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Casting Late Teen Talent for New Play "Mensa"

Chula Vista, CA, United States
ID: 609032Exp: 7/6/2026
Description:

Seeking late teen talent for an upcoming theatrical production. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: After a fantastic opening weekend of Isaac’s Eye, we’re already looking forward to what’s up next! We’re holding auditions are for MENSA, a bold new play by Salomón Maya, whose name you might recognize as the playwright behind MUGRE and MASA which both premiered. In today’s world of podcasts, outrage, algorithms, family wounds, and online personas, MENSA follows Esther, a brilliant and emotionally guarded teenager preparing for Mensa, as she turns her fractured family and a political podcast debate into her own experiment on human connection. With the help of AI, 90s sitcom logic, tamales, and one very complicated dinner table, Esther tries to prove whether people on opposite sides can still find a way back to each other. Rate: All actors will receive a stipend. Additional info: Possible callbacks: July 8 Please prepare a monologue of your choice. Performances run August 21–September 13. When applying, please send a headshot and a resume.

1 role

ESTHERFemale17-18 y.o.All ethnicities

BRILLIANT. AWKWARD, AND EMOTIONALLY GUARDED. PREPARING FOR MENSA. SHE SEES PATTERNS IN EVERYTHING AND SPEAKS WITH UNCOMFORTABLE HONESTY. TO MAKE SENSE OF THE CHAOS AROUND HER, SHE IMAGINES HER FAMILY AS A 1990S SITCOM WHERE PROBLEMS ARE SIMPLE AND NOBODY REALLY LEAVES.

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