2024 Audition

Mountain Theatre Company is committed to diversity and operates with a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Mountain Theatre Company encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition.

PERSONNEL:
Executive Artistic Director - Scott Daniel
Vocal & Musical Director - Lori Nielsen
Company Manager - Emanuel Carrero

CONTRACT DETAILS:
Production: The Burnt Part Boys
Contract Dates: 09/23/24 - 10/28/24
First Rehearsal: 09/24/24
Opening: 10/11/24
Closing: 10/27/24
Rate: $500/wk
Housing & Travel: Provided/Reimbursed

LOCATION:
Mountain Theatre Company
507 Chestnut Street
Highlands, NC, 28741

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Siblings from a mining town learn the power of self-reliance in this Appalachian, bluegrass-inspired journey. This musical, which took New York audiences and critics by storm in 2010, is one of the most imaginative and heart-felt original musicals in recent memory. Set in an Appalachian mining town that was the scene of a tragic disaster many years before, Pete is fighting to claim his past. His older brother Jake is hoping to forge a future. With their friends, they each embark on a life-altering journey to the mine that took their father’s life. By turns magical, inspiring, raucous, and playful – the story is set to a driving and haunting mid-century bluegrass-inspired score. The Burnt Part Boys is an empowering and thrilling theatrical experience for all ages. This heartwarming adventure will capture your heart as it finds the peaks of light and valleys of darkness within us all.

AUDITION INFORMATION:
All artists MUST be 18+ years of age. All roles will be played by adults. 
Mountain Theatre Company is seeking professional artists for the following roles:
Actor-Musicians with skills in Viola, Violin/Mandolin, and/or Banjo are encouraged to submit

CHARACTERS:

Pete
Gender: Male | 18+ to play age: 13 to 16 | Height: Under 5'9" | Vocal range: A5 – B2 
About to be a freshman in high school. Intense and very imaginative, but occasionally still hovers on the precipice of childhood playfulness. He is skeptical of the coal mining industry. Curious and adventurous. Loves The Alamo, started losing hisself in films when he was five, and reads everything. Jake's younger brother.

Dusty
Gender: Male | 18+ to play age: 13 to 16 | Height: Under 5'9" | Vocal range: A6 - D4
Pete's best friend. Under the thumb of his postman dad. Awkward/overwhelmed in his puberty-deluged body, and doubts his physical strength. Clothes never fit right. Given to sudden existential thoughts. Generally amiable, loves to talk. Religious. Always carries a saw for the occasional tune. Ability to play/learn the saw is a plus! 

Jake
Gender: Male | 18+ to play age: 18 to 21 | Height: 5'11" - 6'3" | Vocal range: G#5 - C4
Pete's older brother who would be a senior in high school. Dropped out to go into mining and support his family, and under consideration for a leadership role with the mining company. Angry but accepting of being responsible for fathering Pete due to their depressed mother and dead father. Cynical, conflicted, jaded, resentful, determined. Atheltic by nature and is seen in his physique. 

Chet
Gender: Male | 18+ to play age: 18 to 21| Height: 5'11" - 6'3" | Vocal range: D6 - D4
Jake's best friend and co-worker in the mines. An outgoing guy, but a bit of a wise-ass. Decided to go into the mines, will stick with it, would never turn his back on family traditions. Saving up to get himself a real home, currently crashing in the mining company shed, which makes him nervous. Does not realize his leadership potential. Stubborn, loyal. A lovable oaf type. 

Frances
Gender: Female | 18+ to play age: 13 to 16 | Height: Under 5'6" | Vocal range: C6 - G3
Dry wit, with a "hotness"/temper she's always trying to keep a hold on. Needs to be in control. Ran away from home and alcoholic mother, and now lives in the woods three months later. Tries anyway possible to find all the information regarding her father and his death. Brave.

Dad / Pete's Fantasy Men
Gender: Male | Age: 30 to 45 | Height: 5'11" - 6'3" | Vocal range: A5 - B2
Appears as Pete's "Alamo" fantasies (Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie), and as his father in the mines.

Dead Miners (x4)
Gender: Male | Age: 30 to 60 | Height: 5'11" - 6'3" | Vocal range: A5 - E2
A group of FOUR men, ranging in age, who appear as ghosts in the coal mines. They died with Pete and Jake's dad in the 1952 mining accident. Must have great voices and part singing skills. Actor-Musicians with skills in Viola, Violin/Mandolin, and/or Banjo are encouraged to submit for these roles.