Roles:

*The roles of Ishmael, Stubb and Aunt Charity have been cast.  All other roles are available.  Many roles may be doubled.  We are very open to possible gender blind casting for several roles.

AHAB: Captain of the Pequod.  He has been a whaler for 40 years, grizzled and gray.  He has one false leg made of whale bone.  Passionately obsessed with finding and taking revenge on Moby Dick

STARBUCK: First Mate of the Pequod.  A serious man, devout Quaker. Tries to the end to reason with Ahab to no avail.

MARY:  STARBUCK’S wife.

JAMES:  STARBUCK’S young son

BILDAD: Half owner of the Pequod.

PELEG: Owns the other half of the Pequod.

BULKINGTON: Sailor on the Pequod.  A large, good natured Irishman. Plays the fiddle.

TASHTEGO: Harpooner on the Pequod.  A Gay Head Indian of great stature.

DAGGOO: Another harpooner who signs onto the Pequod.  Huge, strong and fearless.

FLASK: Third Mate of the Pequod.  A small man.  A somewhat anxious, pessimistic fellow, but a skillful and experienced whaler.

PETER COFFIN: Landlord of the Spouter Inn.  Loves the ladies and has a twisted sense of humor.

QUEEQUEG: A South Sea Islander, tall, muscular, strong and intimidating, he is covered with tattoos from head to foot.  A skilled harpooner.

PIPPIN: A young boy nabbed for picking pockets and shanghaied to the Pequod.

SHIP’S CARPENTER: A competent, experienced fellow.

FATHER MAPPLE: A retired whaler himself, he looks after the spiritual lives of the Nantucket sailors.

Roles:

Christopher John Francis Boone:  Male; Lead; 15-year-old protagonist.  Though his diagnosis is never specified, characteristics indicate he could be on the autism spectrum, or Asperger’s. Mathematically gifted, struggles for social acceptance and understanding. He views the world largely in absolutes, feels most comfortable with logic and order.  He resides with his father and pet rat Toby.

Ed Boone: Male; Lead; age range 40-50. Christopher’s father, a boiler engineer. Is doing his best to raise Christopher as a single parent; explosive temper; has secrets he has long tried to keep hidden.

Judy Boone: Female; Lead; age range late 30’s-45. Christopher’s mother. Christopher believes she died prior to the time when the play begins.

Siobhan: Female; Lead; age range 30-40. Christopher’s teacher and mentor at school. One of the few people whom Christopher trusts and opens up to.

• Pronunciation:   shiv-ON; shiv – rhymes with GIVE; ON – rhymes with GONE

 Mrs. Shears:  Female; Supporting; flexible age range 30’s-50. Christopher’s neighbor, owner of the dog Wellington discovered dead at the beginning of the play. Also plays:

• Mrs. Gascoyne: The head of Christopher’s school.
• Woman on Train
• Shopkeeper
• Voice One

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: January 21, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: March 1 – 24, 2019

Directed by Andrew Start

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: February 4, 2019- Monday and Tuesday rehearsals (Subject to change)

Production Run: February 22 – 24, 2018

Directed by Jake Schaefer

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

Do you sing and/or dance? Have you performed or studied at Civic in the last three seasons? Do you have a song you’re dying to belt out (fitting role, dream role, stretch role, miscast, concept, or group number idea)? If you answered yes (to all three), you’re right for Broadway, Beat by Beat – a musical revue-style celebration of Spokane’s great talents. We’ll build a show on the best ideas and/or performances. Sing your strongest idea for auditions and bring the options you’re considering.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: March 4, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: May 3 – 26, 2019

Directed by Heather McHenry-Kroetch

Artie Shaugnessy is a songwriter with visions of glory and the lead character of this delicious black comedy. Toiling by day as a zookeeper, he suffers in seedy lounges by night, plying his wares at piano bars in Queens, where he lives with his wife, Bananas, much to the chagrin of Artie’s downstairs mistress, Bunny Flingus, who refuses to cook until they are married. On the day the Pope is making his first visit to the city, Artie’s son Ronny goes AWOL from Fort Dix. Also arriving are Artie’s old school chum, now a successful Hollywood producer, Billy Einhorn, and his starlet girlfriend who holds the key to Artie’s dreams of getting out and away from the life he so despises. But like many dreams, this promise of glory evaporates amid the chaos of ordinary lives.

Production Details:

Rehearsals Start: March 25, 2019 (Subject to change)

Production Run: May 17 – June 16, 2019

Directed by Jake Schaefer

Music Directed by Henry McNulty

Choreographed by Cara Cooley

Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor, and a leggy lab assistant, Inga, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather’s. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds.