AUDITION FOR BIG IDEA THEATRE
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Auditions for Big Idea Theatre
Dance Nation
by Clare Barron
WHEN:
Saturday, January 10, 2026, 11am – 3pm
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 5 – 8pm
Callbacks Monday, January 12, 2026, 6:30pm
WHERE:
1616 Del Paso Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95815
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WHAT:
Dance Nation, by Clare Barron
Directed by Jenny Adler
Runs: March 6 – 28, 2026
1st Rehearsal: January 26, 2026
*Rehearsals to be held Sundays – Wednesdays/Thursdays 6:30-9:30
Tech week: March 1 – 5, 2026
Big Idea Theatre is a volunteer company and roles are unpaid
*For general auditions, you will be asked to choose and perform a monologue from the show from a list pre-selected by the director to be sent out starting a week before auditions. Need not be memorized. Callbacks will consist of readings from the script and a short movement exercise.
**No prior dance experience is needed**
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
*For all roles, we will be considering actors 18+ and of any ethnicity unless otherwise noted
**A note from the playwright on casting: All characters except Dance Teacher Pat and The Moms are between the ages of 11 and 14 years old. However, they should be played by adult actors and should range in age up to 75+. There is no need for any of the actors to resemble teenagers. (In fact, please resist this impulse!) And the more diverse the cast the better.
- Dance Teacher Pat, male-presenting, 30s+ – The head of the dance studio
- Amina, female-presenting, 18+ – The star dancer
- Zuzu, female-presenting, 18+ – Always second best
- Connie, of Indian/South Asian descent, female-presenting, 18+ – A talented dancer who thinks she should play the role of Gandhi
- Luke, male-presenting, 18+ – The only male dancer on the competition team
- Maeve, female-presenting, 18+ – The oldest and least talented dancer on the team
- Sofia, female-presenting, 18+ – Knows what’s up
- Ashlee, female-presenting, 18+ – Future president of a post-apocalyptic USA
- The Moms, female-presenting, 30s+ – Means well. Grown-up Wendy
- Also plays: Vanessa, female-presenting, 30s+ – Could’ve been a phenomenon (aka The Crumpled Sailor)