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.

Download Side One

Download Side Two

 
· 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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R.U.R. ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS

Lakewood Theatre Company will be having open auditions for, R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots, SATURDAY, JUNE 1 and SUNDAY, June 2, 2024

Audition signup slots are available at THIS LINK

Please review the rehearsal and performance dates 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 sign up.

R.U.R. a dramatic science fiction thriller, adapted and directed by Matthew B. Zrebski from the original 1921 script by Karel Capek.

All roles 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 director’s discretion on Wednesday, June 5 at 6:30 PM.

Audition Location: Lakewood Theatre Company at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

Materials Needed:
•Please complete the appointment sign up listed below.
•Please email a resume and headshot to bio@lakewood-center.org and note R.U.R. and your LAST NAME in the subject line. Please bring both resume and headshot to your audition appointment as backup.

Auditions:
•Each 10-minute audition slot will allow 4 actors to sign up to read together as a group.
•Auditions will consist of various sides from the new adaptation. (No prepared monologues necessary.) Sides will be available on the theater’s website one week prior to auditions. Actors unfamiliar with the play are encouraged to read the original English translation available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59112/59112-h/59112-h.htm
•The new adaptation will be radically streamlined and contain other alterations, but the major thrust of plot and theme will honor the original
•Please do not be concerned with which role you may be asked to read. The director will read for more 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:   
•A table read of the full adaptation draft will happen on July 1 6:30 PM till 10:00 PM; standard rehearsals are scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 28 at 6:30 PM.  
•Rehearsals will be Sunday through Thursday 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM (adding in Saturdays 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM closer to opening)          
•A final schedule will be determined after the first cast meeting.
Performance Schedule: R.U.R opens September 13, 2024 and continues through October 20, 2024. Performances are Thurs-Sat at 7:30 PM, Saturdays & Sundays, at 2:00 PM and two Wednesday performances at 7:30 PM. Lakewood Theatre Company features an intimate 220 seat theatre located at Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street in Lake Oswego.

About the Play
Artificial Intelligence or AI is today’s hot topic. However, in 1921, playwright Karel Capek envisioned a world with millions of highly efficient humanoid robots that love nothing and have no will of their own. But what happens when the president of the League of Humanity seeks to protect the robots and ensure they are treated like people? A prescient look at AI and new technologies.

ROLE BREAKDOWN:
In this adaptation, numerous roles, originally intended as “male roles” are able to be cast as any gender. Director / Adapter Matthew B. Zrebski seeks to assemble a diverse cast.

HUMANS

HARRY DOMIN; male; 30s – 40s; Central director of Rossum’s Universal Robots. Clean cut, officious, transactional, quickly falls in love with Helena.

HELENA GLORY; female; 20s – 30s, elegant. Daughter of the President. Goes to island to liberate the robots, but marries DOMIN instead.

NANA; female; 40s – 60s; Helena’s nurse. Religious and skeptical, distrusts and dislikes the robots. A voice of the common people.

ALQUIST; any gender; 40s – 60s; builder, chief of construction for R.U.R., grizzled, carelessly dressed. Always skeptical of the project, survives the overthrow and is the last human living.

DR. GALL; any gender; 20s – 50s; head of the physiological and research divisions of R.U.R. Vivacious, delicate, dark, lively. Gall works with Helena to change the robots leading to the overthrow. Always interested in the biological science and pushing the envelope.

DR. HALLEMEIER; any gender; 30s – 60s; head of the institute for robot psychology and education. Robust personality and noisy. Human-centric. Holds down the barricade during the siege.

FABRY; any gender; 20s – 40s; engineer, general technical director of R.U.R., serious but gentle. Thoughtfully and deeply optimistic.

BUSMAN; any gender; 30s – 60s; General Marketing Director and Chief Counsel of R.U.R., Thinks only of business and marketing. Arrogant.

THE ROBOTS

PRIMUS (played by the actor who plays DOMIN); a helpful robot, who is in love with Robot Helena.

ROBOT HELENA (played by the actor who plays HELENA); a helpful robot who is in love with Robot Primus.

RADIUS; male; 20s; a once malfunctioning robot who joins the revolution and helps overthrow the factory.

MARIUS; male; 20s – 30s; office robot, indistinguishable from everyday assistants.

SULLA; female; 20s – 30s; office robot, indistinguishable from everyday assistants.

SERVANT ROBOT; any gender; any age; subservient robot, like maid or butler

ROBOTS (4 more – any gender; any age) – The robots are android like creatures, made of some chemical almost organic substance (think more Blade Runner or West World than machine/metal). They realize their power and overthrow the human world only to discover that they cannot reproduce.

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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.

– 72 Season –

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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