The Gastown Witch Trials

Vancouver Actors Guide is casting performers for The Gastown Witch Trials, a dinner theatre production running at Water Street Cafe in Vancouver, BC. This is a live performance role in which actors bring scripted characters to life across five scheduled shows, working within an intimate dinner theatre format that demands consistency and audience engagement night after night. It suits stage performers who are comfortable in character-driven ensemble work and can hold a role through a short, concentrated production run.

About the Role

The Gastown Witch Trials is a dinner theatre production from Vancouver Actors Guide, performed at a Gastown venue where the audience and the show share the same room. Actors work through a rehearsal process that begins with a table read and moves into two focused pre-show rehearsals, both of which require full memorization before arrival. The production schedule is tight by design, so the two weeks leading into opening night are used for refinement, not line learning.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform in all five scheduled show dates: August 12th, August 19th, September 2nd, September 9th, and September 16th, with no exceptions to availability.
• Arrive at the table read, held approximately one week after casting, having already studied both your role and the complete script.
• Report to both pre-show rehearsals at Carousel Theatre for Young People fully off book, as the production enforces a strict preparedness policy that includes recasting if an actor is not ready.
• Deliver a grounded, character-consistent performance across a live dinner theatre environment where proximity to the audience is part of the theatrical experience.
• Submit an audition tape with your headshot and acting resume ahead of the June 11th midnight submission deadline.
• Include a singing sample with your submission if you are comfortable doing so, understanding that strong acting is the primary casting criterion and non-singing actors are genuinely considered.

What You Bring

• Stage performance experience, particularly in live theatre or dinner theatre production contexts.
• The ability to memorize a full role independently before the first rehearsal, without relying on the rehearsal process to learn lines.
• A current headshot and acting resume suitable for live performance casting submissions.
• Vocal ability is an asset but not a requirement, as the production prioritizes performance quality over singing.

Why This Role

Vancouver Actors Guide connects performers with working productions across the Vancouver theatre community, and The Gastown Witch Trials is a paid live theatre engagement with a defined run and a real audience. Compensation is $100 cash per performance, paid on the day of each show, totaling $500 across the full run. For actors building credits in live theatrical performance, this is a short-run production with a clear structure and prompt payment.

Submit your audition materials for The Gastown Witch Trials through Vancouver Actors Guide before the June 11th deadline.