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Springboard 2025 Auditions

The Contemporary Theater Company is holding open auditions for the 2025 season of Springboard from 10am - 3pm on Sat, Dec 21 & Sun, Dec 22. 

 

All Springboard productions will occur on Friday Nights at 7 pm from Jan 31 - Apr 4. The following projects are looking for actors for the following dates: 

 

Thanksgiver: Jan 31

Eyes of Brass, Skies of Gold: Feb 7

Bird Who Cries: Feb 28

The Place that Made You: Mar 28

Puppet Dracula: Apr 4

 

Rehearsal schedules are up to the discretion of the project leads. We recommend that 2 weeks notice be given for all rehearsals. There will be one four-hour tech rehearsal on either the Tuesday or Wednesday night the same week leading up to the individual project performance. When auditioning please be prepared with your availability.

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Please prepare a one minute monologue. Time slots will be 15 minutes long.

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Please email info@thecontemporarytheater.com to sign up and indicate your preferred date and time frame. We embrace non-traditional as well as color-conscious casting, so everyone is encouraged to audition! Actors of color are particularly encouraged to apply. No previous acting experience necessary. Walk-ins are welcomed and encouraged.

 

Thank you,

The Contemporary Theater Company

 

P.S. The following productions are looking for the following roles:

 

Thanksgiver: 

Tage: A Male, genderqueer, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming person

Sam: A Male, genderqueer, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming person

Beth: A Trans Female, cis female, or female presenting person

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Eyes of Brass, Skies of Gold: 

Maria (she/her, any age): One of a kind genius astronomer. Brilliant young lady who grows smarter, stronger, wiser, and older. The play is the travels of her life and rumination on the relationship we have with our work.

Kline/William/Matthew (he/him, any age): William is Maria's father. A former teacher turned banker. Stern in his beliefs, jovial, open and kind. Matthew is the founder and president of Vassar college. Kline is a cheeky sailor.

Anne/Emma/Christine (she/her, any age): Anne is Maria's younger sister. Independent, adventurous, feisty. Emma is a Prussian baker’s assistant. Christine is a star student at Vassar.

Goldie (any, any age): The stars. The universe. Inspiration and knowledge itself. The love of Maria's life.

 

The Place that Made You: 

Jonah: Any male presenting person, Age 30-40, frog kissing boy of the summer. Searching the waves searching for answers searching for home.

Ben: Any non-binary person, Age 30-40, A ghost returning

Emily: Any female presenting person, Age 30-40, fierce

Brendan: Any male presenting person, Age 30-40, an EMT

Bud: Any male presenting person, Age 60+, Vietnam vet and proud American 

 

Bird Who Cries: 

Joshua Tefft: The lead character. An English farmer in the Narragansett Country or what today is known as the “South County” part of Rhode Island. He is in his late 20’s – early 30’s and robust in build, plain of speech and common in his sensibilities. He was tried for treason against the King and executed.

Metacom (a/k/ a Metacomet and “King Philip”): Chief Sachem of the Pokanoket Wampanoag.The War was named after him. He is in his late 30’s and is physically impressive with a commanding voice.

Canonchet: Chief Sachem of the Narragansett. He is a commanding figure in his 50’s, perhaps 60’s. He is both strong and tender in his demeanor. He agreed to protect Pokanoket and Wampanoag non-combatants and negotiated a joint neutrality pact with Rhode Island.

Quaquakis: A captain of Narragansett forces. He is the “young sachem: who oversaw Tefft during his captivity. Likely in his 30’s to 40’s.

Paupauquivwut: A younger Narragansett warrior. Also mentioned by Tefft. He worked withTefft in helping to construct the fort in the Great Swamp. He is in his 20’s to 30’s.

Sarah Greene Tefft: Deceased wife of Joshua Tefft. A Wampanoag and a ghost. Sarah was the daughter of a Wampanoag woman and an English settler. In 1672 she died of fever shortly after giving birth to Peter Tefft. She is drawn to her husband in several dream-crossing scenes. Her role is to comfort and reassure her husband in his times of captivity and impending death.

General Josiah Winslow: Commander in Chief of the United Colonies’ troops and Governor of Plymouth Colony. He is a stern and military man – practical and precise in his approach to the world. Declared war on the Narragansett. He is in his 40’s.

Richard Smith Jr.: Owner of Smith’s Castle, a trading post and garrison house in Wickford. He is a shrewd business man and politician. Not a trained soldier. He is in his late 30’s to mid-40’s.

Captain Benjamin Church: An English settler turned soldier. and aide to Winslow. He was not militarily trained, but very adaptable. He is in his 30’s. He is a man of humor and ego. He is firm yet obedient in his opposition to General Winslow’s cruelty.

Captain James Oliver: An English militia company commander from Boston. A good, capable and loyal soldier, even when carrying out cruel commands by Winslow. In his late 20’s or early 30’s.

Stonewall John: A Narragansett stone-mason and a negotiator skilled in English. He was the master-builder of the fort. He likely is in his 40’s.

Wootonakanuske: Spouse to Metacom. She is strong, kind and gracious. as would be expected of the spouse of the great sachem. Her kindness toward Tefft is genuine.

Joseph Dudley: Chaplain to Winslow’s army. A dour Puritan clergyman. Not sympathetic to the indigenous peoples or to Tefft. Age can be from mid-twenties to 50.

Roger Williams: A minister and founder of Providence. He is also former owner of the trading post at Cocumscussoc. Despite his efforts to understand and live peacefully amongst his neighbors, the Narragansett, he was still – first and foremost – a loyal Englishman whose small colony was always at risk. Williams is a man in his 70’s, still firm of body and mind.

Mary Williams (voice): Wife of Roger Williams, who writes to him from Newport. We hear

only her voice. Mary’s is the voice of a loving but worried life-mate.

Captain Arthur Fenner: A settler and militia officer of Providence. He is the epitome of a

citizen-soldier. He is level headed. He deals with his wounded captive – Tefft – with resignation and not emotion, seeking the most practical approach. Fenner is a man in his late 40-s to early 50’s.

Peter Tefft: Son of Joshua and Sarah Tefft. An orphan. Born in 1672, he is 3-4 years old when his father was executed. In the play he probably should be in his late teens or early twenties.

Miscellaneous Narragansett men and women. Also, English soldiers, including a Sergeant and Private.

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Puppet Dracula: 

DRACULA: A centuries-old vampire and Transylvanian nobleman, (Vocal range and mostly puppet)

JONATHAN HARKER: Solicitor employed through his firm to secure a home in London. Mina's Fiance/ Wife

MINA MURRAY (HARKER): The author and narrator of the story. Lucy’s closest friend, Fiancé/ wife of Jonathan Harker.

LUCY WESTENRA: A beautiful young lady who was proposed to by 3 suitors. One of Dracula's first victims in England

Dr. JOHN SEWARD: One of Lucy's suitors. A medical doctor and scientist, head of a private asylum.

ARTHUR HOLMWOOD: Lucy's Fiance. A Lawyer and eventually a Lord.

QUINCY MORRIS: One of Lucy's suitors.A plainspoken American from Texas.

Dr. ABRAHAM VAN HELSING: A Dutch Professor and Dr. Seward’s former teacher. A man of great knowledge

RENFIELD: a patient in Dr. Seward’s asylum

The NOSFERATU: An ensemble chorus that doubles in as other characters in the story. Puppeteers They also make necessary set changes between scenes.