Headshot and resume are not necessary, but bring if you have them.
Sides (chosen scenes from plays we are casting) will be given to read.
$100 stipend per actor per production.
If you cannot make this audition,
we can arrange another time for you to read.
Please email us at: info@upstagenapavalley.org
Or call Sharie Renault at
(707) 337-5850
The following nine plays were selected to be performed from 185 submissions by a committee of 12 community members.
Two Male Actors (Age 50-70)
A middle-aged gay man extends a special invitation to an older former lover, who is experiencing hard times. Getting his friend to the event proves harder than he imagines.
Two Male Actors (Age 50 - 70)
A man stands on the Golden Gate Bridge intent on suicide until a seemingly chance encounter with a homeless person.
One African American Male Actor & One Female Actress Singer (Age 30-40)
A real estate entrepreneur, Jesse Leonard, encounters Sheila Goldfarb, a musical scholar in front of his townhouse in NYC.
One Male (Age 15) & One Older Woman (Age 60)
Cathy, a woman in a wheelchair panics when she awakens to find a fugitive hiding in her kitchen in the middle of the night.
Two Female Actresses (Age 70 & Age 40) & One Male Actor (Age 40)
A woman in the hospital receiving cancer treatment befriends a construction worker.
One Female (Teenager) & One Male (Age 40)
The setting is at a grave site where two people share how they knew the young woman whose name is on the tombstone.
One Male Actor and One Female Actress
Rick is setting up for a garage sale to get rid of his deceased mother’s things. His overeager girlfriend, Jackie offers advice and assistance, but she finds out more about Rick’s childhood than she expected. Revenge is sweet—and dark.
One Male Actor and One Female Actress
A married couple looks over blueprints on how to build an Ark.
Two Female Actresses (Age 70 & Age 60)
In 1933 at a formal White House Dinner, Amelia Earhart proposed a quick flight to her friend and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Joy Ride explores what might have happened on that flight.
One Male Actor (A pre-selected Calistoga High School Student) & One Male (Age 40)
A high school student writes a play which he hopes his English teacher will submit to a competition.