Auditions for Digging Up Dessa
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The Beaverton Civic Theatre will hold open auditions for Digging Up Dessa, by Laura Schellhardt directed by Sarah Kearney.
Auditions will be held Thursday, February 9 from 6:30pm-8:30pm and Saturday, February 11 from 1pm-3pm at the Beaverton City Library Auditorium, 12375 SW 5th Street. No appointment is necessary. Please plan to arrive at the beginning of auditions and plan to stay the entire time. Those auditioning only need to attend one day of auditions.
Auditions will be cold readings. If needed callbacks will be scheduled Monday, February 13.
This production is not part of our Theatre for Young Audiences Series, but this play does have roles for youth actors. See character breakdown below.
Performances of Digging Up Dessa are April 21 - May 7, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2PM.
If you are interested in the Beaverton Civic Theatre, auditioning for Digging Up Dessa, or volunteering for the production, you are invited to attend a Meet and Greet with Director Sarah Kearney on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:30pm in the Beaverton City Library Auditorium, 12375 SW 5th Street, Beaverton 97005.
You can also fill out our volunteer form to let us know how you would like to be involved!
Audition and Meet & Greet Location: Beaverton City Library Auditorium 12375 SW 5th Street Beaverton, OR 97005
The auditorium is located down the stairs or elevator on the right once you enter the library lobby.
For participation in this production we are asking that all BCT staff and volunteers are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 according to CDC guidelines. PLEASE PLAN TO BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION WITH YOU TO AUDITIONS. If you have any special circumstances, please feel free to reach out to info@beavertoncivictheatre.org
SYNOPSIS
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to solve. From dinosaur bones to hidden memories, the world is filled with buried treasures just waiting to be uncovered. Luckily, thanks to the mysterious appearance of a remarkable friend—the pioneering 19th-century English paleontologist Mary Anning—young Dessa knows just how to excavate them! After a field trip to a museum reveals that Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Nilo, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the past and present—for Mary’s history and her own future.
Auditions will be held Thursday, February 9 from 6:30pm-8:30pm and Saturday, February 11 from 1pm-3pm at the Beaverton City Library Auditorium, 12375 SW 5th Street. No appointment is necessary. Please plan to arrive at the beginning of auditions and plan to stay the entire time. Those auditioning only need to attend one day of auditions.
Auditions will be cold readings. If needed callbacks will be scheduled Monday, February 13.
This production is not part of our Theatre for Young Audiences Series, but this play does have roles for youth actors. See character breakdown below.
Performances of Digging Up Dessa are April 21 - May 7, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 2PM.
If you are interested in the Beaverton Civic Theatre, auditioning for Digging Up Dessa, or volunteering for the production, you are invited to attend a Meet and Greet with Director Sarah Kearney on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:30pm in the Beaverton City Library Auditorium, 12375 SW 5th Street, Beaverton 97005.
You can also fill out our volunteer form to let us know how you would like to be involved!
Audition and Meet & Greet Location: Beaverton City Library Auditorium 12375 SW 5th Street Beaverton, OR 97005
The auditorium is located down the stairs or elevator on the right once you enter the library lobby.
For participation in this production we are asking that all BCT staff and volunteers are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 according to CDC guidelines. PLEASE PLAN TO BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION WITH YOU TO AUDITIONS. If you have any special circumstances, please feel free to reach out to info@beavertoncivictheatre.org
SYNOPSIS
Dessa is a 21st-century girl with no shortage of struggles, secrets and mysteries to solve. From dinosaur bones to hidden memories, the world is filled with buried treasures just waiting to be uncovered. Luckily, thanks to the mysterious appearance of a remarkable friend—the pioneering 19th-century English paleontologist Mary Anning—young Dessa knows just how to excavate them! After a field trip to a museum reveals that Mary Anning’s legacy has been buried by history because of her gender and lack of formal education, Dessa decides that she’s going to fight to earn her friend the credit she deserves. With help from her once-rival, Nilo, Dessa sets to work unearthing the secrets hidden beneath the surface of the past and present—for Mary’s history and her own future.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
All cast and crew roles are volunteer. The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes, and in the audience of theatrical productions. We welcome people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, and physical abilities to audition.
Youth actors do not need to be the exact age mentioned below, but should be able to believably play near that age range.
VIEW AUDITION SIDES
Dessa - female identifying, age 12, a hunter of fossils, a realist
Esther - female identifying, age 30s - 40s, Dessa's mother, a writer of songs, an idealist
Nilo - male identifying, age 13, a popular boy with the potential to be more, an opportunist
Mary Anning - female identifying, age 20s - 50s, the 19th-century British paleontologist as imagined by a 12-year old girl. Part bag lady, part Mary Poppins, a pragmatist
All cast and crew roles are volunteer. The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes, and in the audience of theatrical productions. We welcome people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, and physical abilities to audition.
Youth actors do not need to be the exact age mentioned below, but should be able to believably play near that age range.
VIEW AUDITION SIDES
Dessa - female identifying, age 12, a hunter of fossils, a realist
Esther - female identifying, age 30s - 40s, Dessa's mother, a writer of songs, an idealist
Nilo - male identifying, age 13, a popular boy with the potential to be more, an opportunist
Mary Anning - female identifying, age 20s - 50s, the 19th-century British paleontologist as imagined by a 12-year old girl. Part bag lady, part Mary Poppins, a pragmatist
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The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes and in the audience of theatrical productions.
The mission of Beaverton Civic Theatre is to entertain, enlighten and educate while involving the community onstage, behind the scenes and in the audience of theatrical productions.
