Tree Fort Productions Projects Season Audition Notice 2025-2026
​Equity and Non-Equity Actors Welcome
Sunday August 17th, 2025 2-6pm 
CALL BACKS ARE MONDAY AUGUST 18th 7:30-9:00pm

Audition Location
Tree Fort Productions 
Studio Theatre
3501 South Tamiami Trail Sarasota FL 34239 Suite #136
*PLEASE ENTER AT THE CHICO’S DOOR BETWEEN CONNORS AND ALDI*
If you have any questions, please contact us at 941.544.2276 or [email protected]


AUDITION MATERIALS
​PLEASE BRING TWO HEADSHOTS AND RESUMES TO AUDITION

​Please prepare 1 two-minute monologue (Comedic or Dramatic)
OR
Please prepare 2 one-minute monologues, one comedic and one dramatic
OR
Please prepare 1 one-minute song a cappella and 1 one-minute monologue

​BREAKDOWNS

The Ballad of Paul and Babe
By Katherine Michelle Tanner
2 W 2 M
  • BABE: Female, hardworking, shy, loyal.
  • PAUL: Male, hardworking, robust, loyal.
  • JACK/TOWNSPERSON: Either gender, impish, rascally, secretive.
  • NARRATOR/TOWNSPERSON: Either gender, kind and wise.
SCHEDULE
  • First Rehearsal: September 2
  • Tech: Saturday Sept 6
  • Rehearse September 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 7:15-9:30pm
  • Rehearse September 6,7,13,14 2-5pm (6pm if needed)
  • Show Opens September 12-21
  • Runs September 12,13, 19, 20 7:30pm
  • Run September 13, 14, 20 2pm

Play Reading One: Entanglements
By Dennis Parker
2W 2 M
  • ASH: A reclusive man in his late 40’s to early 50’s. He lives in a cluttered New York City loft, its walls lined with sketches and code-filled notebooks. 
  • IRIS: Ash’s estranged wife, 40s, a sharp and articulate science writer for Scientific American. Her passion lies in explaining the mysteries of black holes and quantum theory to the masses. 
  • JUSTICE: A Millennial personality in a 50-something body. This pizza delivery “girl”/woman has a bold style and is unapologetically herself, an artist at heart striving to live an authentic life. 
  • Elliot: Iris’s colleague, mid-30s, neurodivergent on the milder end of the autism spectrum with a sharp, analytical mind. 
Schedule:
  • First Rehearsal Oct 7
  • Rehearse: Oct 7, 8, 9, and 10 7:15pm-9:30pm
  • Show opens: Saturday October 11 2pm

Play Reading Two: Edgar and Emily  
By Joseph McDonough
1W 1 M 
  • Edgar Allen Poe, 54
  • Emily Dickenson, 33
Schedule
  • First Rehearsal: October 13
  • Rehearse: October 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 7:30-9:30pm
  • Show opens Saturday October 18 2pm

Recipe for the Holiday
 By Katherine Michelle Tanner
3W 2 M
This show is a remount and we are only looking for male actor to sing and play 2 roles age range open 40-65 
Schedule
  • First Rehearsal Nov 18
  • Rehearse: November 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26 7:15-9:30pm
  • Rehearse: November 22, 23 2-6pm
  • Off November 27
  • Open: November 28, Early Call 5pm for any last-minute brush-ups
  • Shows Nov. 28, 2,9 Dec. 5, 6, 12, 13 7:30pm
  • Shows November 29, 30, Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14, 2pm

Notes from the Dashboard
 By Katherine Michelle Tanner
1W 1 M 
Both roles are cast

Althea and Angela
 By Todd Olson
2W 1M
  • ALTHEA GIBSON 29 years old, 5’11”, a street tough girl from Harlem who would do anything to win. Intermittently she also sings songs from the LP which she recorded after her tennis days. Part 3 finds Althea at age 68.
  • ANGELA BUXTON 22 years old, 5’9”, a cultured girl from Liverpool who would do anything to win. She briefly plays American tennis champion Alice Marble and an announcer. Part 3 finds Angela at aged 61.
  • MAN 40-60, plays tennis officials/scorekeepers from various countries, as well as racist spectators, announcers, members of the press, Angela’s father Harry Buxton, Queen Elizabeth, and Althea’s neighbor. 
Schedule
  • Performances: March 7, 8,14, 15 2pm
  • First Rehearsal Feb 17
  • Rehearse: Feb 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 March 3, 4 5 7:15-9:30pm
  • Rehearse: Feb 21, 22, 28, March 1 2-5pm (6pm if needed)
  • Shows March 6-15 possible extension till 22
  • Performances: March 6,7, 13,14 7:30pm