Smoke Gets in Your House

Vancouver Actors Guide is casting actors for Smoke Gets in Your House, a readers theatre production based in Vancouver, BC. This is a volunteer stage performance project where cast members perform scripted material without memorization, delivering character-driven readings that bring the play to life for a live audience. The role suits theatre performers who excel at vocal performance and interpretive acting within a structured readers theatre format.

About the Role

Smoke Gets in Your House is produced through Naked Stage Productions Society, a readers theatre company that presents live performance work in the Vancouver area. Cast members rehearse on a weekly Tuesday schedule and perform in scheduled shows, with the rehearsal process itself being featured as part of the White Rock and South Surrey Arts Crawl on October 3 and 4. A typical week involves attending rehearsal with script in hand, developing character through vocal interpretation rather than blocking or line memorization.

Key Responsibilities

• Attend all scheduled rehearsals and performances as required by the production calendar for Smoke Gets in Your House.
• Perform assigned roles using readers theatre technique, where vocal delivery and emotional presence carry the full weight of the character.
• Participate in the Arts Crawl showcase dates on October 3 and 4, where the rehearsal process will be presented to a public audience for several hours each day.
• Prepare audition sides in advance of the fifteen-minute scheduled audition appointment.
• Maintain membership in Naked Stage Productions Society throughout the production run, joining the society if not already a member.
• Collaborate with the director and fellow cast members to serve the material without movement-based staging or set-piece interaction.

What You Bring

• Demonstrated stage acting experience with strong vocal performance skills suited to live theatre production.
• Ability to convey character depth and emotional range without physical blocking, which is the technical core of readers theatre performance.
• Availability for all rehearsal Tuesdays and performance dates, with one Tuesday dropped due to the Arts Crawl schedule.
• A recent headshot and acting resume ready to submit at the time of audition scheduling, with the deadline to book a slot being September 24th.

Why This Role

Smoke Gets in Your House offers Vancouver-based performers a chance to work within a dedicated readers theatre company with an established production society and a public-facing showcase at a regional arts festival. This is a volunteer project, and the value is in the live performance credit, the rehearsal process exposure at the Arts Crawl, and the experience of working within a focused ensemble. Vancouver Actors Guide serves as the community resource connecting local performers to exactly this type of grassroots stage work.

Submit your application for Smoke Gets in Your House with Vancouver Actors Guide and include the role or roles you are auditioning for along with your headshot and resume.