*Originally the production called for 6 men and 1-2 woman. Our production is going to be more flexible with gender. The fathers could be mothers, or one father and one mother, The Old Actor and the The Man Who Dies could be woman, even El Gallo could be a woman. Ultimately, I believe the show can be mounted with any combination of male and female actors. Also, your age is not important as you will be actors playing characters therefore a young actor can play the “Old” actor.
Backdoor Playhouse
News
Cast List for Leading Ladies
Meg Maddie Maas
Leo William Guynn
Jack Quentin Powell
Audrey Kennady Campbell
Duncan Caleb Grider
Florence Rhea Geer
Doc Aaron Ramsey
Butch Max Johnson
Thank you for a great night of auditions. I am always impressed by the talent on this campus.
If you were not cast but expressed interest in tech work we will contact you shortly.
Our first cast meeting will take place on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 1:00 pm in the Backdoor Playhouse. Scripts will be distributed as well as rehearsal schedules. Costume measurements will be taken at this time.
If you have a conflict please contact Emma Waltenbaugh at egwaltenba42@tntech.edu.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Mark H. Creter
Director
Winterfest 2023 Cast List
Our first read through will be this Saturday from 2 to 5pm at the Backdoor Playhouse. Check your email for more information. If, for whatever reason, you cannot make it to our first read-through please contact James Alder at jalder@tntech.edu. If you were not cast, but indicated that you’d be interested in crew work, we will contact you soon. Thank you for your interest and participation.
The Candidate by Brent Holland
WHITE - Eddie Sorrow
BLUE - Logan Campbell
BLACK - Quentin Powell
RED - Becca Moore
DR. RUNNELS - Sharon Henry
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Check Please by Jonathan Rand
GIRL - Alivia Hintz
GUY - Jax Lelle
LOUIS - Kurtis Blevins
MELANIE - Laken Brown
KEN - Riley Grecol
PHOEBE - Becca Moore
MARK - Corey Goavec
PEARL - Victoria Dell
TOD - William Guynn
SOPHIE - Sharon Henry
BRANDON - Dillon Preston
LINDA - Miranda Boyd
MATT - Quentin Powell
MIMI - Emily Barnett
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10 Ways to Survive The Zombie Apocalypse by Don Zolidis
NARRATOR 1 – Todd Beasley
NARRATOR 2 – Miranda Davis
GIRL – Laken Brown
NANNA – Sharon Henry
CHRISTY – Becca Moore
JIMMY - Ronnie Stegall
SAM – Ray Rice
SUSAN – Kennady Campbell
ZOMBIE – Sam Hunter
ZOMBIE – Robert Olson
ZOMBIE – Mandy Jones
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Newsletter 02-10-2022
Newsletter 11-5-2021
Newsletter 8-25-2021
We gratefully thank Spotlight Costumes for the beautiful costumes on our recent production of The Fantasticks! It is amazing to have this local company do such expert work. Thanks to Amy Ing and Anthony Herd!
Cast List for Airness
Ed “Shreddy Eddy” Leary Aaron Ramsey
Gabe “Golden Thunder” Partridge Aaron Ross
Mark “Facebender” Lender Cory Goavec
Astrid “Cannibal Queen” Anderson Ashley Hale
Nina “The Nina” O’Neal Chloe White
David “D Vicious” Cooper Ronnie Stegall
Announcer/Sprite Exec/ Hooded Figure Robert Olson
Thank you for a great night of auditions. I am always impressed by the talent on this campus.
If you were not cast but expressed interest in tech work we will contact you shortly.
Our first cast meeting will take place on Saturday, February 19 at 10:00am in the Backdoor Playhouse. Scripts will be distributed as well as rehearsal schedules. Costume measurements will be taken at this time.
If you have a conflict please contact me at mcreter@tntech.edu and Emma Waltenbaugh at egwaltenba42@tntech.edu and James Alder at jalder@tntech.edu. I look forward to working with all of you. We are going to ROCK the Backdoor Playhouse!!!
Mark H. Creter
Director
THE WOLVES CAST LIST IS HERE:
Cast List for The Wolves*
#00 – Kennady Campbell
#2 – Elise Hilpert
#7 – Alanah Smitshon
#8 – Lex Edwards
#11 – Harley Dodson
#13 – Miranda Davis
#14 – Lilly Cunningham
#25 – Emily Graham
#46 – Ashley Hale
Soccer Mom – Emily Amonett
I am so excited to work with each and every one of you, and look forward to our first
read-through, which will be this coming Saturday, November 20th, 11AM – 2PM. We will
discuss the show, take measurements, and read through the show together!
A large thank you to all the talented women who participated in auditions! You are
all incredible and made casting this show delightfully challenging. If you were not
cast but are still interested in working as a crew member on The Wolves, feel free
to message stage manager Catherine McCaig at jwmccaig42@tntech.edu for additional information!
Current Audition Information @ the TN Tech Backdoor Playhouse
Can be found on our new "Auditions" webpage here:
Upcoming Auditions at the TTU Backdoor Playhouse
THE WOLVES
Auditions - Tuesday NOV 16th from 7pm-10pm
By Sarah DeLappe
The Story:
Pulitzer Prize finalist The Wolves is the debut play of up-and-coming playwright Sarah
DeLappe.
Featuring an all-female cast (comprised of nine adolescents and one briefly-seen adult),
The Wolves chronicles six Saturday mornings in the lives of a soccer team somewhere
in suburban America as they prepare for their games. The girls discuss everything
from genocide to menstrual cycles to drugs to boys to literature to each other, and
a group of girls whom at first seem indistinguishable as each is referred to by only
her number and all are clad in the same jersey only bearing her number quickly become
identifiable and different. In the course of six short weeks, the Wolves deal with
love, loss, and identity in ways that real teenagers do.
Audition Notice Wolves PDF version
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
Roles available for 10 women (16-21).
Casting is open to all interested people. Minority performers are encouraged
to audition.
Directed by Joe Clark. Produced by the TN Tech English Department.
For further information, or to borrow a script, please contact
Mark Creter at (931) 372-3478 or mcreter@tntech.edu or visit www.tntech.edu/bdph
The Fantasticks!
Cast List for The Fantasticks
The Narrator Emma Olson
Bellomy, the Girl’s Father Dylan DeVries
Hucklebee, the Boy’s Mother Sheela Brachey
Luisa, The Girl Emma Fox
Matt, The Boy William Guynn
El Gallo Eleni Fragopoulos
Henry, The Old Actor Samuel Lloyd
Mortimer, The Man Who Dies Brenden Stoops
The Mute Quentin Powell
Understudies- Ryan Steele, Emma Olson
Thank you for a great night of auditions. I am always impressed by the talent on this
campus.
If you were not cast but expressed interest in tech work we will contact you shortly.
Our first cast meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 14 at 7:00pm in the Backdoor
Playhouse. Scripts and scores will be distributed as well as rehearsal schedules.
Costume measurements will be taken at this time.
If you have a conflict please contact me at mcreter@tntech.edu and James Alder at jalder@tntech.edu I look forward to working with all of you.
Mark Creter / Director
The Fantasticks!
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt.
Suggested by a play called “Les Romanesques” by Edmund Rostand.
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
Music Direction by Mendy Richards
Auditions will take place at the Backdoor Playhouse.
Acting and Singing auditions on Thursday, September 9, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Callbacks on Saturday, September 11, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (as needed)
Principle roles (both men and women) available for 8 performers (18-50). *
AVAILABLE ROLES:
1. The Narrator (m/f) 2. The Boy’s Father (Mother) (m/f)
3. El Gallo (m/f) 4. The Girl’s Father (Mother) (m/f)
5. The Girl (f) 6. The Old Actor (m/f)
7. The Boy (m) 8. The Man Who Dies (m/f)
9. The Mute (m/f)
You do not need to be a TTU student to audition or to be cast.
Minority actors are strongly encouraged.
Interested performers should prepare 16 bars of any song for their singing audition, acting auditions will consist of cold-reading and improvisation.
Performance dates in the Backdoor Playhouse:
November 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.
Late Show: November 11, 2021 at 10:00 p.m., Matinee: November 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Produced in arrangement with Music Theatre International.
For more information contact Mark Creter at 372-6595 or mcreter@tntech.edu or visit our homepage at www.tntech.edu/bdph/.
Interested actors are encouraged to read the script in advance. You may borrow one for 24 hours from Mark Creter by contacting him at 931-372-3478 or mcreter@tntech.edu.
For further information call the Theatre office at 931-372-6595 or Mark Creter at 931-372-3478.
