Twenty-Second Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival

Save the Date

Auditions will be held Nov. 30, 6-9 pm.
Sorcha Augustine Studio
1878 University Parkway, Sarasota

Auditioners are typically paired and will read a few pages (“sides”) of their preferred play. Directors of all eight finalist plays will be present. If time allows, you may also be asked to read a different role with another auditioner. Afterwards, as directors select actors best suited for all roles, you may be offered a role you had not considered earlier. Break a leg!

Which of these roles is for you?

A Matter of Character  by Michael Anthony Mercado
Director: Lindsay Nickel
What begins as a disagreement over casting quickly escalates into a deeply personal confrontation between a playwright and his actor husband. As painful family secrets emerge, the lines between love, resentment, and acceptance begin to blur. But in a story where everyone has a part to play, things may not be quite what they seem.

Daniel, male, early 40’s-late 50’s, bi-racial latino or can pass for latino (Spanish speaking not required)
Javier, male, early 40’s-late 50’s, latino or can pass for latino (Spanish speaking not required) 

Cherished by Michelle Pascua
Director: Ken Basque
The word “cherished” ignites decades of sibling rivalry, favoritism, and buried resentment when two siblings clash over their recently deceased mother’s obituary. Amid flying objects, hurled insults, and a family dog who somehow gets the last laugh, Cherished, reveals that love, grief, and family are rarely as simple as they appear in print.

John 40s-50s
Angela 50s

Faded by Sheena O. Murray
Director: Ken Basque
During an immigration crackdown, a mother and daughter explore the reason why the mother is moving back to her country.

Mother/Beverly
Daughter/Shira

Found Money by Lynn Glassock
Director: Lindsay Nickel
When Ryan finds a large sum of money, he and his longtime friend Chris disagree on whether they should keep it or try to find the rightful owner.

Ryan: Male, twenties or older. Any race. Nice, honest person who is a little uptight.
Chris: Male, about the same age as Ryan. Any race. Outgoing. Often flamboyant.
Ms. Eleanor Rochester: Female, early to mid-sixties. Formal. Comes from “old money.”

I Don’t Want to Think by Fredric Sirasky
Director: Michelle Strauss
Charlie, recently divorced from his fourth wife, comes back to his first wife to see if they can get back together.

CHARLENE, 45
CHARLIE, 45

Max’s Room by Bruce Karp
Director: Bob Trisolini
Jenny and Will lost their son Max in a school shooting. The anniversary of the event is coming and they’re struggling, unable to move on or even to enter Max’s room. Can entering the room start the healing process?

Jenny – mother of son lost in school shooting. Actor, 30s-40
Will – Jenny’s husband and father of son lost in school shooting. Actor, 30s-40

Slow Our Ship by Arianna Rose
Director: Michelle Strauss
A boy. A girl. A port. The courtship and marriage of two Irish teenagers revolves around a bench and lamppost till the sea calls it debt. A period drama set in Cork, Ireland, in the 1800s.

SEAN Irish, sailor tradesman, married to Siobhan, ages from late teens/early 20s to 30s
SIOBHAN Irish, Sean’s wife ages from late teens/early 20s to 30s

Uncle Teddy by Keith Whalen
Director: Bob Trisolini
When Sharlene receives a job offer that requires a long-distance move, she and her wife Linnie must break the news to Teddy, Linnie’s brother, who has become very attached to his three-year-old nephew.

SHARLENE (F), 35-45
LINNIE (F), 45-55
TEDDY (M), 30-45