THE NEW KID - Clocktower Players Non Equity Auditions

Posted October 20, 2020
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THE NEW KID - Clocktower Players

THE NEW KID

By: Mark Harvey

Being a middle school kid can be really tough, especially when you’re the new kid at school. What’s harder than trying to make friends, deal with bullies, and get close to your crush? Making friends, dealing with bullies, and getting close to your crush when you’re a zombie!

Directed by JOCELYN ROSENTHAL
Produced by CAGLE McDONALD
A Clocktower Players Virtual Production

D E T A I L S

O P E N S V I R T U A L L Y N O V E M B E R 1 3
Accepting self tape on camera auditions (sides below)
Send to
clocktowertroupes@gmail.com: Oct 19—24
Callbacks by appointment: Oct 24, 25
Rehearsals and Recording: Oct 26—Nov 3
(Schedule determined by cast availability)

Participation Fee: $100 (Scholarships available)


All roles are open. Jr Teen and Teen performers of all ethnicities,
and gender identities strongly encouraged.
Lines do not have to be memorized if able to comfortably and
convincingly read dialogue from unseen prompter behind camera.

Character Breakdown:
DWAYNE: Kid male or female. Kind of snarky.
JEREMY: Kid male or female. A nice guy.
GLENN: Kid male or female. A little slow on the uptake.
SPENCER: Kid, male. The school bully.
ARTHUR: Zombie.
MOM: Dwayne’s Mom.
DAD: Dwayne’s Dad.
BETH: Kid, female. The weird girl.

Audition Excerpt 1:
(At the lunch table in the cafeteria, as Arthur, the New Kid, enters.
Spoken to friends also at table
)
Kid:
Hey, isn’t that the new kid? He doesn’t know where to sit.
(Calls Arthur over)
Hey! Over here! You can sit with us if you want. What’s your name?
(Arthur growls his name unintelligibly)
Did you say (tries to copy growl)?
Hi (offers hand to shake, pulls hand back as Arthur tries to bite him) Dude!
(To friends) He tried to eat my hand! He tried. To eat. My hand.
Maybe that’s just how they greet each other where he’s from.
Guys… guys… I think the new kid is a zombie.

Audition Excerpt 2:
(At home. Barely listening to your child as they tell you about their day.)
Parent:
That’s nice dear. Anything else interesting happen at school today?
You say there’s a new kid at school? What’s his name?
(Child mimics the inarticulate growl)
Now dear, just because he’s from another country,
doesn’t mean you should—
I don’t want you to make fun of him.
Maybe’s he’s just French.
I want you to make friends with him.
It’s hard to be the new kid.
Make an effort to be his friend, it won’t kill you.


Questions?

Clocktowertroupes@gmail.com

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