Auditions for Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal
Tuesday, September 1 at 4:00
Mainstage Theatre (D100)
Performances
October 7 at 5:30 p.m. Free Preview
October 8 - 10 at 7:30 p.m.
October 10 at 2:00 p.m.
For the audition, prepare and memorize a contemporary monologue, comic or dramatic, 45-60 seconds in length. Callbacks will be Wednesday, September 2 at 4:00 in the Mainstage Theatre (D100) and will consist of a cold reading. Needed for the production are 4 men and 4 women who can play a high school age range. Also needed for the production ar
e a variety of technicians. Those interested in a technical role should attend the September 1 audition in order to complete the required paperwork.
All members of the cast and crew will need to enroll in Theatre Practicum, DRAM 1120 Section 41402.Rehearsals for the production begin September 8 and are M-F from 4-7. Technical rehearsal is Saturday, October 3 from 10-8. Performances are October 8-10. This show is a participating entry in the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival and all cast and crew members will need to be available to travel with the production from October 19-24 to San Jacinto College South.
WARNING: Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead contains language and situations of a frank and adult nature that are considered offensive. This production is for mature audiences only.
THE STORY: When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group's bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that's both haunting and hopeful.
THE REVIEWS: "Good grief! The Peanuts kids have finally come out of their shells." —Time Out. "A welcome antidote to the notion that the Peanuts gang provides merely a slice of American cuteness." —NY Times. "...easily identifiable with the Peanuts crowd yet with a distinctly 'Royal' touch...The way Royal builds on the foundation of Charles Schulz's iconic comic strip actually results in a parody that's also a stand-alone play apt to resonate even with anyone belonging to that small population segment unfamiliar with Peanuts." —CurtainUp. "Inventive and raunchy...hysterically funny." —NY Post. "Bert V. Royal is the playwright of the Off-Broadway show DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD and is he ready to confess all!" —Broadway.com. "DOG SEES GOD doesn't feel like the same old high-school-warfare schlock. The characters—teenage and reckless—are both genuinely sympathetic and unquestionably cruel. Growing more hysterical — and more harrowing — as it flows to an inevitable, uncomfortable end, this taut comedy manages to make tired clichés about stoners and popular homecoming airheads funny and endearing." —NY Magazine.
Contact Chase Waites at chase@lonestar.edu if you need further information.
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