Back From The Dead

Production Company
Renegade Arts Company
Producer(s)
Jim Buckshon
Director(s)
Riley Langford, Kerry O'Donovan
Casting Director(s): 
Jim Buckshon
Union Status
Non-Union
Project Type
Theatre / Live Performance
Student Production
No
Compensation Details

Non-union with an honorarium.

Audition Date(s)
May 11th 10 AM - 6 PM May 12th 10 AM - 6 PM. Callbacks - May 19th 10 AM - 6 PM
Audition Location
Renegade Studios 8877 Selkirk Street Vancouver, B.C V6P4J6
Shoot / Performance Date(s)
July 24-27, Aug 8-11
Shoot / Performance Location(s)
The Shop Theatre and The Waterfront Theatre
Submission Deadline
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Submission Instructions

Please prepare a comedic monologue; a wacky bold choice. Max 2 minutes. Cold reads may also be provided at the auditions.
Please bring sheet music for an 80’s rock song and prepare to sing 32 bars with a piano accompanist.
Send resume and headshots to renegadearts@outlook.com by May 9th.

Project Synopsis
In the desolate world of the Nowhere, a future North America ravaged by atomic fallout, a renegade group known as 'The No One' scrambles to survive under the rule of the self-appointed President Doctor Genius. As war breaks out and alliances shift, The No One must navigate a treacherous journey through dystopia, encountering eccentric survivors, deceitful societies, power struggles, mutated creatures, and a sexy aviatrix with a droid sidekick and a blimp full of intoxicants. Will Vesper, Daydream, Spike, Priscilla, and Gatsby escape the chaos and find their way to the legendary Greenspace, or will they find out the hard way that they're no one after all?
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Character 1
Vesper
Age
18-25
Gender
Female
Description
Tough with a gooey centre. Has never had a real family, and desperately wants one. Did some bad things and is trying to make up for them by saving her friends, the family she found and desperately wants to keep together. Keeps calm… on the outside. Scared of vulnerability, as she’s been burned many times.
Character 2
Daydream
Age
18-25
Gender
Open
Description
Gooey all the way through. Wistfully remembers the world before the end, but has accepted their reality. A philosophical, poetic sort. Loves vulnerability.
Character 3
Priscilla
Age
18-25
Gender
Female
Description
Optimistic, loving, and soft. Only gives one chance before she’ll shoot you, though. Offer her a sensory experience, and she’s in. An apocalyptic fairy princess.
Character 4
Gatsby
Age
18-25
Gender
Male
Description
Cynicist with seemingly-unshakable morals. Five minutes away from snapping. Charismatic, political, without faith that things will turn out all right. Searching for a home that makes sense to him. Too sarcastic by half. Speaks up, even when he shouldn’t.
Character 5
Spike
Age
18-25
Gender
Male
Description
Tough as nails, but proud of his cooking skills. Total punk. Will try anything once. Practical, loyal, good in a fight. Has a thing for robots. Pretty funny, but no one notices.
Additional Characters

SURVIVORS

Jay the Aviatrix (She/her) (Age range: 18-25) - A glamorous aviatrix with a collection of drugs, a zeppelin, and a desperation for companionship. Lives life to the fullest… Maybe too much to the fullest. Speaks in a transatlantic accent and charms the pants off everybody she meets; it only becomes a problem when they want their pants back.

Her sidekick, D.O.R.A. the Droid (She/her) (Age range: 18-25) - Wise, helpful, robotic, sexy. Programmed to be obedient, but somehow yearns for more.

Whys Man (He/him) (Age range: 30 - 60) - Strange, wise, crooked man who provides psychedelic guidance. He always says the word ‘why’ with an aspirated H.

Notion (He/him or they/them) (Age range: 18 - 25) - Hairdresser defector with a thirst for power and a thing for tough girls. Needy, desperate, unhinged but tries to hide it. Codependent. Thinks he’s in a movie.
THE IMMUNE

Champagne Laserbeam (She/her) (Age range: 18-25) - Making the most of a bad situation, Champagne Laserbeam reinvented herself as a rock star dictator when the opportunity presented itself and has never been happier. Fabulous.

Supernova Dynamite (She/her) (Age range: 18-25) - Right at home as the leader of a group of over-sexed party people who need a leader to schedule their debauchery for them. Very good at talking people into things. Knows more and is sharper than she lets on. A glittering, evangelical siren.

President Doctor Genius (He/him) (Age range: 30-50) - Big Brother, if Big Brother was a mad scientist who watched too much TV.

ENSEMBLE ROLES (Age range: 18 - 25)
Some featured roles noted above double for ensemble. Maybe ensemble roles have comedic lines.

The Belief Police - Fascists
The Survivors - Punks
The Immune and Their Disciples - Lost souls searching for someone to fulfill their mommy issues in a tough apocalypse.
The Phantasopolis Immune - Hedonist glamazons who yearn for oppression.