“Shudder" at 54 Below and "The Showpeople Theatre Festival"

These productions are open to ages 18+. Productions take place in Manhattan, NY.

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Showpeople Theatre Collective is producing six musical concerts/productions in NYC this October to December at 54 Below and a TBA theatre in Long Island City, Queens. Shudder at 54 Below on October 28 and Musical Theatre Improv, Plan 9, Making Banks/Lost Justice Double Concert, To the Fairest, and Carol November 30th to December 6th. Virtual submissions requested for roles. Please list the role(s) you are interested in. You are able to submit for multiple shows, and could potentially be cast in multiple as well. Only one submission is needed for all shows. Festival Callbacks will happen in Late August or Early September. ---------------------------------------- Showpeople Theatre Collective Inc.

OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

SHUDDER

Rehearses: October

Sound Check: 10/28 ~2pm at 54 Below

Performance: 10/28 @ 9:30pm at 54 Below Producer: Mary Grace Epps

Music Director: Miles Messier Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent for SHUDDER

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. Join us at 54 Below for a wild ride through a haunted castle in the award-winning new musical, Shudder! What do you get when you combine an unusually bizarre Brothers Grimm tale with classic musical theatre conventions and horror tropes? The dark hilarity of Shudder, a new horror-comedy musical complete with priests, knights, peasants, and princesses singing in 5 part harmony! Step aside Beetlejuice and Little Shop, it’s time to truly LEARN FEAR. SEEKING: IGNATIUS - (he/him) Our Villain Protagonist. The Young Son who seems unaffected, and unable to experience fear. After being cast out by his father (which he doesn’t care about), he enters the castle contest to pursue his life goal of learning how to shudder. Probably has the signs of being a psychopath in the future. (Tenor 2) ROLAND - (he/him) Contestant #1. A brave, burly knight who has slain many beasts and survived. Has extreme jock energy - not much brain power needed when you can win any fight. Looking to win the princess and the glory. (Baritone-Bass) PHOENIX - (she/they) Contestant #2. A bounty hunter only interested in money and power. She will do whatever it takes. Because of festival rules she has disguised herself as a man to be allowed to participate. (Alto) SILAS - (he/him) Contestant #3. A priest wanting to purge the castle of evil spirits to bring peace to the kingdom. Very knowledgeable and skilled, but finds he is in over his head. The “older and wiser” character. (Baritone) DEBBIE - (she/her) Contestant #4? Not actually a contestant…she kinda just wandered into the castle with the group (probably following the knight), and now is stuck there. Always looking for a good time. Nowhere near the brightest bulb. Though somehow she manages to survive. (Mezzo-Soprano) LILITH - (she/her) The Princess of the kingdom. She is…not your princess of fairytales. She actually conceived of the contest as a way to find a man worthy to live in the haunted castle with her. Has repressed gothy vibes (probably from her father). Think a young Morticia Addams looking for her Gomez. (Mezzo) ENSEMBLE to play various spirits and TOWNSFOLK: WÄTTSCHISFAÇ - (he/him) King who issues the challenge. Looking for a brave man to be the future king, and a good match for his odd daughter. (Baritenor) TRENT - (he/him) Older brother. The golden child, loved by his father for being normal and competent. A jerk to his little brother. (Baritone) BRAM - (he/him) Father. Always disappointed in his younger son for being so weird and unfeeling. (Baritone) THE SEXTON - (he/him) Father’s friend. Takes the young son under his wing in an attempt to teach him fear, which ends up with him horribly injured. (Bass) ARABELLA - (she/her) an unsettling, beautiful and sassy cat. She is WAY too good at card games and swindling souls. Think a femme fatale take on Bonnie from Bonnie and Clyde. She has a silent and sly confidence about her, and a killer poker face. There are two things in this world that Arabella loves above all else: poker and her lover Benny. Signs: Sun - Scorpio, Moon - Pisces, Rising - Gemini (Mezzo) BENNY - (he/him) a confident and charming cat. WAY too good at card games and swindling souls. Think Clyde from Bonnie and Clyde. Flies by the seat of his pants, loves to live in the moment, and is quite the adrenaline junky. He unapologetically lives for the highs in life, and has hardcore lucky cat syndrome. Arabella is the love of his life, and pretty much the only one in the world he wouldn’t hustle or swindle. (Tenor) “COUSIN” - (any) A dead body that is assumed to be the cousin of the protagonist. Wakes up and tries to strangle him. (Tenor) OLD BEARDED MAN - (he/him) The head spirit in the castle. Has an epic fight in the final night. (Spoken) FREDERICK: - (he/him) Pianist for Lilith’s show. ---------------------------------------- Showpeople Theatre Collective Inc.

OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

MUSICAL THEATRE IMPROV

Rehearses: TBD Dates in November

Sound Check: 11/30 @ 4pm

Performance: 11/30 @ 9:30pm Director: TBD

Producer: Showpeople Theatre Collective

Music Director: Travis Lavigne Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent for Musical Theatre Improv

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. SEEKING: Musical theatre performers comfortable with helping to devise and perform a musical theatre improv concert with a live band. Performance experience with improv (either musical or not) is a huge plus, but it's not a strict requirement, and we're open to having solid performers who want to try something new! ---------------------------------------- Showpeople Theatre Collective Inc.

OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

PLAN 9: A NEW MUSICAL

Music Rehearsals: November at actors' availability over Zoom

Rehearsals (in-person): 11/30, 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 from 9am-2am

Performances: 12/3 @ 3pm & 7:30pm Writers: Showpeople Theatre Collective

Director & Book Supervisor: Colby Thompson (he/him)

Music Supervisor: Miles Messier (he/him) Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent, Plan 9: A New Musical

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. A musical adaptation of Ed Wood's infamous, so-bad-its-good, sci-fi film, Plan 9 from Outer Space. Plan 9 follows five people in 1950s California who stumble upon an alien scheme to raise the dead and eliminate humanity as punishment for the development of nuclear weapons. SEEKING: CRISWELL & OTHERS: The narrator; a psychic known for his wildly inaccurate predictions; and other bit roles (performed by a female or non-binary actor playing male roles)

Voice Type: Alto JEFF (he/him): A pilot and the first to witness the aliens' arrival to Earth; Paula’s husband

Voice Type: Tenor PAULA (she/her): A housewife who is targeted by the undead; Jeff’s wife

Voice Type: Soprano EROS (he/him): The commander of Space Station 7, who’s come to Earth to enact Plan 9

Voice Type: Tenor TANNA (she/her): Eros’ fellow alien, who’s come to Earth to enact Plan 9

Voice Type: Mezzo LIEUTENANT HARPER (he/him): A policeman investigating the death of his colleague Inspector Clay

Voice Type: Baritone COLONEL EDWARDS (he/him): A military officer sent to LA to investigate the alien invasion

Voice Type: Baritone INSPECTOR CLAY (he/him): An undead police inspector and the aliens' first victim

Voice Type: Baritone/Bass VAMPIRA (she/her): An undead movie star known for playing bombshell roles, particularly vampires

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OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

MAKING BANKS/LOST JUSTICE DOUBLE CONCERT

Music Rehearsals: November at actors' availability over Zoom

Sound Check: Lost Justice: 3pm-4:45pm at the Secret Theatre & Making Banks: 4:45pm-7pm

Performance: 12/4 @ 8pm Writers: Showpeople Theatre Collective

Music Director (Making Banks): Travis Lavigne

Music Director (Lost Justice): Miles Messier Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent, Making Banks/Lost Justice Double Concert

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. Making Banks: The Musical follows protagonist Robin on the precipice of her 18th birthday. For such a monumental event, her family requires her to fulfill a monumental task: planning (and successfully executing) a grand bank heist. Lost Justice follows a group of college students after a peer was murdered at a party. The investigation takes us through what happened that night— oh, and did we mention some of them have superpowers? SEEKING: MAKING BANKS ROBIN (she/her): The 17-year-old daughter of the Banks family, who's tasked with planning her first heist, but does she want to be a bank robber? (Mezzo) JUSTICE (she/her): The daughter of the police chief, kind of in love with Robin. (Soprano) STEALA (she/her): The grandmother of the Banks family, a seasoned bank robber. (Alto) FARGO (he/him): The father of the Banks family, obsessed with bathrooms. (Baritone) LIBERTY (she/her): The mother of the Banks family. (Mezzo) CASHIN (he/him): The son of the Banks family, a hacker. (Tenor) LOST JUSTICE IRENE (she/her): A fierce detective, but is she too close to the case? (Mezzo Belter) ASST. DETECTIVE (he/him): Her assistant. (Baritenor) MAGGIE (she/her): She's no longer alive. (Mezzo-Soprano) ANDREW (he/him): Brother to Maggie, he's a suspect. (Tenor) MIKE (he/him): Host of the party, kinda an asshole. Must rap. (Baritone) BETH (she/her): Sister to Maggie, she's a suspect. (Alto) FELIX (he/him): Mike's best friend. Not a fan of supers. He's a suspect. (Baritenor) ---------------------------------------- Showpeople Theatre Collective Inc.

OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

CAROL

Music Rehearsals: November at actors' availability over Zoom

Rehearsals (in-person): 12/1, 12/2 from 7pm-10pm, 12/3 from 5pm-10pm, 12/4 from 9am-2pm

Performances: 12/3 @ 3pm & 7:30pm Writers: Showpeople Theatre Collective

Director & Book Supervisor: Brighton Valor Horan (they/them)

Music Supervisor: Miles Messier (he/him) Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent, Carol

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. It's 2012, and the world isn't really ending, but it is for a theatre company on the eve of their industry presentation of A Christmas Story because they have just found out they are losing the rights, and have only one night to rework their show into an adaptation of A Christmas...Carol? SEEKING: JACK (he/him): Controlling director, self-centered and kinda closed off. (Baritone) CHRIS (he/him): Jewish. Actor/Composer just used to rolling with the Christmas punches. Plays guitar. (Tenor)

CAROL (she/her): Took on too many roles; happy to help to their own detriment. (Soprano) COLE (any): Technician being roped into acting. (Middle Voice)

HOLLY (she/her): Jack’s partner. For now. Humble leading femme with a hidden fire inside. (Mezzo) NICK (he/him): Begrudgingly helping as a favor to Holly. Really in it since he loves A Christmas Story. Plays piano well. (Baritone) ---------------------------------------- Showpeople Theatre Collective Inc.

OFFICIAL CASTING CALL FOR

TO THE FAIREST

Music Rehearsals: November at actors' availability over Zoom

Rehearsals (in-person): 11/30, 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 from 9am-2am at the Secret Theatre

Performances: 12/3 @ 3pm & 7:30pm at the Secret Theatre Writers: Showpeople Theatre Collective

Book Supervisor: Brighton Valor Horan (they/them)

Music Supervisor: Miles Messier (he/him) Seeking video submissions.

Producers searching for talent, To the Fairest

Please submit an MT cut or reel that shows your vocal range. Please take the time to read this full casting notice and fill out this form. Upload your tape as an UNLISTED or PUBLIC video to YouTube or similar site; submit link in aforementioned form. Join us at 54 Below for an epic evening of the hilarious new musical, To the Fairest! Come along with Achilles, our war-hero-turned-rockstar-pianist in a look back at what really started the Trojan War! Complete with a trio of bickering goddesses, the most beautiful woman in the world, and the wedding of the century (done Mount Olympus-style), it’s Hadestown meets “Krapopolis.” SEEKING: ACHILLES: (he/him) Greece’s Golden Boy. Our (biased) narrator. Impervious to harm aside from his heel. Excellent piano skills are a must, as he also serves as the band’s lead keyboard and assistant conductor. (Tenor) ATHENA: (she/her) Goddess of wisdom. Gives jock vibes and nerd vibes at the same time, while also being visually stunning. Maybe feels she deserves more than the world is giving her. (Mezzo) APHRODITE: (she/her) Goddess of love. Might have it out for Achilles. She has a magnetism that draws people in. Also manipulative when she needs to be… (Soprano) HERA: (she/her) Goddess of lawful marriage. Maternal, royal, regal. She will do whatever it takes. (Alto) ERIS/V2: (she/her) Goddess of chaos and discord. Doesn’t get invited to most functions of the gods. Spiteful and scorned. (Alto) HELEN/THETIS: (she/her) The most beautiful woman in the world. Is married off to Paris as a prize for him (spoilers) choosing Aphrodite as the Fairest. THETIS: Achilles' mother. She doesn't have time for anyone in the world except for her son. (Mezzo) PARIS/PELEUS: (he/him) Unknowingly a prince of Troy, he shepherds sheep until he is tasked by the gods for something much, much bigger than he could comprehend. PELEUS: Achilles' father. (Baritone) ZEUS/ASCLEPIUS/HECTOR: (he/him) The king of the gods and perhaps Olympus’ greatest cheater. ASCLEPIUS: The god of drugs. Great at parties. HECTOR: War hero on the Trojan side. (Baritone) AGGY/LEICOMEDES/GATEKEEPER: (he/him) The King of Sparta and husband to Helen. Sends out his army to retrieve her after being stolen/wooed by Paris, thus starting the Trojan War. LEICOMEDES: Deidamia's father. Joyous leader of the island of Scyros. GATEKEEPER: Sassy but impenetrable. (Tenor) DEIDAMIA/IRIS/V1: (she/her) Achilles' wife who discovers him disguised as Pyrrha. IRIS: Goddess of Rainbows. The work she does is very important. (Soprano) Also open to submissions for ACHILLES' BAND: ODYSSEUS: (he/him) Keyboard 2 and the actual conductor of Achilles’ band. Mostly just the conductor, with very little stage movement. PATROCLUS: (he/him) Achilles’ lover and star on guitar. Is killed (on stage) during the Trojan War. Must be comfortable with light stage combat and intimacy. Plays guitar in the band. BRISEIS: (she/her) Achilles’ war prize and drummer. Is kidnapped by Agamemnon during the Trojan War, then returned to Achilles to convince him to rejoin fighting. AJAX: (he/him) Bassist and fellow war hero.