Metamorphoses

Production Company
United Players of Vancouver
Producer(s)
joan Bryans
Casting Director(s): 
Larisse Campbell, Shamus Fera and Chris Lam
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Theatre / Live Performance
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

This is a non-union production with the option to cast one union member on an amateur contract. Please indicate if you have any union affiliations.

Audition Date(s)
Mon May 5 (noon - 4 pm), Tues May 6th (6-10pm) Wed. May 7th (6-10pm)
Audition Location
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St., Vancouver
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
Sept 4-28 (thurs- sat at 8 pm, sun at 2pm)
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St., Vancouver
Submission Deadline
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Submission Instructions

We encourage actors who feel confident singing and dancing to apply.

Please prepare a monologue of your choice.
There will be a short group movement exercise to be followed by the monologue of your choice. Feel free to share special skills.

To secure an audition time slot, please submit a resumé and headshot to Chris Waltham at christopher.waltham@gmail.com letting us know if you have any time restrictions. Please also bring hard copies of your headshot and resumé to the audition.

Project Synopsis
Ovid's work is brought to stunning life as his ancient tales collide with modern sensibility and become “more relevant than tomorrow.” An exploration of the uncontainable power of love and the joys and perils of being human.
Additional Information & Safety Protocols: 

United Players has a Communicable Diseases Plan in place – learn more at https://unitedplayers.com/policies/
United Players acknowledges that mask-wearing is a personal choice.

There will be an intimacy director on this project.
There will be a fight director on this project.

All roles are open to all actors. Performers of all races and ethnicities, all genders and gender expressions, all cultural heritages/backgrounds.

REHEARSALS will be at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale, 2490 West 37th Avenue (37th & Larch), starting Saturday July 19,: and will be Tuesday & Thursday evenings, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, Saturdays from 2:00 – 6:00 pm, Sundays from 2:00 – 6:00 pm. (Times may be adjusted slightly.) Please indicate if you have any time conflicts or will be unavailable for any of those days.

Character 1
See below
Age
0-100
Gender
Open
Description
See below
Additional Characters

Actor 1: Alcyone, Pomona and others- 20s-30s
Actor 2: Nursemaid, Therapist and others- 20s-50s
Actor 3: Q, Baucis and others 20s-40s- Please note this track is onstage during a scene of nudity
Actor 4: Daughter, Myrrha and others- 20s- Please note this track has simulated incestuous intimacy
Actor 5: Aphrodite, Psyche and others- 20s-30s- Please note this track is onstage during a scene of nudity.
Actor 6: Erysichthon, Cinyras and others- 30s-50s- Please note this track has simulated incestuous intimacy
Actor 7: Midas and others- 20s-50s
Actor 8: Ceyx, Apollo and others- Please note this track is onstage during a scene of nudity and sings a classical italian aria.
Actor 9: Phaeton, Eros and others- 20s-30s- Please note this track involves full frontal nudity
Actor 10: Bacchus, Vertumnus and others- 20s-50s

All roles are open to all actors. Performers of all races and ethnicities, all genders and gender expressions, all cultural heritages/backgrounds