Time Stands Still

Vancouver Actors Guide is seeking actors for remaining roles in Time Stands Still, a stage production mounting in Vancouver, BC. This is a theatre production casting performers across multiple character roles, with rehearsals structured around evenings and weekends to accommodate working actors. The production suits performers who are comfortable with appointment-based auditions and bringing prepared sides to the table.

About the Role

Time Stands Still is a profit-share theatre production with rehearsals running three days per week through August and September, scheduled based on cast availability. The play centers on characters navigating trauma, journalism, and domestic life, drawing on the kind of grounded, character-driven performance work common to intimate theatre productions. Note that the role of Sarah Goodwin has already been cast, and Vancouver Actors Guide is filling the remaining ensemble roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend scheduled auditions by appointment, bringing strong character work informed by the provided sides.
• Commit to a rehearsal schedule of three evenings or weekend sessions per week across August and September.
• Develop and sustain character throughout a full theatrical run under the direction of the production team.
• Collaborate with the director and fellow cast members to build scenes rooted in the play’s specific dramatic world.
• Participate in the profit-share model, which ties compensation to the production’s box office performance.
• Bring flexibility to scheduling discussions during the rehearsal period as call times are set around cast availability.

What You Bring

• Stage performance experience in dramatic or character-driven theatre productions.
• Ability to work from provided sides in advance of a formal audition appointment.
• Comfort working within a profit-share production structure common to independent theatre.
• Availability across evenings and weekends from August through September.
• A background of any race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender identity, body type, sexuality, age, or physical ability, as this production casts based on suitability for the role.

Why This Role

Time Stands Still is a well-regarded play with a clear dramatic spine, giving performers real material to work with in a structured independent production environment. Vancouver Actors Guide has connected Vancouver’s acting community with production opportunities for years and this listing reflects that ongoing commitment to accessible, inclusive casting. Compensation is profit-share.

Submit your resume and headshot to be considered for Time Stands Still through Vancouver Actors Guide, and include the production title in your subject line when reaching out.