A Small Miracle

Vancouver Actors Guide is casting performers for A Small Miracle, a live theatre production based in Vancouver, BC. This is an ensemble acting role requiring the integration of puppetry technique, vocal performance, and physical storytelling across rehearsals and performances. It suits stage performers who work across disciplines and are comfortable in devised or collaborative theatre production settings.

About the Role

United Players is mounting A Small Miracle, a Christmas stage production that blends live performance with rod and marionette puppetry. The company is casting nine performers who will carry the storytelling through movement, voice, and puppet operation in equal measure. Rehearsals begin October 11th at St. Mary’s Kerrisdale, running Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays through to performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform as part of a nine-person ensemble, contributing to physical theatre storytelling and group choreography.
• Operate rod or marionette puppets during rehearsals and performances, bringing characters to life through manipulated movement and voice.
• Sing assigned vocal parts across rehearsals, including harmonized ensemble numbers drawn from provided production material.
• Participate in a puppetry and movement workshop during the audition process to demonstrate physical performance range.
• Attend a structured weekly rehearsal schedule totalling approximately twelve hours per week across three rehearsal days.
• Collaborate with the production team on ensemble staging, ensuring continuity of character work through both puppet and embodied performance.

What You Bring

• Performing experience across acting, singing, and physical theatre, at any career stage from emerging to established.
• Hands-on puppeteering experience with rod or marionette technique, documented in your submitted resume.
• Vocal confidence across any voice type, with demonstrated ability to harmonize in an ensemble context.
• Availability for the full rehearsal schedule starting Sunday, October 11th, including evening and full-day Sunday calls.
• Any instrumental music skills should be noted in your application materials.

Why This Role

United Players is one of Vancouver’s established community theatre companies, and A Small Miracle offers performers a rare production that crosses live theatre, puppetry, and musical performance in a single project. Compensation is a small monetary amount, consistent with community theatre production. Vancouver Actors Guide has listed this production as part of its ongoing support for the Vancouver acting community.

Apply now for A Small Miracle through Vancouver Actors Guide and bring your puppetry, singing, and stage performance experience to this Vancouver production.