Auditions-Dog Sees God (Revised Edition) - Jones Theatrical Productions

$200 Actor Stipends!

Auditions are less than two weeks away! 

We will be performing a revised edition of the script given to the director by the playwright himself! This new version has previously only been seen in an 2025 NYC Workshop. Be part of the Nashville premiere!

Dog Sees God: Confessions of Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal 

Performances will be June 12-13 at 7pm, and June 14 at 2pm at the Centennial Black Box Theatre in Nashville. 

Auditions will be April 6+7 from 6-8:30 at Meigs Magnet School.

Sign Up to Audition April 6 or 7 Here-

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/70A084EA5AC28ABF58-62504198-dogsees 

Auditions will consist of a short monologue performance [does not need to be memorized] from the show (from the provided options in the google drive folder below) and cold reads from the script. 

Dog Sees God Audition/ Rehearsal Materials

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1m2eNbDAW7T4vWpqNEEXCkA4CTB9RiL-b?usp=sharing

Rehearsals will occur on Mondays, Tuesday, and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 at Meigs Magnet School starting on April 9. An entire rehearsal and performance calendar is provided in the Google Drive link. 

Actors will receive a $200 stipend for their participation in this production. 

WARNING: This play is R-rated and contains strong language, sexual themes, drug content, violence, and suicide. 

ABOUT THE SHOW:

An unauthorized parody sequel to The Peanuts—in high school! When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group's bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that's both haunting and hopeful.

Character Descriptions

Note: All characters in the show are assumed to be high-school age in appearance.

• CB - Male-presenting. The main character of the play. Intelligent, introspective, and depressed, questioning everything in his life including the afterlife, his social status, and his sexuality.

• Beethoven : Male-presenting. Quiet, lonely, recluse. School outcast and target of Matt’s homophobic bullying who takes solace in his piano. Becomes romantically involved with CB.

• CB’s Sister: Female-presenting. Strong-willed, opinionated, loud. Changes her persona and philosophy on life often.

• Van : Male-presenting. Cliched pothead, with a worldview to match, constantly pursuing CB’s SISTER.

• Matt:  Male-presenting. A jock, pathological germaphobe, sex-obsessed, homophobic, and the school bully. He is also CB’s best friend.

• Tricia -Female-presenting. Rude, loud, obnoxious. A party girl who thinks she is both pretty and popular.

• Marcy -Female-presenting. Equally rude and obnoxious. A party girl and Tricia’s sidekick.

• Van’s Sister - Female-presenting. Has been institutionalized for setting the Little Red-Haired Girl’s hair on fire. Sarcastic, filter-less, and frank.

Presented by: Jones Theatrical Productions. 

Directed by Clint Randolph

Produced by Brian Jones

Co-Producer Ashley Morrison

Stage Manager: Robyn Saunders

Costume Design by Denese Rene Evans

Props Master Brandon Bumbalough