Casting Teen Performers for "Why Must We Die So Young"
Looking for performers ages 16 and up for "Why Must We Die So Young". Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: This exciting new work captures the history of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi movement in 1940s Germany. This will be the inaugural production in Indianapolis Additional info: For general auditions, directors would like for performers to prepare a one-minute piece (14 lines) published before the 1960s. Performers who are called back will be asked to do readings from the script. Rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on December 10th for our read-thru. To complete the audition form please download the attachment. If interested, please apply.
8 roles
A handsome young man, Hans Scholl is blond, 24 years-old, well-spoken, and charismatic. He's a wordsmith with a wide range of knowledge and a born leader. Born and raised a Lutheran, he's heavily influenced by the Roman Catholic writer and Hochland magazine editor, Carl Muth.
Hans sister, Sophie-21-is a petite, athletic woman who wears her dark-brown hair in a bob. Though attractive, she has a face more handsome than pretty. She plays the piano, sketches, paints, edits a literary journal and is brave as a lioness. A Lutheran, she shares her brother's appreciation for the intellectual and devotional writings of Roman Catholic Carl Muth.
Pre-med student and Wehrmacht medic. 25 year-old Alexander Schmorell is a tall, lean, athletic young man with tawny brown hair. He plays the piano and balalaika, sculpts and paints, and is a fine horseman. Fun-loving with an ironic sense of humor, he's also Hans Scholl's best friend and right hand man. Due to his mother being Russian, a devout member of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
23-year-old pre-med student and Luftwaffe medic Christoph Probst is a devoted husband and loving father of two little boys. He has a tendency towards acting paternal, which can annoy his friends. A capable fencer, he also sings in an ensemble that performs Bach chorales. Raised a Theosophist, he will be baptized a Catholic before his death.
Pre-med student and decorated combat medic, 25-year-old Willi Graf is athletic, sturdy, and blond. A devout Roman Catholic, he's battled Nazis since his teenage years. He plays the viola, and fences, and is intellectual, earnest, and intensely Christian.
Despite her strict Lutheran parents being avid Nazis, 24-year-old Traute Lafrez is a fervent anti-Nazi activist, A graduate of a progressive school in Hamburg, she is now a brilliant pre-med student at the University of Munich. She's also the girlfriend of Hans Scholl.
Sophie's 25-year-old big sister, Inge, is outwardly plain but brimming with attractive qualities. Intelligent and well-spoken, she serves as the play's Narrator. She is best known for writing the first book about The White Rose Resistance.
21-year-old university student, Gisela Scherling is a pretty young woman with braided corn-colored hair and a sweet but rather clueless smile. She manages to become Sophie's best friend and Hans; girlfriend (after his break-up with Traute) without becoming aware of the fact they are the Leaders of the White Rose Resistance.
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