Pioneer Theatre Company | Salt Lake City, UT
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (M)
Sign-ups begin on 9/2/2025 - To schedule an audition appointment please go to:
https://pioneertheatre.org/about-us/auditions/local-auditions-ten-brave-seconds/.
LORT Non-Rep
$1144 weekly minimum (LORT B)
Equity actors for roles in TEN BRAVE SECONDS (See breakdown).
World Premiere.
No roles will be understudied.
To audition for a specific role or voice part, please use the sides provided. Audition material may be found here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VCr0QtyT3H8tiDwlv4phn-MQ9xUCPb_Q. Please also prepare your own brief selection from a contemporary musical theatre song that can show vocal range and personality, if asked. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your headshot and resume.
Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre
300 S 1400 E Lower LEVEL
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0660 Rehearsal Studio.
Music & Lyrics by Will Van Dyke
Book & Lyrics by Jeff Talbott
Expected to attend:
Artistic Director: Karen Azenberg
Writers: Will Van Dyke & Jeff Talbott
Director: Ellie Heyman
Musical Director: Patrick Sulken
Associate Artistic Director: Eric Jackson
Callbacks: September 11th
1st Rehearsal: 12/29/25
Opening: 1/30/26
Closing: 2/14/26
pioneertheatre.org
An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Notice: Audition Call Type: Open Call
Pioneer Theatre Company is seeking all races, ethnicities, body types, gender identities, actors with disabilities, and actors of all ages for roles in this production.
SYNOPSIS: Mike is having a very big day. He’s been holding onto a secret for a while, and today his secret is totally coming out. It’s also a big day for the country – huge decisions are being made all over, and at the center of it is one family teetering on the brink of… everything. Ten Brave Seconds is a bright and vital new musical, infused with infectious pop melodies and rooted in a big-hearted examination of one day in the life of a kid, a family, and a community stepping bravely from the dark unknown into the daylight together.
In reference to the character descriptions below – most characters we encounter currently are written with man/woman, he/him, or she/her pronouns and you will see that in the following descriptions. However, limiting the descriptions are, our casting seeks to be as inclusive as possible and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender and non-binary actors to submit for the roles they most identify with.
While the musical involves 16-year-olds, we are seeking skilled and nuanced actors over the age of 18 who can play/look 16 years of age.
MIKE: (Male identifying, 18+ to play 16) A bright kid who has always been good at not rocking the boat, or at least he was until his mother died unexpectedly. It’s been almost two years, and even though the surface waters seem calm, he’s about to come out and make a lot of waves.
CARL: (Male identifying, late 30s) Mike’s dad. He’s a good man doing his best, but before he could help his family adjust to the failure of his marriage, his soon-to-be-ex-wife died suddenly. Now all he feels is unresolved grief and a fairly sure sense that he is messing it all up.
BECKY: (Female identifying, 14) Mike’s sister. Against all the odds, she’s become the one thing in her family that is slightly stable. She has processed her grief remarkably, but it’s come at a cost: she is exhausted from being the most mature person in her family while still being 14.
GABBY: (Female identifying, 18+ to play 16) Mike’s best friend. A sometimes-social misfit who is also a smart young woman. She currently feels pretty not-so-smart because she’s all too aware that she has fallen in love with her best friend. And unbeknownst to her, the information she’s about to get today will kill that dream forever.
TIM: (Male identifying, 18+ to play 16) Mike’s new friend. The new kid in school, an easy-going guy who prefers to keep his life drama-free. But now he’s in Mike’s gravitational field, and drama is coming.
(Male identifying, 50s) Mike’s history teacher. The teacher you remember for the rest of your life. He’s kind but also tough and unsentimental. He knows something’s up with Mike, but he’s waiting for Mike to tell him.
A multitalented ensemble to portray Mike’s High School classmates but also function as psychological back-up for him when he sings.
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