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OUR MISSION
We engage and inspire through the transformative power of live theatre.
OUR VISION
The DCPA will be the most inspiring and engaging theatre organization in the nation.
All open call auditions for the DCPA (including Equity, Non-Equity, and youth auditions) are posted on this page. If nothing is posted, then there are no current opportunities at this time.
Theatre Company/Off-Center Division
AUDITION NOTICE
Wild Fire
Playwright: Jessica Kahkoska
Director: Chris Coleman
Music Director: Mark Meadows
Casting: Grady Soapes, CSA
LORT C Contract/ $926 per week, daily per diem when on tour
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Wild Fire follows the lives of eight people in Grand County Colorado over the course of one momentous week as they face the threat of an unprecedented wildfire. A local fire marshall, a park ranger, a reporter, a rancher, and other evacuated residents… these are a few of the lives that are crossed, changed, and ultimately interwoven forever.
Featuring a folk score written by Colorado musicians, crafted by a Colorado playwright, and inspired by real testimony from over 30 oral history interviews, Wild Fire honors real stories from our neighbors and friends — with urgent relevance to events happening across the country.
The production will perform a statewide Colorado tour August 16 – 29, 2021. It will play at some of Colorado’s most celebrated outdoor venues, including Crested Butte Arts Center, Dillon Amphitheatre, Levitt Pavilion (Denver), Rendezvous Events Center (Winter Park).
Audience capacity will depend on public health guidelines, but we expect a minimum of 10,000 audience members for the live performances. In addition, we may capture stream a multi-camera recording of the production for a virtual audience around the one-year anniversary of the East Troublesome Fire in October 2021.
DATES:
First Rehearsal: Monday, July 19th 2021
First Tech: Thursday, August 5th 2021
Opening: Monday, August 16th 2021
Closing: Sunday, August 22nd 2021
Potential Extension Closing: Monday, August 30th 2021
(Sunday(s) is day-off)
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
All characters are based on real people and interviews in Grand County, Colorado. Gender and age descriptions below are not physical identifiers, but rather reflect the individuals and conversations the characters are inspired by.
ALL roles will need to sing and proficiently play an instrument(s) to be considered. Actors should be prepared to sing and accompany themselves (from the instrument list below) a folk song in addition to a provided side.
Instrument needs: Guitar, violin/fiddle, upright/electric bass, auxiliary guitar 2 (banjo/mando/uke), drums/percussion, cello
The Denver Center does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disability, gender, or otherwise. All performers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are strongly encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
CHARACTERS:
FIRE MARSHALL – Male, 40’s-50’s. Generous, rational, and grounded– someone who thinks before he speaks. Has an air of authority (and a dry yet blue-collar sense of humor); people naturally respect him.
REPORTER – Female, 20’s. Sensitive yet tough, green, heart-forward. REPORTER is on her first job out of college and relatively new to the community. Leads GOLDEN AGE
PARK RANGER – Male, 20’s or 30’s. An interpretation ranger at a national park. Adventurous, an “entertainer” — don’t get him started talking about geology or bugs.
HISTORIAN – 50’s-60’s. Male, 50’s-60’s. A retired veteran who recently built his dream cabin in the mountains. Sweet, soulful. Madly in love with his wife, the PASTOR.
PASTOR – Female, 50’s-60’s. Faith leader in the community, launches and runs the distribution center and leads services. Intuitive yet down to earth. Married to HISTORIAN.
KID – Female, 18, Latinx. A local high schooler: sarcastic, ambitious, and opinionated. Covers her true feelings with jokes.
RANCHER – Male, 30’s. A man of few words who is genuinely moved when his community shows up to help him and the herd during the fire.
**No role will include an understudy assignment
AUDITIONS:
EPA auditions for this production will be handled by virtual video submission.
At 9:00am MST on Wednesday, June 2nd please visit denvercenter.org/casting where a link will be provided to request an audition “appointment”. The audition sign up will only be active from 9:00am-5:00pm MST.
Once a request is submitted on our website, performers will receive an email confirmation with auditio details including sides, vocal and accompaniment requirements and submission instructions. Video submissions will be due on Monday, June 7h by 5:00pm MST.
Performers may click HERE to sign up for an audition appointment from 9:00am-5:00pm MST on 6/2/2021.
Once the EPA is complete, invited auditions will take place mid-June and will be a hybrid of video submissions and zoom sessions.
Denver Center for the Performing Arts Education and Community Engagement
AUDITION NOTICE
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot | Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Tour
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Allison Watrous- DCPA Executive Director of Education & Community Engagement
Casting: Grady Soapes, CSA- DCPA Director of Casting
Non-Equity Contract/ $700 per week, not to exceed 40 hours
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for DCPA Education and Community Engagement’s touring repertory of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. The rotating repertoire includes 50 minutes abridgements of Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the inaugural production of Macbeth. The tour combines being a member of a repertory company with facilitation of post-performance workshops that engage further with the repertory’s themes and ideas. Shakespeare in the Parking Lot is a dynamic, demanding, and rewarding opportunity to apply the crafts of acting and facilitation.
Overview | Shakespeare in the Parking Lot brings a repertory of 50 minute, abridged Shakespearian plays to middle schools, high schools, and community events and celebrations. The goal of the program is to share human experiences that transcend language, time and place. Performances take place in and around a pickup truck in a parking lot, and all the production elements emerge from the truck, showing how theatre can happen anywhere there is imagination. Productions are set in the present and use modern props and costumes creating an accessible and contemporary minimalist production aesthetic. Post-performance, in-class workshops connect meaning, context, and themes of the plays to issues relevant to students in middle and high school (bullying, privacy, communication, accountability) with the actors as facilitating teaching artists.
AUDITION INFORMATION:
Friday, June 18th 2021
9:00am-4:00pm
Robert and Judi Newman Center for Education
Please submit your headshot and resume for consideration to dcasting@dcpa.org with the subject line: DCPA Shakes.
Please allow two business days for email confirmation and audition details.
AUDITION PREP: Please prepare a memorized cutting of verse from either Romeo and Juliet or A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Macbeth. The cutting should be no more than two minutes.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Full availability to production schedule
- Commitment to engaging theatre performed within non-traditional spaces
- Capacity to perform Shakespearian text within productions that are highly physical
- Interest in developing facilitation skills and gaining teaching artist experience.
This is repertory casting. Specific roles within the plays will be assigned upon the finalization of the Company.
- All roles are non-Equity
- Age range – early 20s – mid 40s
- All roles are considered open ethnicity. BIPOC artists are strongly encouraged to submit
- Multiple roles within repertory are gender fluid
- Compensation is $700.00 per week. Not to exceed 40 hours.
- Company members will be responsible for learning multiple roles: lead and swing tracks
- Teaching Artist experience is a plus. In addition, company members will be provided professional development opportunities within group facilitation and teaching artistry as part of the rehearsal weeks.
- Dependable and consistent personal transportation is required. Mileage will be reimbursed for travel to performance sites.
Casting requires full availability for both fall 2021 and spring 2022 production schedules.
FALL 2021
- The following Monday-Friday rehearsal weeks have daily call times of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rehearsals are held at the DCPA Education and Community Engagement studios, 13th and Arapahoe streets in the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education in downtown Denver.
- 16-20 August
- 23-27 August
- 30 August-3 September
- The following Monday-Saturday performance weeks have call times set based on the needs of site and distance. Performance weeks are scaffolded within a 6:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. work day. Call times are not set before 6:30 a.m. nor will they extend past 4 p.m.:
- 6-11 September
- 13-18 September
- 20-25 September
- 27 September – 2 October
- 4-9 October
- Possible extension – 11-16 October
SPRING 2022
- The following Monday-Friday rehearsal weeks have daily call times of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rehearsals are held at the DCPA Education and Community Engagement studios, 13th and Arapahoe streets in the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education in downtown Denver.
- 28 March-1 April
- The following Monday-Saturday performance weeks have call times set based on the needs of site and distance. Performance weeks are scaffolded within a 6:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. work day. Call times are not set before 6:30 a.m. nor will they extend past 4 p.m.:
- 4-9 April
- 11-16 April
- 18-23 April
- 25-30 April
- 2-7 May
- Possible extension – 10-15 May
The Denver Center does not believe in discrimination based on color, race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, disabilities, gender, or otherwise. All performers, including those of color, seniors, women, and performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition and will be given full consideration.
Broadway Division
No current audition opportunities
Please refer back to this page for future audition opportunities.
Cabaret Division
No current audition opportunities
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Youth Casting
No current audition opportunities
Please refer back to this page for future audition opportunities.
We offer internships to students and graduates for specific positions across our organization. If there are no current listings posted here, please do not apply. We do not accept unsolicited resumes. Check back soon for future internship opportunities.
SUBMIT A PLAY
We accept unproduced original, full-length plays and musicals, which must be submitted by a literary agent. Playwrights residing in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, or Utah may send plays directly without an agent. We have a special interest in plays written by and for diverse voices, plays written by women playwrights and we are also interested in plays written for young audiences. Adaptations will be considered if you have secured underlying rights. Scripts may be sent by email or mail without prior synopsis or dialogue samples.
SUBMIT PLAYS YEAR-ROUND TO:
Attn: New Play Development
DCPA Theatre Company
1101 13th St.
Denver, CO 80204-5319
PLAY SUBMISSIONS ALSO MAY BE SENT DIGITALLY TO:
While DCPA Literary Staff would previously have ensured a six-month response time, due to the impact of Covid-19, please know that response time is currently indeterminate. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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