The Mousetrap, 2019. Photo by Robin Jackson

Auditions

Open Auditions

Ross Valley Players holds open auditions for every show we produce. To receive all audition notices, please click HERE. We welcome you to join our wonderful group of collaborators in making professionally-oriented, high-quality live theatre in Marin. We are the oldest continually operating theatre company on the West Coast. Wonderful Non-AEA actors come from throughout the Bay Area to play on our historic stage. Our houses our well-attended, parking is free and easy, and we offer a stipend. We have been nominated for and have received Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards, Dean Goodman Awards, and Theatre Bay Area Awards.

RAW (Ross Alternative Works) seeks actors for 2 one-night staged readings:

Potatoes and Vodka and The Salmon Run 
reading April 30

Time After Time Again 
reading May 7

 

Auditions:

Sunday, February 23, 10:30am – 3:00pm
          Ross Valley Players – The Barn Theater, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Ross, CA (corner of Sir Francis Drake and Lagunitas)

  • For audition appointment please call 415-244-4715 or email raw@rossvalleyplayers.com

  • Cold reading from scripts

  • Bring headshot and resume (if available)

  • No experience necessary!  Great opportunity for first time performers! 

Potatoes and Vodka
By L.H. Grant, Directed by Robyn Grahn

It is the Russian Revolution and tensions are high as a small group of revolutionaries plot to overthrow the Tzar.  But in this comedy things are not as they seem to be.  Could the real revolution be taking place in the present and on onstage?

Characters:

Two women, two men
All ages, Russian accent

Performance – Thursday April 30, 2020 at 7:30pm

The Salmon Run
By Richard Friedlander, Directed by Michael Sally

93-years young Sarah is on the lam from Assisted Living.  Where is she headed?  Home, of course, 300 miles away.

Characters:

Five women, seven men
Three off-stage voices
Ages 40-90 (two women 80-90)
African-American roles

Performance – Thursday April 30, 2020 at 7:30pm

Time After time Again
By Madeline puccioni, Directed by margaret hee

Seven inter-related short plays asking what if we lead many lives, play many roles, strut and fret many hours upon different stages throughout that endless dance, the construct we call “time”.  

Characters:

CASSANDRA: W 25-30, athletic, fierce, divine, mad, a prophet

DR KATE WELLS: W – 40-50, powerful, nurturing, kind

ED RICCI: M: 50-60 Authoritative, good-hearted

RUPERT HEYWOOD: M: 50-60, devious, entitled, arrogant

STEVE GREEN: 25-30, good hearted, likes CASS, sweet

 

Each actor will play several parts:

CASS PORTER: CASSANDRA,TEUTA, CASSIE

RUPERT HEYWOOD: AJAX, LUCIUS, BISHOP, JOHN, MARCO

ED RICCI: DOUGLAS, AGAMEMNON, GUARD, PULO

DR KATE WELLS: HECUBA, KYRA, SARAH, STEPHANIE, MRS D.

STEVE GREEN: APOLLO, STAGE, DEMETRIUS, THOMAS, HERMES

 

Performance – Thursday May 7, 2020 at 7:30pm