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AUDITIONS

PLANET FIRST Audition Call

New Views Theatre is auditioning for the production of:


PLANET FIRST, by William R. Duell,


Directed by Jennifer Decker,


at the Johnson Theatre in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, Washington and Lee University, 100 Glasgow Street, Lexington, Virginia.


Rehearsal Period: June 30 – July 31, 2026

Performance Dates: August 1-2 and August 7-9, 2026 (5 performances)

Time Commitment: At least 30 hours/week plus some self-prep beforehand

Compensation: to be determined per role


ONLINE AUDITIONS


You can submit a link to your video audition by Sunday, February 8 at 1:00pm. Please read from the side linked to the Cast name below for the part that you’re auditioning for, and send the link to your audition video to william@newviewstheatre.org.


IN-PERSON AUDITIONS


In-person auditions will be on Sunday, February 15, 1pm-3pm. They will be held at:


New Views Theatre

455 Poor House Road

Lexington, Virginia 24450-3321


Please prepare to read from the side linked to the Cast name below for the part that you’re auditioning for.


SYNOPSIS


From the author: “On her way to a climate conference in NYC, a Gen Z activist from Mexico City stops in a small town to attend a protest at a paper mill and be interviewed by a blogger. She meets identical triplets who confound her, and a young man who charms her. He’s just as concerned about global warming as she is, but when she finds out why, all hell breaks loose.”


SETTING


Various sites and locales in a small town in New York.



SIDES of the Roles still to be cast are underlined and in bold below


CAST


BELLA, Mexican, 20


BRANDON, American white, almost 22


JOSEPH, JOSHUA and JASON, identical triplets, early 30s