner’s departure), Otto Nathan (70s; German-born friend of Einstein’s and executor to his estate)
Track 2
Female; age range: 35-60
Character track: Martha Murphy (~50; a prominent neuropsychologist based in London; she is recently divorced and looking to start a new life; she fancies Patricia Thorn), Elouise Harvey (40s; Thomas Harvey’s wife), Brenda Walsh (~55; UK; wife of Richard Walsh), Anna Vann (30s; American Midwesterner; a stoner and a skeptic), Evelyn Einstein (30s; a native Chicagoan; she believes Albert Einstein to be her grandfather)
Track 3
Female; age range: 20-35
Character track: Margaret Thompson (20s; UK; Henry Maison’s devoted fiancee), Lisa-Scott Hannigan (20s; a native of Sydney, Australia, waitressing in Kansas), Patricia Thorn (~43; a London-based lawyer keen on Martha Murphy), Sharon Shaw (40s; UK brain-donation nurse)
Track 4*
Male; age range: 20-35
Character track: Henry Maison (plays 20s - 60s; born in Bath, UK; an epileptic who undergoes an experimental treatment and becomes one of the most celebrated amnesiacs in the annals of psychology), Michael Wolf (20s; an American journalist from New England pursuing the story of Einstein’s legacy and that of his brain), Hans Albert Einstein (50s; Albert Einstein’s son, born in Bern Switzerland), Ben Murphy (20s; a young London musician; Martha Murphy’s son), Freddy Myers (20s; American Midwesterner; stoner and easily amused), Greg Barraclough (30s; UK lawyer of questionable ethics)
*Track 4 PERFORMANCE NOTE: The role of Henry will be expected to play several lines of original piano music during the show. Our Sound Designer will help teach and coach you through learning the music. Musical ability is a plus. Experience playing the piano is a double plus.
To apply for this job email your details to tindrumtheatrecompany@gmail.com