March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
Employment

Moonbox Productions Seeks Actors for 

CREATURE FEATURE- a reading

A part of the Boston New Works Festival 2025

Performing: JUNE 26-29, 2025

First Rehearsal for FESTIVAL: Mid MAY, 2025/TBD

NON- UNION Boston Local Actors Only

KEY PERSONNEL:

Playwright: Micah Pflaum

Director: Hazel J. Peters

Producer: Sharman Altshuler

Casting Director: Davron Monroe

SYNOPSIS:

The Shepherds of the Citadel warn their charges never to venture into the nearby woods. They tell the story of a sorcerer who dwells there, corrupting travelers into monsters. But for an acolyte hiding his own transformation, braving those woods could be his path to answers. He discovers a realm of wild magic and revelry, but when his faithful friends pursue him into apparent danger, he must confront his fear that he will bring disaster to all he loves. Creature Feature is a deconstruction of John Milton’s court masque “A Masque Performed at Ludlow Castle,” (commonly known as “Comus.”), using text from the original morality play interwoven with new text in both verse and prose.

SEEKING THE FOLLOWING:

The WANDERER: Trans male, 20s. Becoming something more than human.

The SHEPHERD: Cis female, 20s-60s. Watches for danger around every corner.

The SORCERER: Genderqueer and/or male, 20s-30s. The wood’s beloved leader of the revels.

The first BRO: Cis male, 20s. His heart’s in the right place.

The second BRO: Cis male, 20s. Trying to keep the peace.Ensemble MONSTERS: Any. ​​A fabulous naturedrag menagerie.

1st Round VIDEO SUBMISSIONS

Please prepare a 1-2 minute dramatic monologue or verse recitation of your choosing (classical preferred, but not mandatory) OR Select and prepare the sides that align with the role you are interested in from THIS FOLDER. Share your video via a file-sharing link (Google link, YouTube, Vimeo, etc).   Unfortunately we are unable to accept large video attachments via email. 
 If you have any questions about the audition please reach out to: BNWFCasting@gmail.com.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025

Please UPLOAD your Audition Submission to THIS LINK

Please make sure that your resume and headshot are attached as 1 file/ 1 pdf

All submissions must include: 

  1. COMPLETED FORM
  2. HEADSHOT/RESUME uploaded as 1 PDF
  3. VIDEO LINK

CALLBACKS: 

Date TBD

COMPENSATION: 

$15/hr for both rehearsals and performances

Rehearsal hours per week: 15 hrs/wk for up to 4 weeks

Paid in full at the end of the festival

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TIME COMMITMENTS: 

  • First Rehearsal:  Mid to late MAY/TBD
  • Rehearsal Days: TBD  
  • Total Rehearsal: 15 hrs per week for up to 4wks
  • Tech week up to 30 hrs for the week .
  • Tech Week Schedule: June 20th-26th. Exact schedule TBD
  • First Performance: Festival opens June 26th 
  • Closing: Festival Closes June 29th

ACCESSIBILITY: 

Moonbox is committed to working with actors of all abilities and backgrounds. If you need assistance in submitting your audition (i.e., ASL interpretation or English captioning for Deaf or HoH artists, OCR text documents of sides for visually-impaired artists, or other accessibility services) please contact kacrumrine@gmail.com, our Director of Community and Accessibility Initiatives, as soon as possible.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At Moonbox, we believe that the stories we tell are important. They sustain and preserve our community, our history, and our values. Telling racially diverse stories allows us not only to reflect – but also to reflect on – the complexities of our past. When we join together in the act of storytelling, we are united in ways that transcend the everyday. Together, we can use the power of storytelling to honor our commonalities, celebrate our differences, and address historical discrimination and injustice. We pledge to take this power seriously, and to use our voices and the stories we tell to dismantle the systemic racism and white supremacy engulfing our culture, our country, and our industry .We believe in creating spaces that reflect the diversity of our shared community, both on and off the stage, where under-represented voices, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and people living with disabilities feel valued and important. We believe that accessibility is a human right.  We are devoted to providing performances and work spaces that can be experienced and enjoyed universally, and to incorporating accessibility planning into our production, design, staffing, and budgeting processes from day one. More on our antiracism plan here https://moonboxproductions.org/about/#antiracism

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