Casting Notice! Fall 2024
CASTING NOTICE: FALL 2024 (PAID)
SEEKING ADULT ACTORS TO PERFORM IN PLAYS FOR FAMILIES AND TOURING PRODUCTION
Help set the stage for all children to imagine and learn through play as an actor in the 2025 theatre season at the the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (CMTM)!
ABOUT THE POSITION
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is seeking adult actors for two theatre opportunities for the fall portion of the 2024-2025 theatre season. These titles will be publicly shared at our Youth Playwright Festival in early June.
In person auditions will be held June 3 & 4, 2024 by appointment, and consist of theatre games, improvised scene work, and singing as necessary.
ROLES
Theatre For Very Young Audiences (TVYA) Musical Production
Timeline
Rehearsals begin: early August, 2024
Performances: September 28 - October 13, 2024
Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays mornings, with two-show performance days on the weekends.
This play intends to tour to Maine Schools and Community Centers October 14 - November 26, 2024.
Adult Roles
Role 1: A confident leader, comfortable with improvisation with audience
Role 2: A joyful friend, comfortable with improvisation with audience
Role 3: Cool, confident, and wise; comfortable with improvisation with audience
It is necessary for this story to be told by artists who identify as Black, Brown, Global Majority, and/or Indigenous Peoples. Only artists who align with these identities will be considered.
Intergenerational Production
Timeline
Rehearsals begin: October 28, 2024
Performances: December 7 - 29, 2024
Performances: Wednesdays through Sundays mornings, with two-show performance days on the weekend. Two-show performance days Thursday - Sunday of vacation week.
Adult Roles
Role 1: A narrator, storyteller, and parental figure who doubles as a beloved best friend.
Role 2: A youthful best friend who doubles into a puppeteer.
Role 3: A youthful best friend who doubles into a puppeteer.
Note that intergenerational productions consist of adult and youth actors performing together. The Theatre Team plans to double cast all youth roles.
COMPENSATION
Actors are paid for rehearsal and performance time. This is a part-time temporary position. $16/hour. Actors earn PTO in accordance with Maine’s Earned Paid Leave law (1 hour for every 40 hours worked).
Actors work closely with the director, castmates and the theatre team. Actors report directly to the Theatre Production Manager.
HOW TO AUDITION
Submission deadline is Friday, May 31 You will be asked to confirm conflicts with the production calendar(s) and provide a performance resume at the audition.
Fill out our Adult Audition Form
If you have any questions, please email theatre@kitetails.org
ABOUT CMTM
At the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, we set the stage for every child to imagine and learn through play.
We value Belonging.
Everyone belongs at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. We believe each person has value and worth; we celebrate what makes each of us unique and what binds us together as a strong community
We value Play.
We embrace the power of play to build resilience, spark creativity, and ignite a child’s imagination. Play inspires our work, our physical spaces, our storytelling, and our learning experiences.
We value Community.
We center community in all we do. We strive to be an inclusive partner and resource
in order to build strong, lasting relationships.
We value Curiosity.
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Learning fueled by curiosity leads to a deeper understanding of self and the world around us.
We value Trust.
We provide safe, inclusive experiences and spaces to ensure that the community’s trust is earned and upheld in all that we do.
The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine is an equal opportunity employer. We prioritize diversity amongst our team and leadership, and we strongly encourage people of all traditionally marginalized identities to apply. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
We are committed to making our facilities and programs accessible and safe for all members of our community, staff, and volunteers. We are actively working to increase accessibility and usability of our website, building, and educational activities. Supervisors work collaboratively with employees to make accommodations and modifications to accommodate the employee’s needs, including physical changes, assistive technologies, accessible communications, and policy enhancements. In doing so, we adhere to the available standards and guidelines and, in many cases, go beyond the guidelines to uphold our philosophy that our staff should have a safe and welcoming work environment where they can learn and grow. For a full description of our facility’s accessibility, please visit: www.kitetails.org/accessibility