EXPIRES: May 20, 2025

Theatre Casing Call for “The Outsiders” Show

Theater
Paying up to $1,144/week
Description

The company is holding auditions for “The Outsiders” show and looking for performers, please see the details below.

Additional info:
The Outsiders details the conflict between two rival gangs divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class “Greasers” and the upper-middle-class “Socs”. The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis, and takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965.

Additional info:
WHAT TO PREPARE
No monologue will be required. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.

15 Project roles
Ponyboy Curtis
18
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56.
Ponyboy is the narrator and the protagonist of the story. He is a fourteen-year-old member of the Greasers who lives with his two older brothers, Darry and Sodapop. He matures as the play progresses and realizes that the greasers are similar to the Socs and how important it is to stick together.
Application deadline closed.
Sodapop Curtis
18
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56.
Sodapop is Ponyboy's older brother, who works at the gas station. He is the middle of the three Curtis boys and the most easy-going of the three brothers. He often acts as a mediator between Ponyboy and Darry.
Application deadline closed.
Darry Curtis
18
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56.
Ponyboy’s oldest brother. His full name is Darrel Curtis. He is one of the older Greasers who raises Ponyboy and Sodapop after their parents die in a car accident. He is admired by all of the fellow Greasers and they all look up to him.
Application deadline closed.
Dallas Winston
18
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56.
Dally is another member of the Greasers and an old friend of Johnny’s from New York. He is reckless and wild, willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. Despite his tough exterior, he has a soft spot for Johnny and loves him like a brother.
Application deadline closed.
Keith “Two-Bit” Mathews
18
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56.
“Two-bit” is one of the Greasers’ oldest members. He’s a reliable source of comic relief but prone to shoplifting. He can be loud and obnoxious but has a compassionate side and is always there to support his friends. He loves to prank people but also knows when enough is enough. He loves his black-handled switchblade.
Application deadline closed.
Sandy
18
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56.
Sandy is Sodapop’s girlfriend and she is a fellow Greaser. She has a rough home life and is ready to get out of town.
Application deadline closed.
Sherrie “Cherry” Valance
18
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56.
Sherrie, known as Cherry due to her red hair, is Bob’s girlfriend. She is a Soc and a cheerleader, but she finds herself drawn to the Greasers when everything else in her life seems too fake. Ponyboy finds he can relate quite well to Cherry and eventually opens up to her.
Application deadline closed.
Bob Sheldon
18
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56.
Bob is a Soc. He has earned a reputation among Greasers for his tough and unfair fights and he often wearing his set of three heavy rings for added intimidation. He’s arrogant and manipulative, stopping at nothing to get what he wants.
Application deadline closed.
Randy Anderson
18
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56.
Randy is Marcia’s boyfriend and Bob’s closest companion. He’s a good-looking Soc who eventually acknowledges the futility of struggle. After Ponyboy rescues the children from the fire, Randy attempts to make peace with Ponyboy. He refuses to fight in the final Soc-greaser rumble.
Application deadline closed.
Marcia
18
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56.
Marcia, Cherry’s friend, and Randy’s girlfriend is a Soc who connects with Two-Bit at the drive-in. With a mutual appreciation for witty conversations and nonsensical musings, it’s no surprise that Marcia and Two-Bit become fast friends.
Application deadline closed.
Paul Holden
18
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56.
Paul is a husky, athletic Soc. Despite their prior friendship and being on the football team together in high school. Paul steps forward to confront Darry when the rumble begins.
Application deadline closed.
Jerry Wood
18
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56.
Jerry is the teacher who accompanies Ponyboy to the hospital after he saves the children from the fire. He takes a liking to Ponyboy and stays with him until his brothers arrive at the hospital.
Application deadline closed.
Mrs. O’Briant
18
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56.
She is the teacher who accompanies Ponyboy to the hospital after he saves the children from the fire.
Application deadline closed.
Doctor
18
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56.
Attends to Ponyboy, Dallas and Johnny after they are brought to the hospital after the fire.
Application deadline closed.
Nurse
18
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56.
Attends to Ponyboy, Dallas and Johnny after they are brought to the hospital after the fire.
Application deadline closed.