Carrie & Coast Starlight Audition Dates
- January 24: 6pm - 9pm
- January 25: Noon - 3pm
- January 25: Callbacks with Choreography 3pm - 5pm
Attention
Due to weather, Sunday, January 25th's auditions have been moved to Zoom. Please use the information below:Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82104133976
Meeting ID: 821 0413 3976
Carrie Audition Information
(Show Dates: April 16-19, 2026)
For the following characters please prepare (music cut and backing tracks attached):
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Carrie - “Carrie” (M. 20-63), (M. 135–150)
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0:27-1:36 and 3:39-4:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCNcq2mO6c&list=PL0AW-YCIpKx0-uzsW65lA_SqduCtsNfxl&index=2
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Margaret - “And Eve Was Weak” (m. 90-126) “When There's No One” (M. 47-66)
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Chris - “The World According to Chris” (M. 17–33)
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Miss Gardner - “Unsuspecting Hearts” (M. 62–79)
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Tommy - “Dreamer in Disguise” (M. 9–21)
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Billy - “The World According To Chris” (M. 35-67)
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Ensemble - “In” (M. 62-84) - choose which vocal line you want - you don’t have to sing melody
There will also be a dance call during callbacks.
- Chris and Billy are asked to engage in some physical intimacy, and hints at sexual abuse.
- Tommy and Sue are asked to engage in some light physical intimacy.
- Ensemble teenagers may be asked to engage in physical intimacy in scenes such as prom dancing and basic teenage dating shows of affection.
- Carrie is asked to appear as though naked under a large towel with simulated period blood running down her leg. She will also be asked to have simulated pig’s blood dumped on her from directly above her, as well as potential water.
- Carrie and Margaret are asked to engage in intimate mother/daughter moments as well as violent moments including religious violence.
- Tommy may get blood and water on him from above.
- All ensemble characters will likely be asked to participate in bullying, fight choreography, and contact-based dance.
- *An intimacy director will be utilized.
For six strangers aboard The Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Seattle, California is 1,000 miles of train tracks on which they’ll be forced to reckon with the choices they’ve made and try to chart a possible path forward. Keith Bunin’s new commission for La Jolla Playhouse is a smart, comic and compassionate play about our capacity for invention (and re-invention) when life goes off the rails. All ethnicities encouraged to audition.
T.J. - Early 20s. Friendly, open-hearted, thoughtful, polite, slightly formal, but warm. Working-class. From the country, not the city. Southern or Midwestern. A Navy medic.
Jane - Early to Mid-20s. Garrulous, bubbly, curious, extremely emotionally available, immediately appealing. East coast. The daughter of professors.
Noah - 30s. Scruffy, off-the grid. Not always sociable but never scary, genuinely empathetic. Working-class. Athletic. Takes care of himself. West coast. Well-read.
Liz - 30s/40s. Brash, emotionally sloppy, voluble, opinionated, loud, a fast talker. Working class, from Florida.
Ed - 40s/50s. A suit-and-tie salesman. Cynical, weary, sarcastic, sardonic. Doesn’t take very good care of himself. Middle-class. West coast.
Anna - 40s/50s. Soft-spoken, watchful, observant, tender, slightly reserved. Middle-class. West coast.
