Experience life on stage at NSTC!
NSTC welcomes actors of all abilities and levels of experience. Part of what makes NSTC successful is the diversity of our participants. Beginning with auditions and ending with the final curtain call, directors and support volunteers are there to help. Those new to the stage often worry about learning all the lines or succumbing to stage fright. Don’t let that stop you! During the weeks of rehearsals, your role and character will become second nature!
You can expect the following when part of a production here at NSTC:
Time Requirement: 5-8 weeks of rehearsal.
Cast members rehearse approximately 3 hours a night 4 or 5 times a week.
Shows vary in number of performances from 3-10 performances.
NSTC welcomes actors of all abilities and levels of experience. Part of what makes NSTC successful is the diversity of our participants. Beginning with auditions and ending with the final curtain call, directors and support volunteers are there to help. Those new to the stage often worry about learning all the lines or succumbing to stage fright. Don’t let that stop you! During the weeks of rehearsals, your role and character will become second nature!
You can expect the following when part of a production here at NSTC:
Time Requirement: 5-8 weeks of rehearsal.
Cast members rehearse approximately 3 hours a night 4 or 5 times a week.
Shows vary in number of performances from 3-10 performances.
Upcoming NSTC auditions
Mystic Pizza
Auditions: Saturday, March 23rd, from 10a-12p and Monday, March 25th 4p-6p. Contact if other arrangements need to be considered. Callbacks to be arranged as needed. Prepare: a 2 minute vocal piece, bring your own music. We are able to connect your device to our sound system via bluetooth/cord or bring a CD or play guitar/ukulele! A 16 count choreographed dance piece will be taught during the session. A short reading from the script, provided at auditions, will complete the audition process. THEMES: Friendship, self discovery, love, ambition. TONE: Easy playfulness throughout, lively, an 80’s rom-com in spirit and style. SETTING: Mystic Connecticut over the course of the fall of 1988. MUSIC: Act I
MYSTIC PIZZA — CAST LIST 8f, 8m (Expandable to 25+) JOSEPHINA BARBOZA (JO/JOJO) – Female Identifying, 19, Any Ethnicity. The daughter of immigrants. She is vibrant, fast talking, emotional, curious, ambitious, always up for a laugh, and loyal. DAISY ARUJO – Female Identifying, 19, Any Ethnicity. The daughter of immigrants. A perfect combination of insecurity and arrogance; the seductive life of the party when she needs to be, an introspective dreamer when she doesn’t. A pain in her mother’s ass. KATHERINE (KAT) ARUJO – Female Identifying, 18, Any Ethnicity. The daughter of immigrants. Daisy’s kid sister. The apple of her mother’s eye. A goofy, playful, desperate romantic and aspiring astronomer, on the cusp of the rest of her life. LEONA SILVA – Female Identifying, 50+ (nearing retirement), Any Ethnicity. The immigrant owner of Mystic Pizza and guardian of the “Mystic Pizza” special sauce. A sarcastic, wry, yet loving mother figure for Jo, Daisy, and Kat. BILL MONTIJO – Male Identifying, 20, Any Ethnicity. The son of immigrants. A burly, yet warm, sensitive, lobsterman, and lead singer/guitarist in The Lobster Rolls – the local town band, who wants nothing more than to marry Jo and raise a family in Mystic, CT. Acoustic or electric guitar playing a plus. CHARLES GORDON WINDSOR JR. – Male Identifying, Early 20s, White. A country-club, sweater-vest-wearing, Porsche-driving, law-school-drop-out cad, with a surprising capacity for true love. TIM TRAVERS – Male Identifying, late 20s, Any Ethnicity. An easy-going, Yale-graduate, architect, with a secret. ENSEMBLE The ensemble functions as the townies of Mystic, CT. They’re responsible for the shifting of set pieces/establishing new locations. They serve as an omnipresence of locals in this small town and appear in featured roles throughout. WOMAN 1 – Female Identifying, 20s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including LORNA, a snobby college girl; SERENA WINDSOR, Charlie’s sister, a vapid country-club goer; and others. WOMAN 2 – Female Identifying, 20s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including DEBBIE, a snobby college girl; MARIANA, an immigrant oyster shucker; TERESA, an immigrant housekeeper; NIKKI TRAVERS, Tim’s wife; and others. WOMAN 3 – Female Identifying, 40s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including MRS. ARUJO, Daisy and Kat’s immigrant mother; and others. WOMAN 4 – Female Identifying, 40s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including AUNT BONNIE, an immigrant oyster shucker, MRS. POLLY WINDSOR, Charlie’s mother; and others.. MAN 1 – Male Identifying, 30s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including a PRIEST; NICK, a Planetarium employee; MICKEY, a pizza shop regular; and others.\ MAN 2 – Male Identifying, 20s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including FRANK, a warm, friendly guitarist in the local band by night and an oyster shucker at the docks by day; STEAMER WINDSOR, Charlie’s younger brother; and others. MAN 3 – Male Identifying, 40s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including THE FIRESIDE GOURMET; MR. CHUCK WINDSOR, Charlie’s demanding father; and others. MAN 4 – Male Identifying, 40s, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including MR. BARBOZA, Jo’s immigrant father; LIONEL, a cheerful real estate agent; LOU, Bill’s friend, and others. MAN 5 – Male Identifying, 18+, Any Ethnicity. To play various roles including GEORGE, a snobby graduate student; ALFIE, a townie doofus, a WAITER, and others. The band is onstage, woven into the fabric of the set. |
Ms. Watson & Ms. Holmes - Apt. 2B
Audition information to be released late summer. Check back for updates! |