Daniel Perrin is searching for four youth between the ages of 6-11 to play the youth roles for the audio-recording of his new musical Taken Generation to be directed by Karen Lund. If your child is interested in submitting please see the details below.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to Casting Coordinator, Jes Spencer, with any questions: spencej2@gmail.com
Taken Generation audio recording details:
Written by: Daniel Perrin
Directed by: Karen Lund (Producing Artistic Director at Taproot Theatre)
Casting by: Jes Spencer
Principal Sound Engineer: Reed Ruddy
Gig rate: $300
Rehearsal Dates: August 29th & 30th from 10 am - 3 pm at Crossroads Bible Church. Youth may only be called for part of the day.
Recording Day: August 31st from 9:30am - 6:30pm at Studio X in Capital Hill. Youth will be called for a portion of the day and will not be required to be present for the entire day.
Special note: While this is a musical actors are currently being hired just to read the scenes - the music has already been recorded.
Purpose of the recording:
This recording will be used by the writer to send to theatre and producers in the hopes of collaborating on a future production. This recording will not be available for purchase or for public listening.
Character Breakdown:
HALINA is a sweet, eight year old orphan in the ghetto. She is highly aware, sensitive, and afraid. Feeling so lost in the world, she has trouble understanding her life situation and has internalized her response to the outside world as a defense mechanism - this has resulted in her not speaking for the majority of the story.
DAVID (Dav-eed) is a ten year old smuggler in the ghetto. Energetic, precocious, hard to control. Sees himself on equal footing to most adults. He hates Benlevi and sees himself superior to him. Very confident!
Sarah, an eight year old orphan being cared for at the orphanage. She’s precocious and likes to get the larger group laughing and enjoying themselves, a bit of a trouble maker and keeps Sister Rutka on her toes, but she always has the best of intentions.
Ensemble: other children at the orphanage who engage and react to the story. Looking for boys and girls ages 6-11.
How to submit:
If your child is interested and available for the project please email spencej2@gmail.com with the following information:
Once we receive this info we will send you some lines (a side) to have your child record via your phone and ask for them to be sent back! All submissions should be received no later than August 15th.
How to submit: If your child is interested and available for the project please email spencej2@gmail.com with the following information: Primary Adult Contact, Relationship to youth, Adult phone number and email address. Youth name, age, and any theatre or storytelling experiences they’ve had. Camps and school or church choirs are great experience. Also, someone who is excited and eager is also great! If you have a headshot and resume for your child you may send that, but that is not an expectation for this project, we are happy to accept youth at all different levels of experience.
Looking for youth Ages 6-11!
