Today will be the second round of auditions with final callbacks scheduled for next week at the Embers. We have ten roles to fill and, so far, only a handful of qualified actors and actresses to fill the roles. At best, we could cast the role of the Empress, her daughter Areola, Space Cadet Wally and maybe a chorus person or two. Five down and five to cast! Needless to say, I ain’t liking the odds.
It is unrealistic to presume that we will finish up the casting today. It seems we have too many important roles to fill and too few qualified candidates who wish to audition. The main problem seems to be conflicts with other productions being cast in the Portland area for roughly the same dates. It looks as if Portland is a pretty small pond and the pond has been fished dry by other productions before we got there. Last time I checked, it was reported that we had only three actors and actresses coming in today. Again, not liking the odds.
Kurt will be attending the PATA auditions next week and will be attempting to recruit out of there. His hope is that he will be able to buttonhole a few likely candidates and invite them to the callbacks. It’s a reasonable plan and we’ll just have to see how that works out. I will keep you posted.
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