Auditions
Bring your talent and creativity to our award winning theatre company!
Our auditions are posted on this page when available.
We also forward this information to the Portland Area Theatre Alliance and other local media. We hold auditions for adults and children, depending on the production.
Upcoming Audition Dates:
Audition signups begins approximately 4-6 weeks prior to auditions. Signups for audition notices are posted on our website. You can sign up on our website to receive audition notices as soon as they are announced.
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THE MALTESE FALCON
Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for, THE MALTESE FALCON, SUNDAY, MAY 12 and MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024.
Audition signup slots are available online CLICK HERE.
Please review the rehearsal and performance dates as listed below and list any conflicts. Conflicts not listed at the time of audition may not be honored.
Call 503-635-3901 if you need assistance with the online sign up.
The Maltese Falcon, a mystery-thriller based on the serialized story by Dashiell Hammett adapted for the stage by David Jacklin, will be directed by David Sikking. This adaptation will be a U.S. premiere.
The roles listed are open, and all receive remuneration. Lakewood encourages diversity in casting and the directing team is strongly seeking artists of all races, cultural backgrounds, abilities, body types, and gender identities to audition for all roles.
Callbacks will be held at the discretion of the director on Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30pm
Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.
Materials Needed:
• Please complete the online appointment sign-up. CLICK HERE.
• Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and note FALCON or and your LAST NAME in the subject line. Please bring both your resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.
Auditions:
· Each 5-minute audition slot will allow 3 actors (preferably in groups of 1 man & 2 women, OR 3 men) to sign up to read together as a group.
· Auditions will consist of a 2-page, 3 characters reading from the script. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides will be available on Lakewood Theatre Company’s website.
· Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. Director will read for specific roles at call-backs.
· Actors will be asked to review their audition form to make sure the information is correct and update any rehearsal or performance conflicts
Rehearsals:
·Rehearsals are scheduled to begin: Saturday, Nov.16th
·Rehearsals will be Monday through Wednesday 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM (adding in Thursdays closer to opening) & and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: The Maltese Falcon opens January 3, 2025 and continues through February 9, 2025. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM.
About the Play
What would you do for the Black Bird? In this mystery thriller Sam Spade, a world-weary private eye, is running a not-very successful operation with his partner Miles Archer. Enter Miss Wonderly (if that is her real name), who offers cash for them to tail a man who has abducted her young sister. Then Archer ends up dead. All in pursuit of the Black Bird. This will be the first production of this adaptation in the USA.
ROLE BREAKDOWN: Director, David Sikking seeks a diverse international cast for Noir classic which introduced the American Hard-Boiled Detective archetype
Sam Spade: 30s – 40s – a ruggedly handsome almost cruel demeanor – worldly wise but not beaten down by the world. A cruel and intelligent wit that he uses both as a sword & a shield – tough to the core – a loner – trust does not come easy for him. Hammett describes him as “a man most private detectives would like to have been and in their cockier moments thought they approached…a hard and shifty fellow, able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with.”
Brigid O’Shaughnessy: (aka Miss Wonderly): late 20s – 30s – a self-absorbed viper with a whole trunkful of attractive personas – femme fatale.
Iva Archer: (doubles as Stenographer): a fading bombshell in search of a better meal ticket (or maybe just a few kicks) – of the same mold as Wonderly, but (perhaps?) without the killer instinct.
Effie Perine: 30s – is to Sam what Della Street is to Perry Mason. Worldly wise, plays around – sexually ambivalent – Sam’s the only “steady” in her life – and as such she is highly protective of him – and would do most anything for him.
Miles Archer: 40s – Spade’s less than admirable partner (actor doubles as: Freed, Dundy, Bryan & Jacobi) – by turns Hard/Cruel/ Charismatic, Tough / Cocky / Careless / Heroic.
Tom Polhaus: Any Age – (doubles as Luke) Spades reliable Cop-Buddy.
Joel Cairo: Any Age – a conniving but lovable “villain.”
Wilmer Cook: 20s – early 30s: a Young Tough wannabe thug – angry at the world – big on tough talk & tough appearances – desperate – out of his league – a punk who’s seen too many gangster movies.
The role of Casper Gutman has already been cast.
The Narrator’s lines will be taken by others in the ensemble in a verbatim-theatre style.
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About Lakewood Theatre Company
72 Years of Live Theatre: Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 1952, Lakewood Theatre Company is a theatre dedicated to the study and presentation of drama in all its forms; the training and development of actors; and the creation, maintenance, and operation of a theatre in which to present plays and other forms of entertainment. Lakewood Theatre Company is the oldest continually operated, not-for-profit theatre company in the Portland Metropolitan area. It annually provides more than 350 theatre artists the opportunity to learn and display their craft and attracts more than 35,000 people to its shows.
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Productions in the 2024-25 season are underwritten, in part, by
The Oregon Arts Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
The Kinsman Foundation
The James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
Marilyn & Ron Nutting
Don & Jessie Adams
The Jackson Foundation
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