Concord Floral Auditions
Posted on January 30, 2023 in General News
Concord Floral Auditions
Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill
Directed by Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne
A supernatural suburban thriller in which ten teenagers flee a plague of their own making. Concord Floral is a one-million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse and a refuge for neighbourhood kids; a place all to themselves in which to dream, dare, and come of age. But hidden there is a secret no one wants to confront, and when two friends stumble upon it they set off an unstoppable chain of events, from shadows in parking lots to phone calls from the grave. It’s time for the teens of Concord Floral to start talking.
Cast
10 youth – ages 16 – 22(ish) – 7 female / 3 male
Auditions
Saturday Feb 11, 2023: 2pm-5pm
Monday Feb 13, 2023: 7pm-10pm
Click here to sign up for your audition day now!
*Please prepare a 2-5 minute monologue of your choosing.
*There will be a physical group warm up & scene readings from the script.
*Please wear studio clothes for easy movement and soft soled indoor shoes.
Attached Forms
Audition Disclosure Form – Read only – A copy will be given to you to complete at your Audition.
Audition Sheet – Please Print, Complete & Sign (as required) & Bring with you to your Audition.
*additional printed copies will be available at the Audition
Characters & Description
| 1 | Just Joey | M | Describes gay sexual activity/swearing |
| 2 | Bobolink | M | Bird – Describes panic/swearing |
| 3 | John Cabot | M | Describes panic/swearing |
| 4 | Forever Irene | F | Describes masturbation/depicts seizure |
| 5 | Rosa Mundi | F | Describes substance use/swearing |
| 6 | Nearly Wild | F | Describes substance use/swearing |
| 7 | Couch | F | Describes sexual activity/substance use/swearing |
| 8 | Fox | F | Describes sexual activity/swearing |
| 9 | Greenhouse | F | Narrator – describes sexual activity/substance use |
| 10 | (Bobbie James) | F | Partial Nudity |
Rehearsal Schedule
Feb 17 – April 27 – exact schedule unknown
The rehearsal schedule will be made after casting based on the actors’ availability.
You will be asked to commit to the entire rehearsal schedule including all performance dates (as listed below).
There are also mandatory tech times and dress rehearsals over the final weeks prior to opening night.
Performance Dates
Salmon Arm: April 28 – May 13, 2023
Ozone Festival, Kelowna: Week of May 19, 2023
Theatre BC Mainstage: if selected, July 2023
Contact: email Ann for further information or to request a copy of the script
Content warnings:
Please note that this production contains content of mature subject matter including profanity, sexuality, bullying, death, mental illness and partial nudity. We are committed to supporting safe practices in a consent based culture.
Permission to perform: If you are under 18 and auditioning you must have informed permission from a parent or legal guardian. Please bring a completed and signed audition sheet with you to the audition. You will not be cast in the show without a signature.
About the Playwright:
Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian playwright, theatre director, and filmmaker. The Globe and Mail described Jordan as “the poster child of a new generation of artists for whom ‘interdisciplinary’ is not a buzzword but a way of life.” His plays and films have been presented in theatres, festivals, and art galleries across Canada and internationally. Jordan received the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Drama for his book Age of Minority: three solo plays and Dora Mavor Moore Awards for rihannaboi95 in 2013 and Concord Floral in 2015. From 2012 – 2016 Jordan ran the alternative art space Videofag with William Ellis out of their home in Kensington Market. Visit www.jordantannahill.com