Auditions for Dhol Tashe

 
 

Audition Notice

Bay Area Drama Company and Solid Theater invite you to audition for their upcoming production

DHOL TASHE

A play in English

Original play in Marathi by C. P. Deshpande

Translated and Directed by Megha Herur

Shows: March 8 to Mar 17, 2024 at Pear Theatre

Tech: Mar 4-7

Auditions: Nov  11 & 12

About the play

Dhol Tashe is a satire about conformity in society. This realistic play is set in Pune, where members of a middle-class family are all caught up in the rituals surrounding Ganesh Chaturthi. All, that is, except one man.

Dhol Tashe is a humorous take on what happens when conformity meets independent thinking.

Roles Available

The age range given against each role should be treated as guidance only. If you can credibly play the role, we will consider you. 

All roles are for actors who can play South Asian characters.

Here are the details of the roles available:

  • 3 male characters ( 25 - 35)

  • 2 female characters (25 -35)

  • 1 female character (45+)

  • 1 male character (40+)

Rehearsal Schedule

In-person rehearsals will be held at our rehearsal studio in San Jose. We typically rehearse two days a week on weekday evenings and both weekend days.

Rehearsals will begin on Nov 15th. To be considered for the cast of this play you must have good availability from Nov 15 to Feb 17 and you must be available from Feb 1 to March 17, when run-throughs, tech rehearsals and performances are scheduled.

All performances will be held at The Pear Theater, Mountain View.

We are a non-union company. All roles are unpaid, volunteer positions.

Auditions

In-person auditions will be held on Nov 11 & 12, at our rehearsal studio at 1585 N. 4th Street, Unit I, San Jose 95112. If you are interested in auditioning but are not available on these dates, please indicate this in the Audition Form below. We may be able to audition you separately, but would greatly prefer that you came to the in-person auditions.

Monologue auditions will be held in the afternoon of Nov 11. Please come prepared with a two minute audition in English. Each auditionee will be given an individual slot for their monologue audition.  Auditionees who are successful in this stage of the audition will be invited to Callbacks, the morning of Nov 12.  At Callbacks, auditionees will read from the play’s script along with other auditionees.

The Callbacks on Nov 12 will start at 2 PM. This time is subject to change as we get closer to the audition day.

Actors who have been in the cast of a recent BADCo production or Solid Theater production may come straight to Callbacks but they must still fill out the Audition Form.

Please fill out and submit your audition form to receive further instructions about the auditions.

If you would like to be a part of the crew of Dhol Tashe, as part of the backstage or design teams, please sign up here.

For more information please reach out to us at info@bayareadrama.company or contact@solidtheater.com

Basab Pradhan