UpStage Napa Valley PlayFest 2025
15-Minute Plays - Variety of Roles
July 30 - 7 pm - 9 pm
1428 Spring St, St Helena, CA 94574
Weekend Performance Dates: October 10 - 26
Rehearsals will be held weekly beginning August 18, with technical rehearsals the week prior to opening night.
Open Roles
Still Waters Run Cheap
Waiter
Guest
The Un-Americanization of Emily
Federal agents pose preposterous questions and force the preschool owner to leave the country.
Preschool teacher
Agent one
Agent two
Coat of Gold
Dealing with an institutionalized man with dementia
Curtis – has dementia
Don -prisoner
China
What if Pat Nixon contemplated leaving President Nixon because of Watergate?
Thema
Tricia
Janis Joplin in Aisle 29
A humorous visit from Janis to Walmart at night.
Janis Joplin
Store clerk
Store manager
Napoleon Entering Brighton Beach
Pearl Fisher
Napoleon
Mordechai
A Flicker
Flickering lamppost – possible communication of a loved one who passed
Unnamed Character A
Unnamed Character B
Meet in the Park
Return of the spirit on the anniversary of his death in a park.
Claudette
Randall
Mary
Ghosted
A woman’s online date gets hit by a truck and shows up late as a ghost.
Mike – bartender
Maggie- bar patron – stood up
Daniel – hit by a truck on his way
Headshot and resume are not necessary, but bring if you have them.
Sides (chosen scenes from plays we are casting) will be given to read.
$100 stipend per actor per production.
If you cannot make this audition,
we can arrange another time for you to read.
Please email us at: info@upstagenapavalley.org
Or call Sharie Renault at
(707) 337-5850