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| Auditions For The Phantom Tollbooth-Philadelphia, PA - Casting ID # 1382253 | |||
| Project Type | Live Event | Submission Type | Open Call |
| Market | Philadelphia, PA | Union | Non-union |
| Location | Swarthmore, PA 19081 | Release Date | 08-21-13 |
| Rate/Pay | n/a | Submission deadline | 11-23-13 |
| Audition Date | 11-24-13 | Casting Category | Theatre - Non-Equity |
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Auditions for The Phantom Tollbooth Needs a large cast (19+) of young actors ages 8-15 for March production. No monologues - sides from the script will be provided at the auditions. Familiarity with the story is highly recommended. All positions are non-union and non-paying. For more information, please email or call and leave a message for the director. SYNOPSIS: Milo, a very bored little boy, receives an unusual package one day: a make- believe tollbooth. When he drives through it in his electric toy car, he is suddenly transported to the Lands Beyond, a fantastic world of imagination. On his way to Dictionopolis, one of the country's two capitals, he meets Tock, the watchdog who joins him on his journey. In Dictionopolis, Milo meets King Azaz who presides over the world of letters and words. Azaz sends Milo on a mission to rescue two princesses, Rhyme and Reason, who are imprisoned in the Castle in the Air, which floats hundreds of feet off the ground. Milo and Tock leave Dictionopolis with a new companion, the Humbug, whom Azaz has sent along as a guide. The three head toward Digitopolis where they hope to persuade the Mathemagician to release the princesses. |
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| Role # 1 Milo |  |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The main character, Milo is a little boy who goes through all of his days in a state of horrible boredom. This routine changes when Milo takes a trip through the mysterious make-believe tollbooth that appears in his bedroom one day. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 2 Tock | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Milo's friend Tock is a literally a "watchdog." A giant clock makes up part of his body, and he constantly makes ticking noises. He patrols the Doldrums and stops people from wasting time. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 3 The Humbug | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Humbug is an insect who lives only to flatter people—especially himself. The Humbug is ignorant about everything from math to geography and proves himself the fool by his constant attempts to say intelligent things. After trying to brown-nose his way to favor with King Azaz, he accompanies Milo and Tock on their journey. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 4 King Azaz | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - King Azaz is ruler of the realm of letters and words. Azaz and his brother argue over which is more important—numbers or letters, and they banish the princesses Rhyme and Reason. Once he realizes the foolishness of his squabble, King Azaz sends Milo to rescue the princesses. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 5 The Mathemagician | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Azaz's brother, the Mathemagician, lives in a world of numbers. Unlike Azaz, the Mathemagician has doubts about releasing Rhyme and Reason. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 6 Rhyme | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The two princesses were adopted by the King of Wisdom and raised alongside Azaz and the Mathemagician. When Azaz and the Mathemagician asked them to determine whether numbers or letters are more important, Rhyme and Reason say each is equally valuable. The brothers then imprisoned the two princesses in the Castle in the Air. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 7 Reason | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The two princesses were adopted by the King of Wisdom and raised alongside Azaz and the Mathemagician. When Azaz and the Mathemagician asked them to determine whether numbers or letters are more important, Rhyme and Reason say each is equally valuable. The brothers then imprisoned the two princesses in the Castle in the Air. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 8 Faintly Macabre | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Which, Faintly Macabre, has been imprisoned since Rhyme and Reason disappeared. It was once her duty to select the words to use for every occasion, but she became corrupted by her power and began to horde the words for herself. Faintly tells Milo the story of the imprisoned princesses and inspires him to broach the subject with King Azaz. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 9 Alec Bings | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Milo first meets Alec Bings in the Forest of Sight, where Milo sees a boy floating several feet off the ground. Alec explains that in his family, everyone's head remains at the same height from the day they are born until the day they die and that their legs grow toward the ground. Alec has the special ability to "see through things" and can see anything except that which is right before his eyes. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 10 Chroma | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Conductor of the great color orchestra in the Forest of Sight, Chroma makes sure all the colors of the day are properly handled. When he decides to take a rest, Milo makes a mess of the colors of the day. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 11 Dischord | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Dr. Dischord, a quack doctor, prescribes medicines of terrible noises to all of his patients and has an assistant, a smoke monster named Dynne. Dischord and Dynne invent new sounds, peddle noise pulls, racket lotions, clamor salves and hubbub tonics in the Valley of Sound. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 12 Dynne | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Dr. Dischord, a quack doctor, prescribes medicines of terrible noises to all of his patients and has an assistant, a smoke monster named Dynne. Dischord and Dynne invent new sounds, peddle noise pulls, racket lotions, clamor salves and hubbub tonics in the Valley of Sound. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 13 The Soundkeeper | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Once ruler of the Valley of Sound, the Soundkeeper becomes dismayed with the lack of appreciation of beautiful sounds and the rise of Dr. Dischord's terrible practice. In protest, she cuts off sound and retreats to the fortress where she keeps all sounds made since the beginning of time. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 14 The Dodecahedron | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Dodecahedron has twelve different faces wearing twelve different emotions. He leads Milo and his companions through the numbers mine, where workers chisel out gemlike digits, to the city of Digitopolis. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 15 The Wordsnatcher | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - More nuisance than demon, the Everpresent Wordsnatcher is a bird who flutters around the Mountains of Ignorance turning the words of others around to illustrate his own cleverness. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 16 The Terrible Trivium | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Terrible Trivium is a demon with no facial features. He lives in the Mountains of Ignorance and preys upon travellers, convincing them to undertake tasks that can never be completed. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 17 Demon of Insincerity | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Demon of Insincerity looks like a cross between a beaver and a kangaroo. He tries to scare Milo and his companions off their path through the Mountains of Ignorance by throwing half-truths at them, which are only dispelled when they see this demon for what he really is. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 18 The Gelatinous Giant | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Gelatinous Giant is so huge that Milo first mistakes him for a mountain. He is the epitome of spinelessness. He hides in the Mountains of Ignorance and tries to look exactly like everything around him because he thinks it is "unsafe" to be different. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 19 The Senses Taker | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Senses Taker spends his days in the Castle in the Air trying to rob people of their senses by bombarding them with detailed questions. His appearance as an ink-stained old man perched over an enormous book deceives Milo into thinking his purpose is anything other than wasting time. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 20 Officer Shrift | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Officer Shrift is twice as wide as he is tall. In Dictionopolis, he works as a police officer, judge, and jailer all at the same time. Officer Shrift has a habit of sentencing people to millions of years in prison then immediately forgetting about them. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 21 The Whether Man | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - A peculiar fellow who says everything three times, the Whether Man is the caretaker of Expectations. He is so busy thinking about what could be and why that he never seems to go anywhere or get anything done. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 22 The Lethargians | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The Lethargians, minute creatures, live in perpetual boredom in the Doldrums. They change colors to match their surroundings and sometimes enforce laws against thinking and laughing. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 23 The Spelling Bee | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - Though he is a giant bee, the Spelling Bee is a self-taught master of spelling and enjoys randomly spelling the words he hears or speaks. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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| Role # 24 The Half Boy | |
| Seeking 1 talent(s) for this role - The result of a statistic, the Half Boy is really the leftover .58 from the 2.58 children the average family has. He believes in the reality of averages and likes to spend his time on the staircase to Infinity. Searchable talent specs : Age: from 8 to 15 |
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