Steps & Holes Theatre Company is casting sixteen young actors (playing age 10-13yrs) for the Sydney premiere of Soul Trading. This award-winning play will be presented at The Rebel Theatre, Pier 2/3 in September 2023.
About the show
The year is 2079. Humans are created with gene selection technology, Artificial Intelligence is part of everyday life and children’s best friends are their Learning Bots. Except for Jerry. Jerry is not like the others. Neither is Neutron Finch, an exceptionally clever Learning Bot who seems to appear out of nowhere. He is smarter than most Bots, funnier and also possibly illegal. It doesn’t take long for the status quo to unravel and one night, Jerry and his classmates are summoned to the oval… The Bots want souls. Specifically, theirs. It’s up to six young minds to solve the greatest existential question of all time within 24 hours. Will their soul-searching provide the answers they need to stop AI destroying the world as they know it?
Roles
There are twelve roles for young actors of playing age 10 -13yrs in this show. Additionally, we are casting an ensemble of four actors, who will each understudy three characters.
Key Dates
Auditions will be held at ATYP and conducted in small groups. Rehearsals will be at a Pier 2/3 adjacent rehearsal venue.
Auditions: Friday 2 June (4pm – 7pm) & Saturday 3 June (9am – 12pm)
Callbacks: Sunday 4 June (9am – 12pm)
Rehearsals: 10 – 14 July (school holiday intensive), 19 July – 3 September, Wednesday afternoons and Sundays
Season: 6 – 10 September
* Cast will be required to be absent from school on 5 & 6 September for technical and dress rehearsals
Read the audition notice here.
