Audition dates: Sunday 10th (4pm) and Tuesday 12th March (7pm)
Location: Synge Street CBS
Provisional callback dates: Thursday 14th and Monday 18th March

Please send your applications to kate.cosgrave2@mail.dcu.ie with subject line “Kate Crackernuts Audition”, indicating which day you would like to attend and your preference for two roles max (doubled roles count as one slot, but you may not be called to read for both halves of a doubled role).

Father/Kate’s Mother and Lavender/Wilhema are the doubled roles.

You may also be asked to read in for other characters at the audition.

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Kate – Female
Kate is the mightiest cleverest person around. Practical Kate will set out to solve a problem, however unsolvable it may seem.

Paul – Male
A sick young man. Formerly an eloquent young man. Falls victim to vice in search of comfort after the death of his glorious mother. It’s taking its toll.

Paul’s voice – Female
All the better parts of Paul that don’t want to be lost by him. This is a highly physical and sometimes abstract role.

Headless Sheep – Any gender
A sheep, searching for a head and being very poetically Shakespearean about it. A storytelling role.

Anne – Female
Kate’s step-sister. An unmatched beauty and unrivaled romantic. No good at solving her own problems. 

Miss Prima – Female
Seductive and Deadly older woman. Queen of the scene, pusher and all-round femme fatale. 

Baby – Male
Miss Prima’s foul-mouthed and neglected baby.

Ralph – Male
Paul’s competitive brother. Wants his share of the attention.

Kate’s mother – Male
Kate’s loving mother, Anne’s evil stepmother. A brittle, jealous and insecure woman.

Father – Male
Paul’s father, a well-off Kingly type with as many good intentions as gold coins, but out of sane ideas to help his ailing son.

Lavender – Female
A mysterious wise old crone.

Wilhema – Female
A bouncer you don’t want to mess with.